Subdeacon Joe Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 No matter how hard you try, you're just NOT gonna get the dimples from where they spot welded the handles on to scrub out.
Michigan Slim Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 I remember when I was a kid my cousin screaming from the tub. My grandma was trying to scrub off his tan cause she thought it was dirt.....
McCandless Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 Long, long, time ago when I was unemployed I took a job as a pot-washer in a fine-dining restaurant. Long, tiring hours, but I was glad for the job. They apparently were impressed, they did give me a raise... Sometimes, you just do what you gotta do to keep some pennies coming in.
Grizzly Dave Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 Dang handle of my favorite sauce pan came off, any way for a hack like me to fix it? No, I don't know how to weld.
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 13, 2013 Author Posted July 13, 2013 Dang handle of my favorite sauce pan came off, any way for a hack like me to fix it? No, I don't know how to weld. Any way you can drill through it and get some stainless steel machine screws and nuts? Or maybe rivets? What brand? Or post photos.
El Sabre Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 I've clamped, drilled and used stainless bolts. If the handle is stamped stainless, it'll be quite hard and will need a sharp drill and plenty of pressure. Have fun! Mark I search ebay daily for older skillets and such, to replace some of my old favorites. Know how ya feel.
Calico Mary Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 why are you scrubbing them anyway? Are you trying to imply you think they need to be clean???
DocWard Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 Can we say CAST IRON? Those cast iron skillets are just fine. I have one I got from my mother before she passed that is a treasured possession. Cast iron pots, on the other hand....
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 Move on Griz. Make it into a flower pot and get a new one.
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 14, 2013 Author Posted July 14, 2013 Can we say CAST IRON? I used to think that way. Then we inherited some good quality Farberware Stainless. I only pull my black iron out for a few things now. And for sauces and gravies, especially those with tomato or other acids, black iron doesn't work well. Although, one reason that one of my black iron skillets doesn't do almost everything well anymore is that it is bowed up in the center, so on our gas stove that center point gets REAL hot. why are you scrubbing them anyway? Are you trying to imply you think they need to be clean??? SWWBO like 'em clean, so I clean 'em when I use 'em. Those cast iron skillets are just fine. I have one I got from my mother before she passed that is a treasured possession. Cast iron pots, on the other hand.... Yep. Something about the way they heat that just doesn't work well.
G. I. Tarpicker, SASS #998 Posted July 14, 2013 Posted July 14, 2013 The Navy keeps non-rated seamen around for that chore, I believe. The Army has buck privates for the same task. An old lion hunter I knew 'way back when had a pack of dogs that did the job. -- GIT
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 14, 2013 Posted July 14, 2013 Whenever I had KP, I would take "Pots and Pans." We were always busy and the cooks never messed with whereas that always had to find work to keep the others busy. I didn't have KP often because there was a secure guard post for which everyone qualified would get guard duty. But that meant that every duty day that I didn't have guard duty, I got KP. As for guard duty, I seldom had to do it because I would be selected at Colonel's Orderly.
Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355 Posted July 14, 2013 Posted July 14, 2013 You can use a grinding wheel to take the dimples off. Works good.
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted July 14, 2013 Posted July 14, 2013 Long, long, time ago in a galaxy far, far away when I was unemployed I took a job as a pot-washer in a fine-dining restaurant. Long, tiring hours, but I was glad for the job. They apparently were impressed, they did give me a raise... Sometimes, you just do what you gotta do to keep some pennies coming in. Spent some time as a "pearl diver" myself. Worked my way up to manager inside of seven months and almost tripled the weekly sales before I left. Finest job I ever had except for the hours and the fact that I couldn't find an AM that wasn't stealing or trying to get to the girls. Exhausting experience! Finely joined the marines to get a rest.
Noz Posted July 14, 2013 Posted July 14, 2013 Whenever I had KP, I would take "Pots and Pans." We were always busy and the cooks never messed with whereas that always had to find work to keep the others busy. I didn't have KP often because there was a secure guard post for which everyone qualified would get guard duty. But that meant that every duty day that I didn't have guard duty, I got KP. As for guard duty, I seldom had to do it because I would be selected at Colonel's Orderly. Colonel's Orderly Being Officer of the Day I had to select a Colonel's Orderly from each guard mount. I completely ran out of questions to make my choice until I caught a glimpse of one of the guards dog tag chain. The defining question that selected the Colonel's Orderly for the day was " How many beads on your dog tag chain?" Do you know?
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 Colonel's Orderly Being Officer of the Day I had to select a Colonel's Orderly from each guard mount. I completely ran out of questions to make my choice until I caught a glimpse of one of the guards dog tag chain. The defining question that selected the Colonel's Orderly for the day was " How many beads on your dog tag chain?" Do you know? The long one or the short one? 8 beads per inch 26.25 inches, 210 for the long one. It looks like that is a non-standard length though. It looks like it should be 27" and 4.5 which would be 216 and 36 beads, respectively. Am I close? Colonel's Orderly was a fun game at the time. For the Warrant Officers, we always had to wait for them to secure the rifle. For the new Lt's it was to get hands off the rifle before they could jerk it away. I still have my 10 certificates.
Noz Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 The long one or the short one? 8 beads per inch 26.25 inches, 210 for the long one. It looks like that is a non-standard length though. It looks like it should be 27" and 4.5 which would be 216 and 36 beads, respectively. Am I close? Colonel's Orderly was a fun game at the time. For the Warrant Officers, we always had to wait for them to secure the rifle. For the new Lt's it was to get hands off the rifle before they could jerk it away. I still have my 10 certificates. I asked each man as I came to him and they all but one said "I don't know, Sir". The last man said "128 beads, sir". I turned to the Sgt of the Guard and said "We have our Colonel's Orderly". Later that day I saw the young man running an errand for the Colonel. I stopped him and asked him if there were really 128 beads on his dog tag chain. His reply. "I have no idea, sir, but I thought I'd take a guess".
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