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 Post subject: fixing my Stir-Crazy
PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 9:31 am 
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About 45 minutes before microwave popcorn went on the market back in the 1980s, I purchased a Westbend Stir-Crazy popcorn popper at the old Western Blvd. Best Products, only a block from our old THSCC meeting place. This was a state of the art machine for those 45 minutes, since it stirs the popcorn for you, ensuring perfect popping and very few unpopped kernels.

I managed to drop it last night .. seemed to be a better idea than continuing to let it spew scalding hot steam on my hands, and one of the handles broke off. The housing and handle fragment are made of bakelite, that brittle, dark brown stuff. Anybody know what kind of glue will work to reattach the handle? It needs to be able to withstand high temps.

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My first guess would be to use JB weld. Before I did that I would check with Authorized Appliance or D&L Appliance to see if they have something that would be better for the application.

By the way I did not know that Dom Deluise had his own website. :whoknows:

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List it on ebay and put "rare" in the title.

If that doesn't work, then think about trading in that antique at the same time as the one that you autocross. The end result will be a reliable autocross car and a new fangled item called a Microwave.

Eventually, you will get a big promotion at IBM because of all the extra time you have available to put into more hours at work. That will result in more money to give to UNC for better basketball tickets.

This little mishap might change your life!

Scott

PS: Super glue?


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 1:38 pm 
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2-part epoxy will work great on bakelite.

I just got a Stir-Crazy. It's great, I love it. I get to decide for myself what kind of oil to cook popcorn in. Currently I use 1/3 butter and 2/3 olive oil.

Recently I read the ingedients on a bag of Orville Reddenbacher. After finding hydrogenated oil and sucralose (!!) I swore off bagged popcorn for life.

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George: "By the way I did not know that Dom Deluise had his own website." When you're a member-at-large, you have to know these things :)

Scott: I know you've heard of vintage racing. I figure that when we start having vintage autocrossing classes, I'm all set. Think of it as pre-positioning. Besides, my autocross car sounds better than either of yours.

Mike: Now go read the label on that bottle of olive oil, and compare it to your regular cooking oil. But welcome to the wonderful world of mechanized (as opposed to molecular) snack preparation.


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Mike Two Part epoxy may not stand up to the heat. JB Weld should stand up to the heat.

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Arthur McDonald wrote:
Mike: Now go read the label on that bottle of olive oil, and compare it to your regular cooking oil.


Agreed - nothing wrong with regular veggie oil. I just like the taste of olive oil better.

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Food grade silicone glue will withstand high temps to ~ 600* and is food safe. Don't use the HD variety tho they contain fungicides. Should be able to find the food grade stuff at a restaraunt supply or online. Most epoxies and superglues are not heat resistant or food safe.

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 Post subject: Super BonderĀ® 422 Instant Adhesive
PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:32 pm 
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Art:

Best stuff will be a cyanoacrylate adhesive. Made by Loctite Corp. I like Super BonderĀ® 495 or 454 Instant Adhesive. My intake has been held together for over a year with 495. You can buy it at Dillon Supply on S. West Street in downtown Raleigh, or at Hagemeyer (ex-Cameron & Barkley Co.) on Yonkers Rd. in Raleigh.

They may even have a better product. A 1-oz. bottle will set you back probably $10, but will last a long time if you refrigerate it.

Trust me 8) The stuff works.

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Chuck Frank wrote:
Food grade silicone glue will withstand high temps to ~ 600* and is food safe. Don't use the HD variety tho they contain fungicides. Should be able to find the food grade stuff at a restaraunt supply or online. Most epoxies and superglues are not heat resistant or food safe.


I still say cheapo Ace hardware 2-part epoxy is your best bet. The part that broke never comes in contact with food, right? These handles never get anywhere near 100C. Softening (Tg or glass transition temp) for plain jane thermoset epoxies are around 150C. JB weld and high temp epoxies are 350C max.

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If the area doesn't come in contact with food or get more than mildly warm, then I agree use a high temp epoxy. You could also check with Donna this weekend for the name of the online appliance parts supplier she uses, they seem to have replacement parts for almost anything.

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 Post subject: Vintage autocrossing
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Art,

We don't need vintage autocrossing, we need a Senior's or Championship tour like that other sport you enjoy. You, me, Bill Gratton, Neil Harrington, Mark Senior and Mike Dishman, after he turns 40... :D

Please, just help the economy and but a new popcornmaker.

Karl

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Mr. K: I believe you've also suggested that I buy a new autocross car, but we both know that's a bad idea. In my world, you start autocrossing with whatever you have handy, then decide what kind of car you really want to autocross, then stick with it. If people kept switching autocross cars willy-nilly, what kind of world would this be?

Back the Stir-Crazy. Thanks all of you for the suggestions. The handle is molded as part of the case of the popper, and the break is within 1/8" of the metal cooking bowl in two places. So I figure I'll go with one of the higher temp adhesives.

Sorry, I can't be in Laurinburg this weekend to discuss the merits of glue, but I need to be home this weekend.

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