I am new to vacuum coffee pot collecting.

My current "collection" consists of a Cory DRU/DRL with a hardening
gasket which I shim up with plumber tape when used.

I have been watching ebay and checking the local antique stores in
order to add to my "collection".

The standard newbie questions:

1. Is it correct that there are no resources for the large gaskets?

So that a pot with a hard gasket will always remain ornamental only?
Best I can tell through net research there is no place to buy gaskets
other than the small neck Silex gasket.

Seems like you could like sand cast a gasket out of something.

2. Any recommended online dealers for vac pots? I would love to find
one of the more ornate Silex pots like a Pinehurst (but maybe you all
would).

Mike

Mike,
A company called Food Service Direct used to sell a stainless steel vacuum pot
that was very similar to a Cory Nicro, as well as they sold a replacement gasket
for it.  I mention this because the replacement gasket, while not an exact fit,
would fit the Cory DRU/DRL.  Their gasket (as with the nicro gasket) was a bit
thinner, but still creates a tight seal.

About 2-1/2 years ago, I bought 2 of them from their website, and have used them
no problem on my DRU/DRL pots.  However, when I go to their website now, it
appears that they no longer carry this item.  What you might try doing is to
call them.  I think there is a number listed on their website, or you can email
them.   It may be that it is an item which they need to special order and no
longer offer through their general inventory...or perhaps they can at least
refer you to another supplier.

I hope that helps.
Roland


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From: technoweazel
To: vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 11:19 PM
Subject: [vacpot] Greetings to all


I am new to vacuum coffee pot collecting.

My current "collection" consists of a Cory DRU/DRL with a hardening
gasket which I shim up with plumber tape when used.

I have been watching ebay and checking the local antique stores in
order to add to my "collection".

The standard newbie questions:

1. Is it correct that there are no resources for the large gaskets?

So that a pot with a hard gasket will always remain ornamental only?
Best I can tell through net research there is no place to buy gaskets
other than the small neck Silex gasket.

Seems like you could like sand cast a gasket out of something.

2. Any recommended online dealers for vac pots? I would love to find
one of the more ornate Silex pots like a Pinehurst (but maybe you all
would).

Mike





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Hi Folks,

   I have a "new" C30B and am trying to figure out how to correctly assemble the
filter.  It has the rod, spring, mesh filter, and a perforated cup that I was
told should go under the filter clipped in its little prongs, , but the cup I
have is too large to fit in the recess in bottom of the top chamber, too large
for the filter tabs to fit around it (see pic below), and the tabs are too small
across to fit snugly inside either the recess or the inside of the cup.  This
cup is 2-9/16 inches diameter at the bottom outside and the filter tabs are
about 2-3/8 inches across the inside.

   I brewed in it this morning with the cup on top of the filter and measured the
brew temp at the prescribed 205 degrees, the warm temp at 165 degrees, and it
worked fine but the coffee wasn't quite as good to our taste as the C20B brewed
yesterday;  I  used a little more coffee in the 30 and it is a few degrees
hotter than the 20 and has the mesh filter where the 20 had a paper filter. 
I'll try it again tomorrow using the same amount of coffee as in the 20 and see
if the wife is happier with it.

Cheers,
Phil in Northwest Arkansas
philwarner@...
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs
  should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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Phil


That is a good question that I hope some of our
members who are more expert at Sunbeams can answer.
It has always puzzled me as to exactly what that cup
shaped piece played in the Sunbeam Operation.  Many
didn't use it. I do know it should go on top and I
believe the cup shape is designed to face down?  But
beyond that I would wonder too what its exact reason
for being there is?
Seems to me like nearly every different pot,
especially electric models will vary in the way the
brew turns out.  So much depends on the length of time
it holds the water and how hot it holds the coffee
afterward.  Tiny adjustments on the thermostats which
was recently discussed here at length can make a
difference if the pot is still responding to
temperatures correctly, and some will not.
I saw a nice set of Cream and Sugar and a C30 Pot
yesterday while out. The price wasn't too bad, but I
was a bit afraid to buy it to try and offer on ebay
the way prices have been going of late.  Although I
did notice a few decent bids on Sunbeams here again
recently.

Good luck and hope we hear from someone who knows the
reasons for that cupped piece.

Larry


--- Phil Warner <philwarner@...> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
>   I have a "new" C30B and am trying to figure out
> how to correctly assemble the filter.  It has the
> rod, spring, mesh filter, and a perforated cup that
> I was told should go under the filter clipped in its
> little prongs, , but the cup I have is too large to
> fit in the recess in bottom of the top chamber, too
> large for the filter tabs to fit around it (see pic
> below), and the tabs are too small across to fit
> snugly inside either the recess or the inside of the
> cup.  This cup is 2-9/16 inches diameter at the
> bottom outside and the filter tabs are about 2-3/8
> inches across the inside.
>
>   I brewed in it this morning with the cup on top of
> the filter and measured the brew temp at the
> prescribed 205 degrees, the warm temp at 165
> degrees, and it worked fine but the coffee wasn't
> quite as good to our taste as the C20B brewed
> yesterday;  I  used a little more coffee in the 30
> and it is a few degrees hotter than the 20 and has
> the mesh filter where the 20 had a paper filter.
> I'll try it again tomorrow using the same amount of
> coffee as in the 20 and see if the wife is happier
> with it.
>
> Cheers,
> Phil in Northwest Arkansas
> philwarner@...
> "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and
> dogs
>  should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A.
> Heinlein
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>



      
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Welcome Mike, I have run across a similar situation on the seals with a sunbeam
C20B seal.  What I did to remedy the seal situation was I took black urethane
windshield sealer(comes in like a tube for a caulking gun) plus some silicone
spray on my fingertip to help in smoothing  a very thin layer (1/16-1/8 thick)
over the existing seal after I lightly sanded some of the hard glaze from the
seal to give the windshield sealer something to "bite" onto. I sped the drying
process by inverting the upper chamber opening over the carafe for about 1/2 hr.
while the carafe was in the keep warm mode with just plain tap water. As the hot
water naturally gave off steam, the upper vessel had worked like a chimney
effect. You will notice to that during the sealant curing process,there will be
a sheen from the silicone that was used in smoothing the sealant to the original
seal. After the seal has cooled down,simply wipe off the silicone residue,it
will not stay on or in the seal
  permanently therefore it makes it safe to brew and drink your coffee. I have
also found that periodically you may want to apply a water based lubricant such
as Wal-Marts brand of Equate "Personal Lubricant" or similar on the seal to help
keep it soft and supple plus it helps in ease of joining/separating the 2 pots.
Just remember to wipe of any excess before making your coffee.  I hope this
helps you and others as well that may be experiencing problems with their vacpot
seals.  Gabe

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I have been offered a barely used 12 cup Hellem vac pot still in the
box with all parts and a good gasket.

The seller said it was french made and vintage but didn't know how
vintage.

I put a few pics in the photos\Hellem folder.

Any idea as to the rarity or worth of this pot? I can't seem to find
much on them.

Thanks
Mike

--- In vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Warner"
<philwarner@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>   I brewed in it this morning with the cup on top of the filter and
measured the brew temp at the prescribed 205 degrees, the warm temp
at 165 degrees, and it worked fine but the coffee wasn't quite as
good to our taste as the C20B brewed yesterday;  I  used a little
more coffee in the 30 and it is a few degrees hotter than the 20 and
has the mesh filter where the 20 had a paper filter.  I'll try it
again tomorrow using the same amount of coffee as in the 20 and see
if the wife is happier with it.
>

That's the correct assembly: mesh filter, prongs down,
with 'inverted' perforated metal cup on top.

I have a similar Sunbeam unit- here's how they describe the filter:

"The new Sunbeam Coffeemaster Jet Action stainless steel filter gives
amazingly efficient filtering because of its 'jet-action' principle.
The new filter features a scientifically designed stainless steel
dome, with a hole on one side through which the freshly made coffee
rushes in a concentrated, jet-like stream as it descends to the lower
vessel through the stainless steel mesh filter. This entirely
different filtering principle insures a constant swirling stream of
the coffee against the filter which keeps coffee grounds from
clogging the wire mesh and impeding filtering action"

There you have it, Cheers

Art

Art,

Thanks for that report, it is the first time I have
heard a report as to the purpose of that inverted cup
filter.  I only hope now I can recall what you said at
a later date..

Larry

--- lobsterboy582000 <artzad@...> wrote:

> --- In vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com,
> "Phil Warner"
> <philwarner@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >   I brewed in it this morning with the cup on top
> of the filter and
> measured the brew temp at the prescribed 205
> degrees, the warm temp
> at 165 degrees, and it worked fine but the coffee
> wasn't quite as
> good to our taste as the C20B brewed yesterday;  I
> used a little
> more coffee in the 30 and it is a few degrees hotter
> than the 20 and
> has the mesh filter where the 20 had a paper filter.
>  I'll try it
> again tomorrow using the same amount of coffee as in
> the 20 and see
> if the wife is happier with it.
> >
>
> That's the correct assembly: mesh filter, prongs
> down,
> with 'inverted' perforated metal cup on top.
>
> I have a similar Sunbeam unit- here's how they
> describe the filter:
>
> "The new Sunbeam Coffeemaster Jet Action stainless
> steel filter gives
> amazingly efficient filtering because of its
> 'jet-action' principle.
> The new filter features a scientifically designed
> stainless steel
> dome, with a hole on one side through which the
> freshly made coffee
> rushes in a concentrated, jet-like stream as it
> descends to the lower
> vessel through the stainless steel mesh filter. This
> entirely
> different filtering principle insures a constant
> swirling stream of
> the coffee against the filter which keeps coffee
> grounds from
> clogging the wire mesh and impeding filtering
> action"
>
> There you have it, Cheers
>
> Art
>
>



      
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Hi All,

I just discovered this group while looking for instructions on how to
make coffee using the Sunbeam C30B, which I was given by a friend at
church today. By no means am I new to vacuum coffee as I already have
a Cory DRU/DRL and a Bodum Santos, but I was searching for specs such
as amount of water and coffee to use.

Vacuum coffee has been a passion of mine since purchasing my first
system in 1972 while a college student. It was a Silex with hot plate
and matching trivet and is now long gone.

One of the great things about making vacuum coffee, aside from the
taste, is demonstrating it's use to child and adult alike. It always
makes me feel like Mr. Wizard. Of course, this isn't something that I
will be able to do with my "new" Sunbeam.

In an effort to teach others about vacuum coffee I produced an
animation which I have posted on my web site. The link is:

http://76.163.180.130/html/coffee.html

I'd be interested in comments.

Kerry

Welcome, Kerry......
   I love your video!   I have a question for you.....are you a graphic
   designer?
   NancyHank
   East Texas


   Hi All,

   I just discovered this group while looking for instructions on how to
   make coffee using the Sunbeam C30B, which I was given by a friend at
   church today. By no means am I new to vacuum coffee as I already have
   a Cory DRU/DRL and a Bodum Santos, but I was searching for specs such
   as amount of water and coffee to use.

   Vacuum coffee has been a passion of mine since purchasing my first
   system in 1972 while a college student. It was a Silex with hot plate
   and matching trivet and is now long gone.

   One of the great things about making vacuum coffee, aside from the
   taste, is demonstrating it's use to child and adult alike. It always
   makes me feel like Mr. Wizard. Of course, this isn't something that I
   will be able to do with my "new" Sunbeam.

   In an effort to teach others about vacuum coffee I produced an
   animation which I have posted on my web site. The link is:

   http://76.163.180.130/html/coffee.html

   I'd be interested in comments.

   Kerry





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Hi Nancy,

Actually, no. I'm a video editor, DVD author and media streamer. Samples of
my work can be seen on my web site:

http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com

I do a lot of work for PBS. Weekly, you can catch my handiwork on Consuelo
Mack|WealthTrack. Intermittently, you may view such shows as "Il Divo: Live
at the Greek" or "Rolling Stone: Voice of Our Generation."

Glad to be aboard.

Kerry

On Jan 20, 2008 11:04 PM, nancihank <nancihank@...> wrote:

>
> Welcome, Kerry......
> I love your video! I have a question for you.....are you a graphic
> designer?
> NancyHank
> East Texas
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I just discovered this group while looking for instructions on how to
> make coffee using the Sunbeam C30B, which I was given by a friend at
> church today. By no means am I new to vacuum coffee as I already have
> a Cory DRU/DRL and a Bodum Santos, but I was searching for specs such
> as amount of water and coffee to use.
>
> Vacuum coffee has been a passion of mine since purchasing my first
> system in 1972 while a college student. It was a Silex with hot plate
> and matching trivet and is now long gone.
>
> One of the great things about making vacuum coffee, aside from the
> taste, is demonstrating it's use to child and adult alike. It always
> makes me feel like Mr. Wizard. Of course, this isn't something that I
> will be able to do with my "new" Sunbeam.
>
> In an effort to teach others about vacuum coffee I produced an
> animation which I have posted on my web site. The link is:
>
> http://76.163.180.130/html/coffee.html
>
> I'd be interested in comments.
>
> Kerry
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



--
Kerry Soloway
http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
201-247-4110
ksoloway@...


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As a new member of the group, I'm wondering why it is so heavily
moderated. I posted a reply to a question two days ago, and it still
hasn't posted.

Has there been bad experiences in this group with a lot of off-topic
or inappropriate content?

The reason that I ask is that I am a member of several other groups
where the moderators take action after the fact. I.e., if a member
flouts the rules, he/she is warned and if the warnings aren't heeded
then removed from the group.

Many of these groups are professional in nature, where timeliness is
important. A delay of even hours can render a thread useless.

Now that isn't the case here unless, of course, someone heard of an
estate sale that had vacuum coffee pots or something of the sort. But,
to me at least, one of the wonders of e-mail and Yahoo Groups is the
almost instant gratification of replies.

Now I'm not trying to cause trouble, just trying to understand the
philosophy behind it.

Thanks,
Kerry

Kerry,

Your first post was approved in less than two hours.

The second delayed reply evidently ended up in the
yahoo spam for some reason thus the delay in finding
it.

Your messages will now come thru as posted, or as soon
as yahoo moves them, which at times can be delayed for
some reason.

Larry


--- Kerry Soloway <ksoloway@...> wrote:

> As a new member of the group, I'm wondering why it
> is so heavily
> moderated. I posted a reply to a question two days
> ago, and it still
> hasn't posted.
>
> Has there been bad experiences in this group with a
> lot of off-topic
> or inappropriate content?
>
> The reason that I ask is that I am a member of
> several other groups
> where the moderators take action after the fact.
> I.e., if a member
> flouts the rules, he/she is warned and if the
> warnings aren't heeded
> then removed from the group.
>
> Many of these groups are professional in nature,
> where timeliness is
> important. A delay of even hours can render a thread
> useless.
>
> Now that isn't the case here unless, of course,
> someone heard of an
> estate sale that had vacuum coffee pots or something
> of the sort. But,
> to me at least, one of the wonders of e-mail and
> Yahoo Groups is the
> almost instant gratification of replies.
>
> Now I'm not trying to cause trouble, just trying to
> understand the
> philosophy behind it.
>
> Thanks,
> Kerry
>
>
>
>



      
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The video I really liked was the vac pot "How To Make A Perfect Cup of Coffee"
video....very informative for so many people who have never used a vac pot.  
You did a good job of explaining it.

Your website is very interesting.   I don't get to watch a lot of PBS but I used
to when my kids were younger.   I have a hard time even finding it on the
satellite channel line up.....it is some number that is far off from the group I
normally watch.   I will have to find it again.  Looks like you have had, and
are having, a very interesting career....which I would imagine leads to an
interesting life.  That is always a good thing!!

Amanda, our daughter, who is a talented graphic designer, has a website you
might like to take a look at....it is:
www.amandahenson.com     She started designing websites at 12 and started
drawing "real" pictures at age 3.  She has videos, ads, magazine covers and
pages....all kinds of neat things on her website.   She is quite an amazing
young woman...she just turned 24.   I will be glad when she and her husband move
home from Kansas....she is just too far from home.

How long have you been collecting vacuum pots?   I have sold a many of mine over
the last couple of years....just ran out of room but I do love using one
occasionally although I really perfer drip coffee.  Vac pots are totally
fascinating and I don't plan on selling the ones I have left.  I also have quite
a few vintage drip pots including two of the large depression glass, sapphire
blue, lidded Fire King pots and one very unusual Glasbake pot that I have never
seen in any book.   I also have several McKee Flamex glass percolators and a
unusual two chamber drip pot that is not seen often.   I also have quite a few
percolators, both glass and metal.   I don't know why I am so drawn to coffee
pots, but, there it is.....I love'em!

Late, late.....better get to bed.    I am so interested in your work....can't
wait to see what I can find on PBS.
Nancy



   Hi Nancy,

   Actually, no. I'm a video editor, DVD author and media streamer. Samples of
   my work can be seen on my web site:

   http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com

   I do a lot of work for PBS. Weekly, you can catch my handiwork on Consuelo
   Mack|WealthTrack. Intermittently, you may view such shows as "Il Divo: Live
   at the Greek" or "Rolling Stone: Voice of Our Generation."

   Glad to be aboard.

   Kerry

   O




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Nancy

I couldn't agree more.  Something about a coffee pot
just calls me to try it!

Larry


--- nancihank <nancihank@...> wrote:

> The video I really liked was the vac pot "How To
> Make A Perfect Cup of Coffee" video....very
> informative for so many people who have never used a
> vac pot.   You did a good job of explaining it.
>
> Your website is very interesting.   I don't get to
> watch a lot of PBS but I used to when my kids were
> younger.   I have a hard time even finding it on the
> satellite channel line up.....it is some number that
> is far off from the group I normally watch.   I will
> have to find it again.  Looks like you have had, and
> are having, a very interesting career....which I
> would imagine leads to an interesting life.  That is
> always a good thing!!
>
> Amanda, our daughter, who is a talented graphic
> designer, has a website you might like to take a
> look at....it is:
> www.amandahenson.com     She started designing
> websites at 12 and started drawing "real" pictures
> at age 3.  She has videos, ads, magazine covers and
> pages....all kinds of neat things on her website.
> She is quite an amazing young woman...she just
> turned 24.   I will be glad when she and her husband
> move home from Kansas....she is just too far from
> home.
>
> How long have you been collecting vacuum pots?   I
> have sold a many of mine over the last couple of
> years....just ran out of room but I do love using
> one occasionally although I really perfer drip
> coffee.  Vac pots are totally fascinating and I
> don't plan on selling the ones I have left.  I also
> have quite a few vintage drip pots including two of
> the large depression glass, sapphire blue, lidded
> Fire King pots and one very unusual Glasbake pot
> that I have never seen in any book.   I also have
> several McKee Flamex glass percolators and a unusual
> two chamber drip pot that is not seen often.   I
> also have quite a few percolators, both glass and
> metal.   I don't know why I am so drawn to coffee
> pots, but, there it is.....I love'em!
>
> Late, late.....better get to bed.    I am so
> interested in your work....can't wait to see what I
> can find on PBS.
> Nancy
>
>
>
>   Hi Nancy,
>
>   Actually, no. I'm a video editor, DVD author and
> media streamer. Samples of
>   my work can be seen on my web site:
>
>   http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
>
>   I do a lot of work for PBS. Weekly, you can catch
> my handiwork on Consuelo
>   Mack|WealthTrack. Intermittently, you may view
> such shows as "Il Divo: Live
>   at the Greek" or "Rolling Stone: Voice of Our
> Generation."
>
>   Glad to be aboard.
>
>   Kerry
>
>   O
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>



      
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Thanks, Larry. As I said, I wasn't trying to cause trouble, I was just
trying to understand.

And, yes, my first post was approved quickly. That is why I wondered what
happened to the second. Not even considering that it might be a Yahoo
screwup, I simply figured that I got lucky the first time and the moderator
happened to stop by close to the time of my posting, and that it might be
days before he visited again.

I'm glad to find out that that is not the case.

Once again, thanks. I'm glad to be aboard.

Kerry

On Jan 22, 2008 11:58 PM, Larry Hollenberg <larryhollenb@...> wrote:

>   Kerry,
>
> Your first post was approved in less than two hours.
>
> The second delayed reply evidently ended up in the
> yahoo spam for some reason thus the delay in finding
> it.
>
> Your messages will now come thru as posted, or as soon
> as yahoo moves them, which at times can be delayed for
> some reason.
>
>


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Being new to the group, I hesitate going off-topic because I don't know how
much of that is tollerated. So I'll e-mail you off-list with answers about
my career. If it is of interest to others I am happy to share it here.

However, getting to how long I've been collecting, I would have to say a
short time, perhaps four years. If you were to ask how long I've been a fan
of vacuum coffee, I would have to say over 35 years. Sometimes it's been
like playing a game of Where's Waldo. There have been periods of time when I
went "cold turkey", no vacuum coffee for lack of a pot.

Let me start at the beginning. I grew up in New York City and went to
college on Long Island.

I was a student in college when my then-girlfriend and I saw this
contraption at an antique store. It was a Silex that came with an electric
hot plate and bakelite trivet that matched the handle of the carafe and
siphon. I can still vividly remember that first cup of coffee. It tasted
more like coffee ice cream, smooth and sweet, rather than the bitter sludge
I was drinking in the cafeteria.

I might digress and tell you that I grew up in a family that served strictly
instant coffee. The only time I had brewed coffee was if we were
entertaining. Then the percolator came out.

Well, I didn't know it then but learned, as you all know, that the reason
the coffee was so smooth was because the temperature of the water never
reached the boiling point.

I loved that coffee pot but ultimately lost it when we broke up. Several
years later, when I lived in southern California, I found just the siphon
and glass rod of a Cory coffee system. I purchased them and was able to
locate a coffee pot that had a similar sized opening, and so I pieced
together and made a serviceable system out of them. All was right with the
world until I dropped the filter rod and it broke.

Fortunately for me, a friend of mine was an engineer at Hughes Aircraft. He
took the two halves to work with him one day, and was able to make a
seamless repair on it. He also said that he baked the filter rod for a
period of time to eliminate any internal stresses that might make it
predisposed to any future breakage.

Ultimately I left California and the pot was lost during the move.

Several years later, I was telling the story of my first vacuum coffee pot
to a client. It was before the age of the internet and as I had not seen a
vacuum coffee pot in many years, I simply thought that they were no longer
manufactured. That Christmas, in the mid-1980's, I received a package in the
mail. It was from the same client and was a Bodum Santos. Oh joy, oh
rapture. Vacuum coffee once again. Not only was it great getting the pot,
but knowing that it was still available should the unthinkable happen.

When the unthinkable happened and it broke. But, by now, I had found another
one at a yard sale, completely unused because the owner couldn't figure out
how it worked. That was the best $6 I ever spent. I believe that I'm still
using that one now.

Over the years I have demonstrated the making of vacuum coffee to countless
individuals. One couple, the parents of my youngest daughters boyfriend at
the time, found a Cory DRU/DRL at a yard sale and purchased that for us. It
is in excellent shape except for the gasket which is a bit on the stiff
side. Still I can manage to get a decent seal and I make coffee with it
often.

Once again, I was describing vacuum coffee to a friend from church, and was
told that he has one of those things and just can't get it to work. This
weekend he gave it to me, so I now have the third pot in my budding
collection. This one an electric Sunbeam C30B.

What I really look forward to is one of those automatic balancing siphon
systems.

Hopefully this isn't the end of the story, just the beginning.

Kerry


> > The video I really liked was the vac pot "How To
> > Make A Perfect Cup of Coffee" video....very
> > informative for so many people who have never used a
> > vac pot. You did a good job of explaining it.
>


>
> > How long have you been collecting vacuum pots? I
> > have sold a many of mine over the last couple of
> > years....just ran out of room but I do love using
> > one occasionally although I really perfer drip
> > coffee. Vac pots are totally fascinating and I
> > don't plan on selling the ones I have left. I also
> > have quite a few vintage drip pots including two of
> > the large depression glass, sapphire blue, lidded
> > Fire King pots and one very unusual Glasbake pot
> > that I have never seen in any book. I also have
> > several McKee Flamex glass percolators and a unusual
> > two chamber drip pot that is not seen often. I
> > also have quite a few percolators, both glass and
> > metal. I don't know why I am so drawn to coffee
> > pots, but, there it is.....I love'em!
>
>
>
>



--
Kerry Soloway
http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
201-247-4110
ksoloway@...


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Thought this might be of interest to the group.


  
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/dining/23coff.html?em&ex=1201237200&en=48b49f6\
21f37c542&ei=5070


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Hi Kerry,
If you've had any chance yet to do much research on the C-30 you'll find that
most collectors generally don't use them because of the gasket design...they
tend to become hard and brittle and unusable.  I think the one that collectors
tend to go for is the C-50 which stays more usable; however, I do not use any
Sunbeams so I'm not the authority.  But a search of the message archive will
probably bring back a lot of results of past email conversations about the C-30
and the gasket design flaw.  The C-30's do look great displayed, though.

We each have our favorite pots that we use...and for different reasons.  My
favorite is the cory automatic, which is half glass and half metal.  I just like
the look and the convenience of it.

The Bodum glass pot does make a great cup of coffee!  That was my first
experience ever with vacuum pot coffee and I remember it being the smoothest,
richest cup of coffee I ever had (up until then, of course).

Keep us posted on your search for the Siphon system.

Roland


----- Original Message -----
From: Kerry Soloway
To: vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [vacpot] New to the group


Being new to the group, I hesitate going off-topic because I don't know how
much of that is tollerated. So I'll e-mail you off-list with answers about
my career. If it is of interest to others I am happy to share it here.

However, getting to how long I've been collecting, I would have to say a
short time, perhaps four years. If you were to ask how long I've been a fan
of vacuum coffee, I would have to say over 35 years. Sometimes it's been
like playing a game of Where's Waldo. There have been periods of time when I
went "cold turkey", no vacuum coffee for lack of a pot.

Let me start at the beginning. I grew up in New York City and went to
college on Long Island.

I was a student in college when my then-girlfriend and I saw this
contraption at an antique store. It was a Silex that came with an electric
hot plate and bakelite trivet that matched the handle of the carafe and
siphon. I can still vividly remember that first cup of coffee. It tasted
more like coffee ice cream, smooth and sweet, rather than the bitter sludge
I was drinking in the cafeteria.

I might digress and tell you that I grew up in a family that served strictly
instant coffee. The only time I had brewed coffee was if we were
entertaining. Then the percolator came out.

Well, I didn't know it then but learned, as you all know, that the reason
the coffee was so smooth was because the temperature of the water never
reached the boiling point.

I loved that coffee pot but ultimately lost it when we broke up. Several
years later, when I lived in southern California, I found just the siphon
and glass rod of a Cory coffee system. I purchased them and was able to
locate a coffee pot that had a similar sized opening, and so I pieced
together and made a serviceable system out of them. All was right with the
world until I dropped the filter rod and it broke.

Fortunately for me, a friend of mine was an engineer at Hughes Aircraft. He
took the two halves to work with him one day, and was able to make a
seamless repair on it. He also said that he baked the filter rod for a
period of time to eliminate any internal stresses that might make it
predisposed to any future breakage.

Ultimately I left California and the pot was lost during the move.

Several years later, I was telling the story of my first vacuum coffee pot
to a client. It was before the age of the internet and as I had not seen a
vacuum coffee pot in many years, I simply thought that they were no longer
manufactured. That Christmas, in the mid-1980's, I received a package in the
mail. It was from the same client and was a Bodum Santos. Oh joy, oh
rapture. Vacuum coffee once again. Not only was it great getting the pot,
but knowing that it was still available should the unthinkable happen.

When the unthinkable happened and it broke. But, by now, I had found another
one at a yard sale, completely unused because the owner couldn't figure out
how it worked. That was the best $6 I ever spent. I believe that I'm still
using that one now.

Over the years I have demonstrated the making of vacuum coffee to countless
individuals. One couple, the parents of my youngest daughters boyfriend at
the time, found a Cory DRU/DRL at a yard sale and purchased that for us. It
is in excellent shape except for the gasket which is a bit on the stiff
side. Still I can manage to get a decent seal and I make coffee with it
often.

Once again, I was describing vacuum coffee to a friend from church, and was
told that he has one of those things and just can't get it to work. This
weekend he gave it to me, so I now have the third pot in my budding
collection. This one an electric Sunbeam C30B.

What I really look forward to is one of those automatic balancing siphon
systems.

Hopefully this isn't the end of the story, just the beginning.

Kerry

> > The video I really liked was the vac pot "How To
> > Make A Perfect Cup of Coffee" video....very
> > informative for so many people who have never used a
> > vac pot. You did a good job of explaining it.
>

>
> > How long have you been collecting vacuum pots? I
> > have sold a many of mine over the last couple of
> > years....just ran out of room but I do love using
> > one occasionally although I really perfer drip
> > coffee. Vac pots are totally fascinating and I
> > don't plan on selling the ones I have left. I also
> > have quite a few vintage drip pots including two of
> > the large depression glass, sapphire blue, lidded
> > Fire King pots and one very unusual Glasbake pot
> > that I have never seen in any book. I also have
> > several McKee Flamex glass percolators and a unusual
> > two chamber drip pot that is not seen often. I
> > also have quite a few percolators, both glass and
> > metal. I don't know why I am so drawn to coffee
> > pots, but, there it is.....I love'em!
>
>
>
>

--
Kerry Soloway
http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
201-247-4110
ksoloway@...

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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I have attached a word.doc where I explain how I fixed the gasket problem on our
Sunbeam C-30 pot.  Some of you might want to try this so that you can  use the
pot.
JD

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: rsburritt@...
   To: vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:55 PM
   Subject: Re: [vacpot] New to the group


   Hi Kerry,
   If you've had any chance yet to do much research on the C-30 you'll find that
most collectors generally don't use them because of the gasket design...they
tend to become hard and brittle and unusable. I think the one that collectors
tend to go for is the C-50 which stays more usable; however, I do not use any
Sunbeams so I'm not the authority. But a search of the message archive will
probably bring back a lot of results of past email conversations about the C-30
and the gasket design flaw. The C-30's do look great displayed, though.

   We each have our favorite pots that we use...and for different reasons. My
favorite is the cory automatic, which is half glass and half metal. I just like
the look and the convenience of it.

   The Bodum glass pot does make a great cup of coffee! That was my first
experience ever with vacuum pot coffee and I remember it being the smoothest,
richest cup of coffee I ever had (up until then, of course).

   Keep us posted on your search for the Siphon system.

   Roland

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Kerry Soloway
   To: vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:53 AM
   Subject: Re: [vacpot] New to the group

   Being new to the group, I hesitate going off-topic because I don't know how
   much of that is tollerated. So I'll e-mail you off-list with answers about
   my career. If it is of interest to others I am happy to share it here.

   However, getting to how long I've been collecting, I would have to say a
   short time, perhaps four years. If you were to ask how long I've been a fan
   of vacuum coffee, I would have to say over 35 years. Sometimes it's been
   like playing a game of Where's Waldo. There have been periods of time when I
   went "cold turkey", no vacuum coffee for lack of a pot.

   Let me start at the beginning. I grew up in New York City and went to
   college on Long Island.

   I was a student in college when my then-girlfriend and I saw this
   contraption at an antique store. It was a Silex that came with an electric
   hot plate and bakelite trivet that matched the handle of the carafe and
   siphon. I can still vividly remember that first cup of coffee. It tasted
   more like coffee ice cream, smooth and sweet, rather than the bitter sludge
   I was drinking in the cafeteria.

   I might digress and tell you that I grew up in a family that served strictly
   instant coffee. The only time I had brewed coffee was if we were
   entertaining. Then the percolator came out.

   Well, I didn't know it then but learned, as you all know, that the reason
   the coffee was so smooth was because the temperature of the water never
   reached the boiling point.

   I loved that coffee pot but ultimately lost it when we broke up. Several
   years later, when I lived in southern California, I found just the siphon
   and glass rod of a Cory coffee system. I purchased them and was able to
   locate a coffee pot that had a similar sized opening, and so I pieced
   together and made a serviceable system out of them. All was right with the
   world until I dropped the filter rod and it broke.

   Fortunately for me, a friend of mine was an engineer at Hughes Aircraft. He
   took the two halves to work with him one day, and was able to make a
   seamless repair on it. He also said that he baked the filter rod for a
   period of time to eliminate any internal stresses that might make it
   predisposed to any future breakage.

   Ultimately I left California and the pot was lost during the move.

   Several years later, I was telling the story of my first vacuum coffee pot
   to a client. It was before the age of the internet and as I had not seen a
   vacuum coffee pot in many years, I simply thought that they were no longer
   manufactured. That Christmas, in the mid-1980's, I received a package in the
   mail. It was from the same client and was a Bodum Santos. Oh joy, oh
   rapture. Vacuum coffee once again. Not only was it great getting the pot,
   but knowing that it was still available should the unthinkable happen.

   When the unthinkable happened and it broke. But, by now, I had found another
   one at a yard sale, completely unused because the owner couldn't figure out
   how it worked. That was the best $6 I ever spent. I believe that I'm still
   using that one now.

   Over the years I have demonstrated the making of vacuum coffee to countless
   individuals. One couple, the parents of my youngest daughters boyfriend at
   the time, found a Cory DRU/DRL at a yard sale and purchased that for us. It
   is in excellent shape except for the gasket which is a bit on the stiff
   side. Still I can manage to get a decent seal and I make coffee with it
   often.

   Once again, I was describing vacuum coffee to a friend from church, and was
   told that he has one of those things and just can't get it to work. This
   weekend he gave it to me, so I now have the third pot in my budding
   collection. This one an electric Sunbeam C30B.

   What I really look forward to is one of those automatic balancing siphon
   systems.

   Hopefully this isn't the end of the story, just the beginning.

   Kerry

   > > The video I really liked was the vac pot "How To
   > > Make A Perfect Cup of Coffee" video....very
   > > informative for so many people who have never used a
   > > vac pot. You did a good job of explaining it.
   >

   >
   > > How long have you been collecting vacuum pots? I
   > > have sold a many of mine over the last couple of
   > > years....just ran out of room but I do love using
   > > one occasionally although I really perfer drip
   > > coffee. Vac pots are totally fascinating and I
   > > don't plan on selling the ones I have left. I also
   > > have quite a few vintage drip pots including two of
   > > the large depression glass, sapphire blue, lidded
   > > Fire King pots and one very unusual Glasbake pot
   > > that I have never seen in any book. I also have
   > > several McKee Flamex glass percolators and a unusual
   > > two chamber drip pot that is not seen often. I
   > > also have quite a few percolators, both glass and
   > > metal. I don't know why I am so drawn to coffee
   > > pots, but, there it is.....I love'em!
   >
   >
   >
   >

   --
   Kerry Soloway
   http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
   201-247-4110
   ksoloway@...

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Call me crazy, Jerold. (A lot of people do.) But I don't believe that
Yahoo Groups allow attachments any longer. I certainly didn't get the
attachment with my message.

I think you will have to upload the document to the Files section of
the group.

K.

--- In vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com, "Jerold Dalton"
<jdalton1@...> wrote:
>
> I have attached a word.doc where I explain how I fixed the gasket
problem on our Sunbeam C-30 pot.  Some of you might want to try this
so that you can  use the pot.
> JD

FYI-Yahoo still allows attachment sending, but it's recommended to disable the
feature because viruses can be sent as attachments.  The best way to share pics
is by uploading them to the group, or by uploading them to a sharing website
such as Flickr or Onfinite, and then mailing a link to the group.

Roland


----- Original Message -----
From: Kerry Soloway
To: vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [vacpot] New to the group


Call me crazy, Jerold. (A lot of people do.) But I don't believe that
Yahoo Groups allow attachments any longer. I certainly didn't get the
attachment with my message.

I think you will have to upload the document to the Files section of
the group.

K.

--- In vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com, "Jerold Dalton"
<jdalton1@...> wrote:
>
> I have attached a word.doc where I explain how I fixed the gasket
problem on our Sunbeam C-30 pot. Some of you might want to try this
so that you can use the pot.
> JD





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I recently purchased a General Electric Automatic
vacpot on eBay. It was complete and in good condition
except it arrived with the bottom glass portion broken.
(Way to go, USPS) A settlement with the eBay seller and
the post office is in the works. Does anybody have
a spare lower glass portion for this vacpot? It is marked
AW8L, is marked up to 8 cups, says "Automatic" in red
script and has the circular bit on the bottom to
accommodate the automatic kick-down function.

Ron, I may have an extra carafe. I will check when I get home.

Steven (oribatid)


Ron wrote:


>I recently purchased a General Electric Automatic
>vacpot on eBay. It was complete and in good condition
>except it arrived with the bottom glass portion broken.
>(Way to go, USPS) A settlement with the eBay seller and
>the post office is in the works. Does anybody have
>a spare lower glass portion for this vacpot? It is marked
>AW8L, is marked up to 8 cups, says "Automatic" in red
>script and has the circular bit on the bottom to
>accommodate the automatic kick-down function.
>
>
>
>

--- In vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com, STEVEN PHILLIP LEWIS
<lewissp@...> wrote:
Thanks, Steven.  Let me know if you do have the carafe and
we can work out cost, shipping, etc. I appreciate your
willingness to help out here.


> Ron, I may have an extra carafe. I will check when I get home.
>
> Steven (oribatid)
>
>
> Ron wrote:
>
>
> >I recently purchased a General Electric Automatic
> >vacpot on eBay. It was complete and in good condition
> >except it arrived with the bottom glass portion broken.
> >(Way to go, USPS) A settlement with the eBay seller and
> >the post office is in the works. Does anybody have
> >a spare lower glass portion for this vacpot? It is marked
> >AW8L, is marked up to 8 cups, says "Automatic" in red
> >script and has the circular bit on the bottom to
> >accommodate the automatic kick-down function.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

I've read several messages about the continual problem of dried out seals
with antique coffee pots. Awhile back I found a liquid called Rubber Renue.
It is sold for the rejuvenation of rollers and belts such as you would find
on turntables. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the product and
has tried it for seal rejuvenation.

Even if it were to work, would such a solution be okay to use on something
that is used to prepare food. It would do no good to rejuvenate the seal
just to have it leach poisons or carcinogens into the coffee.

This is the 21st Century after all. There has to be some solution to
rejuvenating seals without replacing them.

Kerry

--
Kerry Soloway
http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
201-247-4110
ksoloway@...


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Kerry,


   You might want to check this out before using something like that. I imagine
it to be pretty toxic. Xylene is definitley not a good chemical to ingest. The
other methyl salicylate I'm not familiar with.

   http://www.mgchemicals.com/msds/english/liquid/408a-liquid.pdf

   Peter

Kerry Soloway <ksoloway@...> wrote:
           I've read several messages about the continual problem of dried out
seals
with antique coffee pots. Awhile back I found a liquid called Rubber Renue.
It is sold for the rejuvenation of rollers and belts such as you would find
on turntables. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the product and
has tried it for seal rejuvenation.

Even if it were to work, would such a solution be okay to use on something
that is used to prepare food. It would do no good to rejuvenate the seal
just to have it leach poisons or carcinogens into the coffee.

This is the 21st Century after all. There has to be some solution to
rejuvenating seals without replacing them.

Kerry

--
Kerry Soloway
http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
201-247-4110
ksoloway@...

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Process to re-shape the hardened rubber gasket on the Sunbeam electric C30
vacuum coffee pot.




Remove some of the hardened rubber from this edge.  Don't remove too much
material so as to lose the concave shape and thus not seal properly when using
to make coffee.



I removed the material by chucking the whole top pot in a wood lathe, so as to
get a uniform and concentric shape. (see below)

Note:  I turned the lathe by hand, not with the motor and slowly shaved off
small amounts of the hard rubber.  I also removed it from the lathe often to
check how it fit into the lower pot.  It must fit snug in order for the pot to
work right.





This is the pot, chucked in the lathe.  Note that I was able to leave the handle
on as it cleared the lathe base.  You might have to remove the handle if you
have a smaller clearance.







After shaving off the necessary material for the proper fit, I applied paste
silicone (a product to lubricate o-rings on sink faucet cartridges) to the
gasket to somewhat soften the rubber and provide lubricant for easier insertion
and removal with the bottom pot.



With these modifications, we have been able to make an unusable pot into one
that works just fine and makes great coffee.



   ----- Original Message -----
   From: rsburritt@...
   To: vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:55 PM
   Subject: Re: [vacpot] New to the group


   Hi Kerry,
   If you've had any chance yet to do much research on the C-30 you'll find that
most collectors generally don't use them because of the gasket design...they
tend to become hard and brittle and unusable. I think the one that collectors
tend to go for is the C-50 which stays more usable; however, I do not use any
Sunbeams so I'm not the authority. But a search of the message archive will
probably bring back a lot of results of past email conversations about the C-30
and the gasket design flaw. The C-30's do look great displayed, though.

   We each have our favorite pots that we use...and for different reasons. My
favorite is the cory automatic, which is half glass and half metal. I just like
the look and the convenience of it.

   The Bodum glass pot does make a great cup of coffee! That was my first
experience ever with vacuum pot coffee and I remember it being the smoothest,
richest cup of coffee I ever had (up until then, of course).

   Keep us posted on your search for the Siphon system.

   Roland

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Kerry Soloway
   To: vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:53 AM
   Subject: Re: [vacpot] New to the group

   Being new to the group, I hesitate going off-topic because I don't know how
   much of that is tollerated. So I'll e-mail you off-list with answers about
   my career. If it is of interest to others I am happy to share it here.

   However, getting to how long I've been collecting, I would have to say a
   short time, perhaps four years. If you were to ask how long I've been a fan
   of vacuum coffee, I would have to say over 35 years. Sometimes it's been
   like playing a game of Where's Waldo. There have been periods of time when I
   went "cold turkey", no vacuum coffee for lack of a pot.

   Let me start at the beginning. I grew up in New York City and went to
   college on Long Island.

   I was a student in college when my then-girlfriend and I saw this
   contraption at an antique store. It was a Silex that came with an electric
   hot plate and bakelite trivet that matched the handle of the carafe and
   siphon. I can still vividly remember that first cup of coffee. It tasted
   more like coffee ice cream, smooth and sweet, rather than the bitter sludge
   I was drinking in the cafeteria.

   I might digress and tell you that I grew up in a family that served strictly
   instant coffee. The only time I had brewed coffee was if we were
   entertaining. Then the percolator came out.

   Well, I didn't know it then but learned, as you all know, that the reason
   the coffee was so smooth was because the temperature of the water never
   reached the boiling point.

   I loved that coffee pot but ultimately lost it when we broke up. Several
   years later, when I lived in southern California, I found just the siphon
   and glass rod of a Cory coffee system. I purchased them and was able to
   locate a coffee pot that had a similar sized opening, and so I pieced
   together and made a serviceable system out of them. All was right with the
   world until I dropped the filter rod and it broke.

   Fortunately for me, a friend of mine was an engineer at Hughes Aircraft. He
   took the two halves to work with him one day, and was able to make a
   seamless repair on it. He also said that he baked the filter rod for a
   period of time to eliminate any internal stresses that might make it
   predisposed to any future breakage.

   Ultimately I left California and the pot was lost during the move.

   Several years later, I was telling the story of my first vacuum coffee pot
   to a client. It was before the age of the internet and as I had not seen a
   vacuum coffee pot in many years, I simply thought that they were no longer
   manufactured. That Christmas, in the mid-1980's, I received a package in the
   mail. It was from the same client and was a Bodum Santos. Oh joy, oh
   rapture. Vacuum coffee once again. Not only was it great getting the pot,
   but knowing that it was still available should the unthinkable happen.

   When the unthinkable happened and it broke. But, by now, I had found another
   one at a yard sale, completely unused because the owner couldn't figure out
   how it worked. That was the best $6 I ever spent. I believe that I'm still
   using that one now.

   Over the years I have demonstrated the making of vacuum coffee to countless
   individuals. One couple, the parents of my youngest daughters boyfriend at
   the time, found a Cory DRU/DRL at a yard sale and purchased that for us. It
   is in excellent shape except for the gasket which is a bit on the stiff
   side. Still I can manage to get a decent seal and I make coffee with it
   often.

   Once again, I was describing vacuum coffee to a friend from church, and was
   told that he has one of those things and just can't get it to work. This
   weekend he gave it to me, so I now have the third pot in my budding
   collection. This one an electric Sunbeam C30B.

   What I really look forward to is one of those automatic balancing siphon
   systems.

   Hopefully this isn't the end of the story, just the beginning.

   Kerry

   > > The video I really liked was the vac pot "How To
   > > Make A Perfect Cup of Coffee" video....very
   > > informative for so many people who have never used a
   > > vac pot. You did a good job of explaining it.
   >

   >
   > > How long have you been collecting vacuum pots? I
   > > have sold a many of mine over the last couple of
   > > years....just ran out of room but I do love using
   > > one occasionally although I really perfer drip
   > > coffee. Vac pots are totally fascinating and I
   > > don't plan on selling the ones I have left. I also
   > > have quite a few vintage drip pots including two of
   > > the large depression glass, sapphire blue, lidded
   > > Fire King pots and one very unusual Glasbake pot
   > > that I have never seen in any book. I also have
   > > several McKee Flamex glass percolators and a unusual
   > > two chamber drip pot that is not seen often. I
   > > also have quite a few percolators, both glass and
   > > metal. I don't know why I am so drawn to coffee
   > > pots, but, there it is.....I love'em!
   >
   >
   >
   >

   --
   Kerry Soloway
   http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
   201-247-4110
   ksoloway@...

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Fortunately for me. The gasket isn't an issue on my C30. It is actually
quite pliable. However, I may try this on my Cory DRU/DRL.

Thanks.

Kerry

On Jan 26, 2008 11:02 AM, Jerold Dalton <jdalton1@...> wrote:

>   Process to re-shape the hardened rubber gasket on the Sunbeam electric
> C30 vacuum coffee pot.
>
> Remove some of the hardened rubber from this edge. Don't remove too much
> material so as to lose the concave shape and thus not seal properly when
> using to make coffee.
>
> I removed the material by chucking the whole top pot in a wood lathe, so
> as to get a uniform and concentric shape. (see below)
>
> Note: I turned the lathe by hand, not with the motor and slowly shaved off
> small amounts of the hard rubber. I also removed it from the lathe often to
> check how it fit into the lower pot. It must fit snug in order for the pot
> to work right.
>
> This is the pot, chucked in the lathe. Note that I was able to leave the
> handle on as it cleared the lathe base. You might have to remove the handle
> if you have a smaller clearance.
>
> After shaving off the necessary material for the proper fit, I applied
> paste silicone (a product to lubricate o-rings on sink faucet cartridges) to
> the gasket to somewhat soften the rubber and provide lubricant for easier
> insertion and removal with the bottom pot.
>
> With these modifications, we have been able to make an unusable pot into
> one that works just fine and makes great coffee.
>



























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Hello and welcome to all the new members.  I've had to come out of the
woodwork to comment on the latest Frankenpot to hit eBay
(350020845384).  I was amused at first - there are just so many
combinations to be made with parts.  However when he stated the
"elder" lady he bought it from was at least in her sixties, I was less
amused.  LOL - doesn't he know 60 is the new 40?

Enjoy all....
Fran