The differences between these units parallel the differences between vac pots in general in that much revolves around the filter and the gasket. The Sunbeams...
Hi Larry and Mark, The Farberware models are seen with a grey or black colored seals. The grey rubber ages badly. Over time it loses its strength and when...
Hello everyone, me again. The silex is up and running with its new gasket and working just fine. However I stumbled upon a Farberware Robot this past weekend...
Hi, I'm a new member and found your group when I googled Sunbeam Coffeemaster C30C--which I just received from a family member last night! I found an email...
Hello everyone, my name is Mark. I'm new to the group and I am a collector. I have recently found the vacuum coffee pots though and am amazed at the quality...
If anyone has either for sale please contact me. Our Starbucks Barista Utopia is on its last legs and I don't think they're very durable, probably why they're...
Hello I am new to the group and have a C50 coffee pot I have been working/playing with. The problem is that there is alot of silt when I use the original mesh...
Good Christmas morning to all our friends of Vacuum Coffee and others.It has been a good year for the group with access to the site being evidently easier to...
Hi...first let me say I am not mechanical. I bought a C30 last year for a steal in practically new condition. It has been brewing coffee beautifully until...
Hi everyone! I sm s new poster to this group, but have been lurking here for a while. I currently own a new Yama vacuu, coffee pot, and a recently aquired...
Hi Rod, The Hill-Shaw filter is a later period commercial type. They turn up now and then. That double handled HS vacpot that just sold on ebay had one in it. ...
Well I found out its a Hill Shaw Vaculator filter. But I still don't know what pot it belongs to. Also it says underneath the filter Cat. Number RF-5. Any...
I have a picture showing a large mesh filter that I have that I don't know what it belongs to. Can someone look at the pictures under roddey99 that says...
Hello, I am new to the site, and have been reading all the great information you have here. I have some beautiful old pots that either have hard gaskets or...
I have 2 Sunbeam C50s. One works fine. The other will warm up but not heat enough to boil. When I turn the knob there is a click but the indicator light...
Hello Group, I am hoping you might be able to provide me detail as to a vacuum coffee maker. The one in question is the "Cory Coffee Maker, Model ABC-3". I am...
Things seem pretty slow this month, so I thought I'd ramble a bit. I've been playing with my old Sunbeam C50 converted-to-stove-top brewer. I've been trying to...
Hi Roland, You are not far from the truth of the matter. The Hotpoint Electric Heating Co. did market a line of cooking utensils that were designed to use the...
Mark, The funnel was used on the Silex Steam Iron to get the water into the water reservoir. CHEERS...Mathew ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hello everyone... I picked up the interesting Silex funnel. Seems like it is made of bakelite. Measures about almost 2" high and about 2" across at the mouth. ...
I recently put up my thoughts on cleaning very dull aluminum pots. I think I should revise that idea a bit. I did another pot and this time I skipped using...
I came across a Silex vacpot today at a garage sale and cannot find a picture of it in the silex photos. I have posted 2 pictures of it under "Chris' Robot"...
