Hey all,
I am guessing that this question is prolly 
one you all have had to answer 1 too many 
times ;-) 
I picked up a cory vaccum pot over the weeked 
for a price that was just right, free ;-).
This old goat seems in overall good condition and
complete with the exception of the main gasket.
At the time my friend(who gave it to me) and 
I were not sure if the material used for this 
was rubber or bakelite, if that give one a 
sense of the condition of the gasket.
Anywho, its real hard and doesnt make for 
a happy seal.  I am unaware of any magic 
that can be performed on old rubber to make
it nice and supple again. Are there any
suppliers that would be carry said gasket?
Or am I gonna have to widdle a new one from
a block of food grade rubber? 
Any info at all would be fantastic.
Ed Balas
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Ed,
There is someone making gaskets for some Vac pots..I'm not sure as to which
brand(s)..If you present the question to the folks at alt.coffee, I'm sure
someone will give you the info.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help...
Ciao,
Angelo
| Hey all,
|
| I am guessing that this question is prolly
| one you all have had to answer 1 too many
| times ;-)
|
| I picked up a cory vaccum pot over the weeked
| for a price that was just right, free ;-).
|
| This old goat seems in overall good condition and
| complete with the exception of the main gasket.
| At the time my friend(who gave it to me) and
| I were not sure if the material used for this
| was rubber or bakelite, if that give one a
| sense of the condition of the gasket.
|
| Anywho, its real hard and doesnt make for
| a happy seal.  I am unaware of any magic
| that can be performed on old rubber to make
| it nice and supple again. Are there any
| suppliers that would be carry said gasket?
|
| Or am I gonna have to widdle a new one from
| a block of food grade rubber?
|
| Any info at all would be fantastic.
|
| Ed Balas
|
|
|
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Hey all,
As a status upd, the email addr for the fellow
contempating manufacturing replacement gaskets
is dead, so if anyone has a vaid addr for him
that would be great.
Thus far I have also tried the amonia soak trick
but that didnt do too much for me, gasket way
to far gone I suppose.
So next I am gonna see about geting a 
gasket manufacturer interested. I am guessing
that they wont be interested and I will end
up perhapse having to get a block of rubber from
them and working it by hand.
Also wondering if anyone has tried to cast the 
gasket in plaster and then filling mold with
some form of nontoxic goo that would harden 
to something that would operate as a gasket.
I suppose that at some point the time I have 
into this will be worth more than the cost of
a new Cona but... we'll see.
Ed Balas
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Angelo wrote:
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Ed,
I looked in my files and came up with this message I saved from the
alt.coffee group.
I'm not sure which email address you say is dead...it might be this one. I'm
reprinting this message in case someone might be interested in contacting
this gentleman.
Ciao,
Angelo
<Snip>
"I am pleased to announce that Andy Powell, of Casco Bay Molding in Maine
has
just introduced the world's (as far as I know) first food grade silicone
replacement gasket for the narrow-necked (LK body) Silex vacuum pots.  Just
so you know, I loaned Andy my best gasket to use as a mold for the tooling!
The gasket selected is the one with the dovetail notching at the top so it
can be used with the double handle Silex uppers as well as the plain uppers.
The new gaskets are work great and I have also had success using them with
other old vacpots which have the same size funnel and lower bowl opening,
such as the White Cross, early Vaculator, Samson and Cafex.  This is a very
exciting development for those of us who  collect, use and love our ancient
vacpots!  I believe Andy has put the gaskets up on e-Bay, but to be sure,
you can contact him at andyp  If we support his pioneering
effort (and let's face it, this was an unorthodox product to undertake)
maybe we can get him to invest in tooling for MORE gaskets such as the
wide-neck (W body) Silex, the wide and narrow-necked Cory's, the GE's, etc.
I know this sounds crazy, but ever since I started collecting and
exclusively using vacpots to brew coffee, I have always dreamed of a day
when unlimited gaskets for my favorite pots might be available.  My vacpot
runneth over!
Mobito"
<Snip>
| Hey all,
|
| As a status upd, the email addr for the fellow
| contempating manufacturing replacement gaskets
| is dead, so if anyone has a vaid addr for him
| that would be great.
|
| Thus far I have also tried the amonia soak trick
| but that didnt do too much for me, gasket way
| to far gone I suppose.
|
| So next I am gonna see about geting a
| gasket manufacturer interested. I am guessing
| that they wont be interested and I will end
| up perhapse having to get a block of rubber from
| them and working it by hand.
|
| Also wondering if anyone has tried to cast the
| gasket in plaster and then filling mold with
| some form of nontoxic goo that would harden
| to something that would operate as a gasket.
|
| I suppose that at some point the time I have
| into this will be worth more than the cost of
| a new Cona but... we'll see.
|
|
| Ed Balas
|
| On Wed, 9 May 2001, Angelo wrote:
|
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