[TheForge] RE: Frying pan

[Andrew Vida]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:21:08 -0500, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge@marktwain.net> 
wrote:

> Phil,
>
> here is the add as in the BAM news letter:
>
> Heavy duty frying pan blanks:  Steel, aprox 9"in diam with 2" sides. 12 
> ga.
> or 14 ga. with or without 2 3/16 holes for handle. 1-4 $9, 5-9 $8 10+ $7.
> shipping $4 = $.50 ea pan. Contact:
>

	OK, I will start by saying I'm not a gourmet cook, so I may be
talking through the wrong sphincter.  12 ga. seems a bit light.  All
the really good frying pans I've seen were perhaps 10 to 8 ga, or if
the sides are to be thin as 14 ga., the bottoms are often very heavy
in the 3/16 to 1/4 inch range.  Then you have those with copper clad
bottoms and all that, but that may be more work than you're wanting
to get into.