[TheForge] RE: Frying pan

Thu Aug 21 14:03:01 2003

I raised some small (6") frying pans out of 16 ga steel. I used 3/16x3/4" for the handles and riveted it on with two rivets. If I can get a couple of pictures I will put them up probably next week at the soonest.

These little pans are great for frying a couple of eggs, a grilled cheese sandwich or a hamburger. The eggs slide out of the pan with only a few drops of olive oil added to the pan while it's heating up.

The 16ga is plenty thick for this. It does not flop around. It does not burn and stick.

It always strikes me as odd when a blacksmith says, "someone wants me to make them a frying pan...where can I buy one"?

Bob Schade
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>On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 17:35:39 -0500, Bob Ehrenberger <[email protected]> 
>wrote:
>
>> Andy,
>>
>> It sounds thin to me also.  But never having made one before who am I to
>> say. We never use anything but cast, I have never used a steel fry pan.
>> Once upon a time we had an aluminum pan with a teflon coating, it was 
>> really
>> bad.
>
>	I had Revere's 200th anniversary pans.  THey were so heavy
>	that I'm sure a small woman would not have been able to 	wield them.  
>About 1/8 thick (8 ga) or better, copper sandwiched
>	with stainless steel on both sides.  Sadly I gave them to
>	my GF at the time when we went our separate ways, though by
>	some twist I still have the pancake griddle thingy.  Must
>	weigh 4# and it's only about 12 to 14 inches square and almost
>	dead flat.  They worked very well; good even heat, and that
>	is the important factor, as far as I know.  That's why so
>	many of your good pans and pots have the thick copper clad
>	bottoms.  I think thin sides are OK, but the bottom should
>	be a good 1/4 inch thick or better.
>
>	Personally, I suspect that unless you are well capitalized
>	to mass-produce these items, or you are going to charge some
>	ungodly price, things like this are far too much work to be
>	worth one's time.  If you can get $500 per piece, then spending
>	a whole day building a frying pan may be a profitable venture.
>	Short of that, I think it's a loser in business terms.  If
>	you just want to do it for the experience then by all means
>	do so.
>
>	It's funny when you think of a form as simple as a frying pan.
>	One does not immediately associate it with great time and
>	effort in the manufacture, even by hand.
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