[TheForge] Here is a good question. Hard to believe also.

Sun Jan 12 20:52:00 2003

Ive never seen a pot that large before, what do you suppose a 5' pot would
be worth?
I've seen some around here 2.5 or 3 ft. in diameter, but Ive never looked
for pots either.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Here is a good question. Hard to believe also.


>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
> > What exactly would you cook in a 1000 lb cast iron pot?  Or is that not
> such
> > a big pot?
> >
>
> I think you might be misunderstanding- he said,
>
> "He then says that the pot rack and cast iron pots will weigh 1000 pounds.
> I write back asking if he put one too many zeros on his figure.
> Nope......1000 pounds it is.  He also wants the chain in copper."
>
> He's talking a pot rack and several pots, and cast iron is heavy. My big
> soup pot, 28" diameter, weighs about 50 lbs empty, which is why when Johan
> and I built the tripod, we made it out of 3/4 inch round bar stock- full,
it
> will be much heavier. I suppose I ought to put a picture of it up where
you
> guys can see it.
>
> I'm seriously looking at another one, if I can get it which is about 5 ft
in
> diameter, and it weighs about 1000 lbs. We're thinking about using it as a
> hot tub at Pennsic ;-) Never said I had any sense ;-) It was originally
used
> for rendering. Many old farms used to have pots that size they used for
> rendering, pig scalding and soap making- you can still find them if you
> look.
>
>
> Phlip
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
>
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