[TheForge] Putting neu handles on old skillets

[Mike Linn]

Id grind off the old handle and rivet a new one on..  gotta be careful with 
the riveting because you dont want to crack or break the side wall.

mike


At 08:40 AM 7/29/2005, you wrote:

>I have some old cast iron skillets with the handles broken off with about 1"
>of handle left. Since my daughter likes to cook in these things, I thought
>of making braded and diamond twist handles, weld a short piece of black iron
>pipe and forge it around the original handle stubs. Or does anyone know a
>better way to do it? I thought of grinding the old ones off and riveting a Y
>shaped attachment, but that seems like a lot of work.
>
>Ron C
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