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how’s this for a loving repair?

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08 Feb 10 at 19:19 Filed under: Wonderful Hackery.

Jim from Maryland sent in this cracker !
“After years of dedicated service, my dzezva, (small pot for Turkish coffee) split badly at the handle. Multiple repair attempts with gobs of glue did not help. I sawed off the split third of the handle, sanded it down and drilled in a new screw hole. It needed reinforcement at the joint and some insulation against further splitting, so green Sugru covered most of the handle. More reinforcement was needed and the green stem suggested a flower.”
Hope it lasts long time Jim :)

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Sweet!

Lea on Sat 13 February 2010 (at 11:09)

Do you know if the sugru insulates the metal well enough to be able to grab the handle barehanded?

lisa.lassner@gmail.com on Sat 21 August 2010 (at 4:48)

I suspect a thick layer of Sugru over a metal handle would insulate it enough to be safe to grip, but I defer to others on that (Jane?)

Here the Sugru is over the wood handle, which is a poor heat conductor, so anywhere along the wood or sugru section stays quite cool

Jim on Mon 23 August 2010 (at 8:31)

Hi Lisa and Jim,
sugru isn’t a great heat insulator like the silicone optimised for baking trays and spatulas, so even though it’ll do a pretty good job in most common kitchen applications for this, I wouldn’t advise it for this because I’ve used it on a cast iron pan which got really really hot, and in the end the sugru did get too hot to hold without a tea towel…. sorry not to have better news !
Jane.

Jane on Mon 23 August 2010 (at 9:17)

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