One of the ends of the handle came loose.
It’s not loose anymore.
I wouldn’t want JB Weld coming into contact with my food.
Another approach would be to drill a hole through the handle and surface it attaches to and use a nut/bolt to hold the two surfaces together.
Agreed. A quick google tells me that JB Weld is not food safe.
Nor does it actually fix anything. It's just epoxy glue.
The chance that sufficient food comes into contact with this minuscule amount of jb weld to cause me to become ill is low enough to not concern me.
It might actually give you a super power!
Can I get ‘glows in the dark’?
No but maybe cancer.
Better would be a stainless pop rivet, less likely to start rusting over time
How are you using strainers in a way that the contract point of the handle is in significant contact with your food?
By pouring boiling water with noodles into the strainer a lot of boiling water and steam can wash over the rim or handle. Not to mention the steam condenses on that area and then drains through the food in the strainer.
Epoxy is a bunch of super concentrated toxins that come together to form a strong plastic, they leach out over time
There is food-safe epoxy, that is pretty inert when cured. Idk how well it mixes with boiling-ish water, and I am pretty sure JB weld is not even remotely food safe
when cured, the compounds polymerize.
TN, a dull man, presents to the ER with pain in his lower abdomen.
I have the same issue, you’ve reminded me to continue to be frustrated at it the next time I use it.
I seem to be excelling at providing an example of what not to do.
I am truly not concerned, but I think I might have to get a spot welder and do a follow up post in a few days.
Just use some lead solder instead. Wait....
I am speaking more to my laziness than commenting on the fix. I think I’d be ok with it working than being a half arsed salad tongs connected to a sieve.
Great. Now to clean it.
No? I think you are seeing water in the mesh.
OK, my apologies. I know starchy pasta water can dry out like this.
Welding is intimidating, but once you've got the basics and some practice, its basically a hot glue gun for steal. And a cheap welder is like $150, and a mask, your in for maybe 200.
Its less than the price of a cordless drill.
Almost always its some spot/ tack weld that failed. Would take less time than it takes to find your keys, wallet, socks and jandles to get over to the hardware store and buy the JB weld to wack it out yourself.
I agree with most of what you wrote, but cordless drills are way cheaper than you apparently realize.
$150 seems reasonable for a cordless drill?
My last recollection of shopping these was that practically the entire price is the batteries.
$150 is if you need a good drill for daily use. You can find cheap ones for $50 all day.
I think I got a team green from the home despot, a hammer drill, a regular drill, and a battery all for $200, but they're the 4ah batteries.
If you just try and get the batteries, those are almost as much.
Yeah when I purchased my ryobi shit, I didn’t realize I was signing up for yet another subscription. Their batteries error out for no fucking apparently reason, and they won’t even warranty them unless you have the corresponding thing it was sold with on hand.
Please notify me when you create the community for neophyte idiots who want to learn weld, because this neophyte idiot wants to learn to weld.
you can buy MIG welders for under $100, then there are 12 million youtube channels because Americans are obsessed with welding.
you can buy stick welders new for $60 and they work.
I already had the jb, and don’t know what jandles are.
But yeah, a cheap welder would be cool.
Jandles are a cross between jeans and candles - essentially they're candles with blue denim wax, with gold stitching and little pockets down the side.
I'm sure someone will come along and post a photograph sooner or later.
I imagine that’s what the song Mister Bo Jandles is about.
jandles
slippahs
I always wanted to learn to weld. It seems like a useful skill.
It's no where near as hard as trades people claim. It's slightly above using a hot glue gun.
Well, yeah, when you know how to do something that few other people know, you have to make it sound really, really difficult. I get that, I do the same thing.
I have a business doing something fairly unusual, that only handful of people on the planet know how to do, and few of them know how to do it well. I'm probably the best in the world at it, and I make it sound nearly impossible, and frightfully dangerous. It's the best way to scare off potential competitors, of which I've had many.
I was thinking for years it was very complicated and dangerous. And while it is dangerous, its just not that complicated. And yes, the ceiling is high. But if you've got a grinder, its fine. Its surprisingly forgiving.
Sick!
Uh, oh.
I mean: Thats whats you supposed to do obviosly!
Hella sik!
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