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My remodeled Mini

Carolina Q
Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Well, I finally found a Rutland gasket that I like AND the new band/hinge arrived yesterday from Mama! The hinge installation was easy and the alignment is perfect! LOVE the way it works too!!

The gasket I used is listed as a "rope" rather than "tape", but it's more like a tube in that it compresses nicely and actually looks flat when installed. Rutland part # 91N, 1/4"x5/16".

Now all I have to do is add a gasket to the ceramic top. :)



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I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Michael 
Central Connecticut 

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  • thechief96
    thechief96 Posts: 1,908
    Very nice and clean work too. ;)The hinge looks a lot like my XL hinges.
    Dave San Jose, CA The Duke of Loney
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Forgot to mention that I installed the gasket on the bottom only. Also, the lovely orange stuff is Permatex UltraCopper. It doesn't stay orange forever. Turns brownish after a while and then fades to being pretty much invisible.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker
    Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker Posts: 3,743
    you won't need a gasket on the upper rim.

    looks nice.
    didn't know there was a new hinge. looks like a mini XL hinge
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Thanks, Jeff. I know about the upper - had a Rutland on the Large since last winter. Bottom only.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Thanks, Dave.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Frank from Houma
    Frank from Houma Posts: 5,755
    Mike - I have rutlands on my XL, Small, and Mini - base only. Works mightyfine

    Looks like a professional installation
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  • Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker
    Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker Posts: 3,743
    i misunderstood what you meant about "ceramic top". :laugh:
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  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
    Nice Michael, when I get the mini done it will be rutlands on all 4 eggs.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    How about "the little green gizmo that you use to snuff out the fire"? :lol:

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    Ceramic Cap
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  • Double Bogey
    Double Bogey Posts: 635
    Nice work Michael. I have two minis and cannot keep gaskets on either of them so this will be high on my "to do" list.
    Larry
    Aiken, SC. and
    Fancy Gap, Va.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Top/cap, grid/grate, platesetter/place setting... who can keep all these technical terms straight?! :lol:B)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
    Looks like a happy little guy Michael! Need to do both my mini's for hinges :(
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