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odinohi
08-15-2021, 08:12 AM
Bought this at a yard sale. Plugged it in and it got hot, but didn't melt a lead ingot I through in. Also didn't melt a small bar of pewter either. I googled the company didn't find any info about it. Anyone know anything about this?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210815/c9ac7c7c1e72b76ec325ab581e43f0a9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210815/99f2c0677b49280f14e40df08f2db55b.jpg

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JimB..
08-15-2021, 08:30 AM
Hard to read, is that American Elec. Heater Co.?
odinohi
08-15-2021, 08:42 AM
Yes that's what it says. 1916

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metricmonkeywrench
08-15-2021, 09:15 AM
Wax pot for candle making?
odinohi
08-15-2021, 09:18 AM
I think you are right. Seems to be a internal pot that sits in there. Not sure, but something is missing

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lesharris
08-15-2021, 11:01 AM
Hot glue or candle making pot.
herian67
08-15-2021, 11:22 AM
A hide glue heating pot.
JimB..
08-15-2021, 11:24 PM
A hide glue heating pot.

That’d be my guess.
beechbum444
08-15-2021, 11:49 PM
maybe for melting chocolate for Fondue ???
JimB..
08-16-2021, 10:06 AM
Maybe fill it with water and see what temp it gets to. If it’s for glue, and working, 140-150 F range.
garbler
08-16-2021, 10:48 AM
Yes I had a low heat hide glue pot in my furniture shops for thirty years and it looked almost identical to this except I had the lid. Not sure it was made specifically for hide glue as hot wax is certainly another possibility but it was plugged in and left hot all the time. Mine was cast aluminum as in recall

Rick
gwpercle
08-16-2021, 12:29 PM
A hide glue heating pot.

This ... We had one in Baton Rouge High School shop class , wood working , this building was built in 1926 and had a lot of old tools and equipment , A wood lath and drill press that looked like they came over on the Mayflower and some old hand tools . Our teacher had us make things with hand tools , the old way and he believed in the old hide glues and wanted us to experience building things like they did in old days . It was fun and I remember the heated glue pot , there is an insert that the glue is melted in ... I think we had two or three different insert / pots for different glues .
I'm still using a nice little book shelf I built ... hand cut joints , hide glue and little wood pegs ... no nails and no screws ...
Gary