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    Good score but ditch the Teflon skillet (DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON) go to about any metalshop, get them to cut you a round 1/4” piece of steel to put on top of your hotplate. That plate of mine has outlasted two of the stoves……every single burner stove I’ve had over the last 25 years has been under $10 at Walgreens…

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    Green Frog, I can’t remember where they came from. Look on line. I have 3 sizes, the full sized ones were bought from my club when we upgraded. The others were bought either at a big gun show or on line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tazman1602 View Post
    Good score but ditch the Teflon skillet (DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON) go to about any metalshop, get them to cut you a round 1/4” piece of steel to put on top of your hotplate. That plate of mine has outlasted two of the stoves……every single burner stove I’ve had over the last 25 years has been under $10 at Walgreens…

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    I have a 9x9x1/4 " piece of steel plate that works great. Have a can to make it into a oven to preheat with.

    I find stuff all the time at the thrift store, heck the lazyboy I'm sitting in right now came from a thrift store.

    You'll like that Wagner, I have one just like yours that my mom said thy got for their wedding. in 1947.
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    I use a dull 7-1/4" saw blade on top of my hot plate to spread the heat and give me a flat surface to sit the molds on to pre-heat.

    Cheaper than having a custom cut piece of steel. But I'm a cheapskate.

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    Got a double hotplate 2-3 years ago, $2 or $3. 2 months ago got a dehydrator from a booth that had every item marked down to $1, was tagged at $15.
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    The best binoculars I owned, Japan 29x50 that my granddaughter broak and not repairable… came out from a marine store in Baltimore for $40.00
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    Quote Originally Posted by DDriller View Post
    All I found at the thrift store yesterday was an old Wagner 10" cast iron skillet for $4.
    Score!!!!!


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    i bought a LL bean heavy winter coat made in freeport maine in ex condition for 15.00.

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    Yeah, but there is such a small actual amount of teflon that the amount of noxious gas emitted is trivial.
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    See previous response dealing with micro-quantity of teflon giving off micro quantity of noxious gas.
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    I got all my PC baking ovens in thrift stores. They're a great resource for all sorts of stuff for reloaders.
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    I can’t pass up a flea market and always leave with something.

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    I got a really nice ultra-light fishing reel for $3, which I then ran over.
    And I got a like new, brand name, zip-up merino wool sweater for $4.
    Recently got two pewter trays for $3 ea.

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