Emergency Thanksgiving repair

[OldMachinist]

We got the dish out that the candied yams go in for Thanksgiving and the ceramic screw for the lid knob was broken.



So out to the shop I went, put a piece of stainless in the lathe and whipped out a new piece.



Better than new.

 

[DAN_IN_MN]

Great SAVE!
It's always nice to be able to make our machines useful in the minds of others! :LOL:

I did something similar awhile back. This was to my MIL's roaster. The plastic studs inside the handle broke. The studs were left in the lid held on by screws. I first had just used plastic epoxy. Fearing that might not hold, I drilled and tapped for 10-24 and put in two SS screws. I wanted flat head plastic screws, but had to settle for what our small hardware store had.

 

[xalky]

That alone would make me want to go out and buy a $5000 lathe, if I didn't already have one.:rofl:

:nuts:Sad but true.

Marcel