Hi Friends. After having eliminated all the narrow necked pots from my collection, I began to see the post about the narrower ones perhaps producing a better...
Hello All - It is common knowledge among chemists that lye eats glass. It doesn't matter whether it is borosilicate or not, strong lye solutions rapidly erode...
Hello all vac pot addicts,that includes Me too. Just wanted to share another album I created on a Cory Model DEU stove I happened to pick up today at a local...
Hello friends, I don't mean to be rude but if I could ask everyone to use your full first and last name, or at the very least a first name with last initial,...
Thanks for the additonal photos of the sunbeam coffee makers. I see you have a late version as well as an earlier model. Do you find any difference in the ...
Hello All and Larry, I have just finished uploading a few pics of my first vintage vacuum coffee pot that I got in the mail today, and made a homemade heat...
EML, Your last paragraph essentially describes me almost to a "T". My first vacpot was a Cory Rubberless and after some reading and research I found the...
David, What a great addition to the photos section. Where else can you find some of these great items? Seeing the Glass flo filter by cory made me wonder about...
Ian, I've never proven this scientifically but I equate it to two different things (1) making soup and (2) making beer, both of which I have experience with. ...
Hello All, Does anyone have any info on where I can get a heat diffuser to put on an electric stove? I am having a couple of vacuum coffee makers shipped to...
Gabe, First, congratulations on entering the world of vac pot brewing. I hope you will find it as fun as we do. Now, here is why I say hold everything. The...
Hi Friends, I included two photos to my album of stoves. One is the Silex Automatic as the call it on the front, and semi-automatic as the call it on the...
All, I noticed a couple of links on Brian Harris' site for heat diffusers. One link works; the other one doesn't. This is for a new, stainless steel diffuser....
Just got a complete GE Auto with stove on Ebay for $5. Not sure why Kraal15 didn't get it as he seems to jump on every GE Auto that surfaces, especially when...
I notice on one of the local bulletin boards that someone is selling a Silex model Victory (Jewel Tea). They want $40 for it and claim it's in perfect shape....
I've uploaded a couple scans of adverts for the Silex Flamingo. I've seen a couple of the similar Ormonds but I've never seen a real Flamingo. Has anyone?...
Hi Friends, Added a few more photos to my collection in the photo album. Included is a Kitchen Model Silex 8 cup delray I ran into yesterday in an old junk...
Gabe, You should know I would have an answer for this. Many a morning I fire up the Home Comfort with one of my vac's on it for breakfast coffee. As Ian said,...
Hello Larry and all Members: I am a newbie to this site and with Larry' permission I thought it would be great to start adding some links related to this...
Hello Friends, We have had some new additions to our photo section by "vacpot" or David. They are very nice and show the process of brewing in the two styles...
Roland, I just tested out the new Silex Delray Kitchen model I picked up today. I wanted to test out the seal, which fortunately is good. So I decided to try...
Larry, and others, have you ever compared specifically the time it takes to head south, using two scenarios? 1) Actual head south time using the automatic...
Just uploaded a picture. The two in the back are hand blown from the 50's, the smaller one up front is a woman's bracelet charm from the 40's. David...
Well... Since Ian spoke of the "theory" of what it takes to make a good cup of coffee and that generally most of the theory is arbitrary I figured I might as...
Hi friends, Now that we have a little larger pool of members I am wondering if some of you have had experience with the GE Automatic Vaccum and its stove. I...
Hello friends, Well things are really taking off it seems. If I might make a suggestion..... When the topic of a post begins to take a totally new turn, such...
EML, I almost hate to start another topic but since you bought up the grinder and I know many of you are very aware of the grinds of coffee your using, maybe...
Larry if we can get enough interest in this group and get enough people on board for an order, I believe there is a place back east who will make silicone...
Hi All, I was just browsing on another coffee site. A fellow had ask how to make decent coffee from Starbucks beans. He got lots of replys, none of which...
