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Yielding-Disk Potato Masher: A Perforated Disk That Rocks to the Mash
TheChef

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6. outubro 2026DK
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Yielding-Disk Potato Masher: A Perforated Disk That Rocks to the Mash

A rigid masher meets lumpy potatoes with its flat face tilted, and mashes only what it touches. Alfred H. Lorton of New York received US 33,654, dated 5 November 1861, for a mashing utensil "comprised, practically, in a perforated disk provided with a suitable handle," best joined to the handle by an elastic or yielding medium — a core and sleeve of india-rubber — "so that the disk will be permitted to oscillate on the end of the handle in any direction, and thus accommodate itself to the inequalities of surface" of the mass. This rung works out the disk's open area, then prints the disk and handle, joins them with a silicone core and sleeve, and mashes a pan of potatoes with the joint and without it.
Iniciante
About 1 hour, plus printing

Instruções

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Open area of the disk

A carregar o notebook Jupyter…
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Crushing by hand before it

The embedded blueprint crushes with a solid pestle. Lorton perforates the face so the mash passes through, and lets it tilt.
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Read US 33,654

"The perforations may be of any desired form; but I prefer to have them round, as the instrument is more readily cleared when the holes in the disk present no sharp corners." "The instrument, though answering a very good purpose when made rigid, as last above mentioned, will not act so satisfactorily as when constructed so as to yield, as first above set forth."
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Print the disk and handle

Print the perforated disk with its socket (/uploads/blueprints/yielding-disk-potato-masher-disk.stl) and the handle with its socket (/uploads/blueprints/yielding-disk-potato-masher-handle.stl). Print in PETG at 0.2 mm layers, 30 % infill, 4 walls; wash before first use.

Materiais para este passo:

Filamento PETGFilamento PETG1 peça

Ferramentas necessárias:

Impressora 3D de filamento (FDM)Impressora 3D de filamento (FDM)
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Make the rubber core

Cut 34 mm of thick silicone tubing that fills both 15 mm sockets. Push it half into each socket and pin it through each with a 3 mm steel pin.

Materiais para este passo:

Tubo de siliconeTubo de silicone1 peça
Pino cilíndrico de açoPino cilíndrico de aço1 peça

Ferramentas necessárias:

X-ato (faca de precisão)X-ato (faca de precisão)
Paquímetro digital de 6 polegadasPaquímetro digital de 6 polegadas
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Fit the sleeve

Slide a 30 mm sleeve of wider silicone tubing over both sockets and bind each end tightly with stainless wire.

Materiais para este passo:

Tubo de siliconeTubo de silicone1 peça
Arame de aço inoxidávelArame de aço inoxidável1 peça

Ferramentas necessárias:

Alicate de bico chatoAlicate de bico chato
X-ato (faca de precisão)X-ato (faca de precisão)
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The patent drawing

US 33,654 drawing sheet, public domain (expired patent).
Passo 7 - Image 1
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Cook the potatoes

Boil 500 g of potatoes, peeled and quartered, in salted water for about 20 minutes until a knife slides in; drain.

Materiais para este passo:

BatatasBatatas1 peça
ÁguaÁgua1 peça

Ferramentas necessárias:

Tacho altoTacho alto
Balança digital de cozinhaBalança digital de cozinha
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Mash: yielding against rigid

Mash half the potatoes with the joint free and time it to no lumps. Wrap the joint stiff with tape, mash the other half, and compare.
Passo 9 - Image 1

Ferramentas necessárias:

Taça grande de aço inoxidávelTaça grande de aço inoxidável
CronómetroCronómetro
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A disk that clogs, flops or comes off

Yielding-disk potato masher troubleshooting.

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History and honest limits

**Alfred H. Lorton** of New York received US 33,654, dated 5 November 1861. In its simplest form the handle is driven into a socket on the disk; the yielding form uses a rubber core pinned into both sockets and a rubber sleeve wired round them, with a false bottom to protect the core. He named potatoes, turnips and other vegetables. **Honest limits.** Printed PETG and silicone tubing stand in for his metal and india-rubber; FDM prints hold food in their layer lines, so wash well and replace when worn. Your times are the result.

Materiais

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Ferramentas necessárias

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CC0 Domínio Público

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