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

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6. octubre 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.
Principiante
About 1 hour, plus printing

Instrucciones

1

Open area of the disk

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2

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.
3

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."
4

Print the disk and handle

Print the perforated disk with its socket and the handle with its socket. Print in PETG at 0.2 mm layers, 30 % infill, 4 walls; wash before first use.

Materiales para este paso:

Filamento PETGFilamento PETG1 pieza

Herramientas necesarias:

Impresora 3D de filamento (FDM)Impresora 3D de filamento (FDM)
5

Print the disk

The disk, printed as step 4 describes.
Archivo de DisenoSTLCC0 - Free
6

Print the handle

The handle, printed as step 4 describes.
Archivo de DisenoSTLCC0 - Free
7

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.

Materiales para este paso:

Tubo de siliconaTubo de silicona1 pieza
Redondo de acero dulceRedondo de acero dulce1 pieza

Herramientas necesarias:

Cúter de precisiónCúter de precisión
Calibre digital de 6 pulgadasCalibre digital de 6 pulgadas
8

Fit the sleeve

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

Materiales para este paso:

Tubo de siliconaTubo de silicona1 pieza
Alambre de acero inoxidableAlambre de acero inoxidable1 pieza

Herramientas necesarias:

Alicates de boca planaAlicates de boca plana
Cúter de precisiónCúter de precisión
9

The patent drawing

US 33,654 drawing sheet, public domain (expired patent).
Paso 9 - Image 1
10

Cook the potatoes

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

Materiales para este paso:

PatatasPatatas1 pieza
AguaAgua1 pieza

Herramientas necesarias:

Cazo altoCazo alto
Báscula digital de cocinaBáscula digital de cocina
11

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.
Paso 11 - Image 1

Herramientas necesarias:

Bol grande de acero inoxidableBol grande de acero inoxidable
CronómetroCronómetro
12

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.

Materiales

6

Herramientas requeridas

8

Archivos de diseño

2

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