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Cookware Handles: Stainless Loops on Flanges Drilled for Rivets
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Cookware Handles: Stainless Loops on Flanges Drilled for Rivets

Pot handles are often riveted on: the handle has a flange with a pattern of holes, bevelled on the side against the pot, so the rivets spread into the bevel and lock the handle to the pot (US 7,966,710). These are a pair of loop handles bent from stainless rod and riveted to stainless flange plates, ready to rivet to a pot. Design and sizes are ours. The picture: our drawing.
Intermediate
Half a day

Instructions

1

Cut the flanges

Cut two flange plates 70 × 35 mm from 2 mm stainless sheet and curve each slightly to fit the pot's side wall. Drill each with three holes for the pot rivets, countersunk on the face that will sit against the pot, and two plain holes for fixing the loop.

Materials for this step:

Stainless Steel SheetStainless Steel Sheet1 piece

Tools needed:

Tin SnipsTin Snips
HacksawHacksaw
Bench ViseBench Vise
Drill PressDrill Press
Drill Bit SetDrill Bit Set
Countersink Bit SetCountersink Bit Set
Cutting OilCutting Oil
File SetFile Set
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
2

Bend the loops

Cut two 180 mm lengths of 8 mm stainless rod. Heat the ends red and flatten them on the anvil into tabs, then bend each rod into a loop that stands clear of the pot wall by a hand's thickness.

Materials for this step:

Stainless Steel RodStainless Steel Rod400 mm

Tools needed:

HacksawHacksaw
Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
AnvilAnvil
Cross Peen HammerCross Peen Hammer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Bench ViseBench Vise
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
3

Drill and rivet the loops

Drill the flattened tabs to match the two plain holes and rivet each loop to the outer face of its flange. The three countersunk holes are left for riveting the handle to the pot.

Materials for this step:

Steel RivetsSteel Rivets4 pieces

Tools needed:

Drill PressDrill Press
Drill Bit SetDrill Bit Set
AnvilAnvil
Cross Peen HammerCross Peen Hammer
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
4

Finish

File all edges smooth so nothing catches the hand, and check both handles sit flat on the pot wall.

Tools needed:

File SetFile Set
Digital Caliper 6-InchDigital Caliper 6-Inch

Materials

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Tools Required

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