Rainman's Chip Flattening Oven (1 Viewer)

[jbutler]

???

Precisely.

 

[luckbox]

hey , whatever works for you have fun with your experiment, just tryin to keep things simple...like my mind (y) :thumbsup:

 

[bentax1978]

Found something to do while playing the PCF tournament tonight

in less than 10 minutes

 

[BGinGA]

Don't forget to turn those bulbs after 20 minutes to ensure even cooking. Braised asparagus spears and a nice light curry sauce on the side always works for us.

 

[bentax1978]

Don't forget to turn those bulbs after 20 minutes to ensure even cooking. Braised asparagus spears and a nice light curry sauce on the side always works for us.

Just hit 20 minutes and we're at 95 degrees. Might need a few more minutes before I turn them

Actually cooked asparagus last night, though not using light bulb heat as I don't think I would have quite hit the required temperatures for roasting.

 

[BGinGA]

Just hit 20 minutes and we're at 95 degrees. Might need a few more light bulbs.

^ FYP

 

[Chicken Rob]

I grew up 10 miles from the asparagus capital of the world.

http://www.yankeemagazine.com/article/food/asparagus

And just last Friday @bergs was disparaging this fine town.

 

[bentax1978]

^ FYP

I don't think I will, in fact I have dimmers standing by to reduce the energy as my quick calculations suggest the equilibrium point will be above 130 F.


Sadly, I have one unintended data point from when my fridge lights got left on and the interior temp hit above 105 degrees with just the fridge lights (albeit 4x40W bulbs, but a much larger space)



edit: up to 115 degrees. Pretty confident we'll hit 130 fairly easily, then it's a matter of fine tuning the wattage to maintain 130. Also, if I were actually doing this with chips where I'd have to open and close the oven door more frequently, I would put a few thermal masses (bricks) in the oven to help regulate/maintain the temperature.

 

[bentax1978]

So for those who are interested, which might be just me at this point, a single 60W bulb inside my oven maintained an internal oven temperature of around 135F degrees. Taking it down to 40W dropped the temperature to around 120F. So for my particular oven, somewhere around 50-55 watts would be the right amount to maintain 130F. Opening and closing the oven for 20-30 seconds had a negligible effect on the temperature as the oven itself probably has sufficient thermal mass even without the addition of bricks.

So bottom line, if you want to flatten chips in an oven, you can probably stick an extension cord with a bulb/socket on the end inside the oven and maintain a fairly consistent temperature that would work for flattening warped chips.

 

[luckbox]

Just hit 20 minutes and we're at 95 degrees. Might need a few more minutes before I turn them

at 20 mins those bulbs will definately come out el dente......

 

[RainmanTrail]

So for those who are interested, which might be just me at this point, a single 60W bulb inside my oven maintained an internal oven temperature of around 135F degrees. Taking it down to 40W dropped the temperature to around 120F. So for my particular oven, somewhere around 50-55 watts would be the right amount to maintain 130F. Opening and closing the oven for 20-30 seconds had a negligible effect on the temperature as the oven itself probably has sufficient thermal mass even without the addition of bricks.

So bottom line, if you want to flatten chips in an oven, you can probably stick an extension cord with a bulb/socket on the end inside the oven and maintain a fairly consistent temperature that would work for flattening warped chips.

Good stuff @bentax1978. I like this solution

Plus, it's definitely more firefighter approved than my hairdryer oven! Haha. More energy efficient too

 

[NicholasAK]

Plus, it's definitely more firefighter approved than my hairdryer oven!

I cringed a bit when i saw the pic

 

[DrStrange]

I did mine in the summer using the backseat of my car left in the Texas sun. But I also could have used the warming tray in the oven.

Baby sets till the method is proven -=- DrStrange

 

[RainmanTrail]

Thanks again @bentax1978 for the light bulb idea. This worked awesome for flattening my Mapes chips! I heated them for 30 minutes at 130F in a wood clamp, 10 chips at a time. And thanks again to @BGinGA for the ceramic blanks!

Here are the before vs after pics of the Mapes $5s...


BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[DJ Mack]

Neat - great outcome!

 

[leo822]

Cool idea..I may try this if they start to bug me

 

[GenghisKhan]

I gotta get some wood clamps with screwable levers like these.
I tried the oven with metal clamps that had pistol grips, and they got better but not enough compression I think.
These turned out real good.

 

[Chicken Rob]

I have never flattened chips, but a Bessey K body clamp always clamps parallel. Something to consider.

My favorite clamp ever.

 

[Dahlar9]

Very cool!

 

[Mental Nomad]

I don't know why anyone would experiment with using ceramic chips and a hair dryer to flatten chips when there's a purpose-made tool for that.

And yes, I'll be watching the questions and answers to see who asks about flattening Mapes...

 

[Mental Nomad]

Finally know why these stack so well...

 

[Taghkanic]

Don’t know how I missed it before, but anyway... This is an all-time post.