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May 8^th, 2009 at 2:09pm

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Just love the personal service from Billmans:

7th May 2009

Hi David,

Your lid has been cast and is in the fettling shop, but we have run out of 12" bases so will have to wait until they are done, hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

I will send you a message and invoice when they are almost
ready.

Kind regards

Kerrie Holland
Billmans Foundry Pty Ltd
Langslow Street (PO Box 242)
Castlemaine 3450
Ph: 03 5472 4302
Fax: 03 5470 6933
website: www.billmansfoundry.com.au

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Reply #1 - May 9^th, 2009 at 10:41pm

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If circumstances permit order your oven from Billmans and then go and pick it up, then while you're there ask Max for a tour and see how they're cast, Sundryed and myself did that last year, terrific.

pd

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #2 - Jul 22^nd, 2009 at 9:42am

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I picked up my 18" the other day.......Beautiful pot!!!!!

If anyone is interested in acquiring a genuine Aussie made camp oven at a reasonable price. Billman's make some beautiful pots and what's more their a top mob to deal with.

I highly recommend em

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Reply #3 - Jul 22^nd, 2009 at 3:48pm

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SJ you didn't muck around then, must be heavy, the 15" weighs enough let alone the 18".

Don't waste a day, not while your breathing.

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Reply #4 - Jul 22^nd, 2009 at 4:10pm

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It's a little ripper Michael....I can feel my biceps enlarging every time I use it.... Grin

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Reply #5 - Jul 22^nd, 2009 at 9:09pm

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Wait till you have to pick it up "The morning after" SJ.
Mine kills me, (but I love it......the favourite)
My mates sitting there, not offering to help, just saying sh&t like "sausages are much easier".
Bastards, If I could have lifted it that high, I would have dropped it on their toes. Grin

I did a 6.5Kg leg of pork in it last w/e. turned out smick again...7hrs in the pot, melt in ya' mouth stuff.

Looks like a leg of rabbit in that pot!!

Mick.

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Reply #6 - Jul 23^rd, 2009 at 10:09am

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Mick,
The Billman's 18" is certainly the biggest and heaviest pot I've ever owned.....at 30 plus kilos, it's a veritable whopper.. Cheesy

The recent July School Holidays was the first time I put it through it's paces at least in a camping situation.

We stayed in a hut situated up in the North East Victorian snow country, which we use as a base camp for our skiing and snow boarding exploits. The hut boasts a large fireplace, equipped with a fire crane and a number of 8 gauge fencing wire billy hooks hung off it. Over the years, these billy hooks have comfortably hung, all manner of camp ovens , including my beefy 15” Furphy, however the first night up their, the hooks met their 'Waterloo' with the 18” Billman’s. The poor old wire hooks just couldn’t handle the weight . All of a sudden the hook bend straightened under the load...... and of course...... 'stone the bloody crows', .....the pot flopped over into the fire..... didn't it....!! Shocked

Not that it was all that funny at the time... !!! Although my son thought it was hilarious and nearly fell into the fire himself.. . with laughter!!! ....Little DEVIL!! .... Grin

With only the grace of God and a little ash... the meal survived and fed us all that evening

Over that two week period and aside from the hook problem, the 18” proved to be a superb cooking pot, what with churning out numerous dishes, including roasts, stews, curries, pizza, bread, scones, cakes, etc.
My son was particularly impressed with the fact that it would accommodate large homemade pizza Tongue

and that the oven was also large enough to facilitate the cooking of two standard size sponge cakes at a time.

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Reply #7 - Jul 23^rd, 2009 at 7:42pm

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Still Waiting for my little 12" Undecided

might have to contact Kerrie to see whats going on Sad

cheers George

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Reply #8 - Jul 23^rd, 2009 at 7:52pm

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Hi Kerrie Camp Oven,

Hows it going with me 12" Pot? Ordered in April.

Regards,
David
Toowoomba

KD

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Reply #9 - Jul 24^th, 2009 at 11:23am

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George your pot may well be ready. When i picked up mine, I noticed there were a heap of pots in the back room waiting for their prospective owners.

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