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Reply #10 - Mar 7^th, 2014 at 5:20pm

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after the electro.
The good news, if you hadn't noticed, is it has all its limbs Grin

What do you think of the shape of the legs; they're a bit more elaborate than the usual ?

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Reply #11 - Mar 7^th, 2014 at 5:25pm

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grump, I agree with the previous comments about leaving it alone, I have two ovens with hairline cracks, I use them and it doesn't seem to matter. One is an 18" Metters with a 3" crack in the lid, I've learned to live with it, no big deal, I bought it like that because the price was right Grin

Rob.

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 #12 - Mar 7^th, 2014 at 5:43pm

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poddy dodger wrote on Mar 7^th, 2014 at 5:25pm:

Rob.

You're right Rob. I am feeling better about it already.
Its a bit like renovating and not getting things quite as spot on as you would wish. For the first few weeks you notice any flaw every time you come upon it; then after a time you wonder what all the concern was about Wink

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Reply #13 - Mar 7^th, 2014 at 8:02pm

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I don't have the experience of some of the other fellas but I had an oven that had a crack in the base and the third time we cooked in it the crack ran a lot. It was the 11" Carron I sent you the photos of. They are pretty thin though. We were bitterly disappointed and my wife is looking high and low to find a base as it was her favourite camp oven.

Yours looks a fine old oven mate and it is coming up really well.

Jeff

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Reply #14 - Mar 8^th, 2014 at 6:59pm

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Yeah Jeff, my sympathy with you on that one. The walls certainly are fine and not accepting of too rough handling/uneven heating.
If I come upon a Carron pan to suit your lid I will be certain to give you a call.

I think that when the cracks are constrained any tension will express itself by travelling.
With that in mind I will be heating and cooling it steadily.

Anyhow, here are some images of the seasoned item - the browned ones are the camera flash(?)

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Reply #15 - Mar 8^th, 2014 at 9:04pm