metal peel gauge/thickness

[david s]

Re: metal peel gauge/thickness

Try places that specialize in doing stainless steel sheet metal work, like custom kitchen stuff. Just put back up my shade cover over the pool after removing it a week ago after ex tropical cyclone Olga dumped around 400mm of rain on us. The pool temp was 34 C (95 F) It's like jumping into a bowl of soup. Not very pleasant.

[scott123]

Re: metal peel gauge/thickness

If you google 'cake lifter' you can find very inexpensive sheet stainless which can be converted into a peel- potentially with very little cutting.

[kebwi]

Re: metal peel gauge/thickness

With regard to the most useful shape...do any of you prefer peels with a slight angle between the handle and the sheet, like a normal spatula...so you don't have to scrape the handle horizontally along the floor to slide under the pizza? It doesn't look like peels are ever shaped this way. I can see how it would be unnecessary or even unwieldy with the large "placement" or "retrieval" peels, but I'm surprised that the small circular "manipulating" peels don't have such a bend in them.

Should I not design such a bend into my own peel. Obviously, have no experience to draw on yet!

[Tscarborough]

Re: metal peel gauge/thickness

Consider the length VS the angle. Say you want a 10% angle when you hit the pizza, if the peel is not flat to the handle, is your opening tall enough to allow a pre-bent peel?

Looking at the way you cut your sheet, I predict it will break very soon exactly where the round section meets the handle, even sooner if you add a bend.

The better way to cut it on the handle side would be triangular then rolled around the handle.

[kebwi]

Re: metal peel gauge/thickness

You misunderstand my design. The neck is going to be two sheets thick extending slightly into the disk, so it will be solidly reinforced. I am even considering making it three sheets thick. Haven't decided yet. In the two sheet approach the neck goes down one side of the handle and the second strip goes down the other and joins it. In the three sheet design, the neck goes down a slit in the middle of the handle and two strips join it from each side. So, I'm not worried about the neck being too weak.

I realize that an angle would be very shallow, but I was just asking if such an angle is useful.

[Tscarborough]

Re: metal peel gauge/thickness

How will you attach the sheets?

[Les]

Re: metal peel gauge/thickness

Keith,

On my small peels (the one's I use to slide in the pizza's) I put in a small offset, about 5/8 of an inch. On the long ones I just went straight. It's kinda hard to tell from the pictures but they are here.

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/8/les-build-4207-7.html

[kebwi]

Re: metal peel gauge/thickness

The following post shows how I constructed my two peels so far, for better or worse:

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/21/3...html#post80305

If the circular peel doesn't work properly, for any number of reasons, as explained in the post, I'll just seek other options: either make a better one or buy one.

Thanks for the help and advice. Time will tell...

Cheers!