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At a local Charity shop, ( Thrift Shop ) I found a large red plastic "Ready
Steady Cook" Childs toy oven. It gives instructions how to make small cakes ( cup cakes ) using the rather toy looking red plastic oven instructions. I bought it four pounds. Which is VERY cheap. It works very well so far, as I am only interested in small objects for jewellery. It runs off a twelve volts giant transformer and the main heat source is a small car headlight. Apart from the lighting up the oven and the room , it turns into a RED glowing object de arty thing, very art gallery instillation. But. IT WORKS!! Yay. ahem It looks so weird lit up I may send a picture. And as soon as I finish some commissions, I will try again to get some jewellery out that is not liable to snap on the slightest accidental bump. -- Jackdaw, collector of facts, trivia and bright twinkly things to get me remove removethisbit. |
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What's the baking temp?
Barbara Bead & Polymer Clay Habitué There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) http://www.penguintrax.com http://www.backseatgrammarian.com http://www.polymerclayworkshops.com Dicon wrote: At a local Charity shop, ( Thrift Shop ) I found a large red plastic "Ready Steady Cook" Childs toy oven. It gives instructions how to make small cakes ( cup cakes ) using the rather toy looking red plastic oven instructions. I bought it four pounds. Which is VERY cheap. It works very well so far, as I am only interested in small objects for jewellery. It runs off a twelve volts giant transformer and the main heat source is a small car headlight. Apart from the lighting up the oven and the room , it turns into a RED glowing object de arty thing, very art gallery instillation. But. IT WORKS!! Yay. ahem It looks so weird lit up I may send a picture. And as soon as I finish some commissions, I will try again to get some jewellery out that is not liable to snap on the slightest accidental bump. |
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"Barbara Forbes-Lyons" wrote in message ... What's the baking temp? Barbara To be honest I cannot tell. The inner chamber which is over the light is so small, my "stand up" oven thermometer won't fit inside the small drop down compartment, inside the oven. It does really cook little cup cakes ( two at a time ) so there is some heat there. Also the door has a safety lock, so the door won't open until the heat has dropped. There is a little green light on the front that goes on when the door can be opened, this prevents children burning their fingers. I guess the best bet is to find at what temperature do two cup-cakes take to cook. I left my test piece in for half an hour ( I put it in and forgot all about it ) but it seems to do the job. Fun though and cheap. As it's twelve volts it could be run off a car battery for holiday modelling on the move. Jackdaw, collector of facts, trivia and bright twinkly things to get me remove removethisbit. |
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We have something similaar here, called a Suzie Homemaker or EZBake Oven,
cooks with a lightbulb and you make little round cakes, etc. Was the delight of my life for several months as a child.....but cakes bake around 350 degrees F which is too hot for clay, (it needs to be more like 270-300F tops) so I would definately invest in a small oven thermometer, lay it flat in the pan, and test. If nothing else, you got a cool objet d'art, like you said!! -- Sarajane's Polyclay Gallery Beads-Dolls-Wearable Art http://www.polyclay.com See the progress at "Pieces" http://www.polyclay.com/store.htm "Dicon" wrote in message ... "Barbara Forbes-Lyons" wrote in message ... What's the baking temp? Barbara To be honest I cannot tell. The inner chamber which is over the light is so small, my "stand up" oven thermometer won't fit inside the small drop down compartment, inside the oven. It does really cook little cup cakes ( two at a time ) so there is some heat there. Also the door has a safety lock, so the door won't open until the heat has dropped. There is a little green light on the front that goes on when the door can be opened, this prevents children burning their fingers. I guess the best bet is to find at what temperature do two cup-cakes take to cook. I left my test piece in for half an hour ( I put it in and forgot all about it ) but it seems to do the job. Fun though and cheap. As it's twelve volts it could be run off a car battery for holiday modelling on the move. Jackdaw, collector of facts, trivia and bright twinkly things to get me remove removethisbit. |
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