{"id":315,"date":"2018-06-03T01:35:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T06:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=315"},"modified":"2020-11-09T22:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T04:37:44","slug":"pressure-cooker-kitchen-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Cooker Kitchen Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had forgot about posting this piece when I made it. It&#8217;s not jewelry, but a <strong>Kitchen  Tool<\/strong> I guess, and is a handle for a <strong>release knob on a pressure cooker<\/strong>  pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/kitchen_tool-insta-pot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/kitchen_tool-insta-pot.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/kitchen_tool-insta-pot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/kitchen_tool-insta-pot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/kitchen_tool-insta-pot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/kitchen_tool-insta-pot-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Brass <strong>steam-release lever<\/strong> for Kathy&#8217;s Insta-Pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The manufacturer only provides a stub on the knob, and when turned to release pressure the hot steam can sometimes easily get your hand if you&#8217;re not careful. Kathy loves her Insta-Pot, but that always annoyed her so I made an \u201cextension\u201d handle out of brass for her to use (keeping her hand a little farther away from the steam and sputtering when the pressure is released).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Made out of 24 ga. sheet, I formed a cradle or pocket that would fit over the stub on the knob, then soldered that onto the tube I created, and capped on the end with a half  dome (both also made out of 24 ga. brass sheet). The overall length of the  handle is 3.75\u201d, and according to Kathy it does its job very well. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had forgot about posting this piece when I made it. It&#8217;s not jewelry, but a Kitchen Tool I guess, and is a handle for a release knob on a pressure cooker pot. The manufacturer only provides a stub on the knob, and when turned to release pressure the hot steam can sometimes easily get &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=315\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pressure Cooker Kitchen Tool&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}