Nelson Spinflo 2 burner hob and grill - gimbal mounting ?

[bluerm166]

Does anyone happen to have fitted one of these in gimbals ? Was it possible to drill pivot mounting holes in the flanks or are there any useful holes there already ? It would be a replacement and meets the exg.gimbal spacing.

 

[prv]

I've fitted one. It comes with gimbals, so I don't know why you want to drill more holes in the side. If nothing else, gimbals should be level with the hob so that pans tilt from side to side but don't swing through an arc and splash their contents out.

The main complication with the Nelson is that the whole front below the grill is a glass oven door, so there's nowhere to screw the usual locking bolt. The gimbals come with locking devices consisting of a giant one-eared wingnut, but they don't work especially well. At some point I will get round to devising some other kind of lock.

Other than the gimbal-locking, it's an excellent cooker.

Pete

 

[FullCircle]

I have done this, and disposed of the wing nuts. I have a shoot bolt I attached near the bottom of the cooker.
I will photograph my arrangement and post it after the weekend.

I am also devising a better oven door retainer, as the flimsy bit of wire is not up to it, and can get hot. Also, a flap on the grill opening to use in transit, just a high lip really to stop the grill pan plunging out of the front during extreme toast cooking.

Who knows, I may even market them.

 

[bluerm166]

Err - it's a hob with a grill-so no oven-and currently offered (are they remaindered ?) as a fixed item without gimbal.

 

[prv]

Err - it's a hob with a grill-so no oven-and currently offered (are they remaindered ?) as a fixed item without gimbal.

Ah, ok.

Never come across one of those; the full item with oven is fairly well known as it always comes out top in magazine tests etc.

I reckon you'd need to hang it from raised brackets that put the pivot point at least six inches or so above the top of the hob. If you pivot it in the middle, it'll be top-heavy when you put a full saucepan on top.

Like this:

Pete

 

[davidfox]

I have done this, and disposed of the wing nuts. I have a shoot bolt I attached near the bottom of the cooker.
I will photograph my arrangement and post it after the weekend.

I am also devising a better oven door retainer, as the flimsy bit of wire is not up to it, and can get hot. Also, a flap on the grill opening to use in transit, just a high lip really to stop the grill pan plunging out of the front during extreme toast cooking.

Who knows, I may even market them.

I have also fitted a bolt on mine, when you market the door retainer Jim put me on the list!

 

[bluerm166]

Thanks for the replies.That's a neat hob you've illustrated PRV,looks like a dutch seller.Will try not to burn our feet.

 

[macd]

Rather than use an unsightly tall raiser to make gimballing possible, consider ballasting the bottom of the grill. I did this on my last boat (sheet of stainless plate) and it worked well.