Like most people, I am a huge fan of using a slow cooker to
make meals. It doesn’t get any easier – put the food in and turn it on, and a
few hours later dinner is served. It all came to a halt when the handle on the
lid of my slow cooker broke. I didn’t want to spend the money on a new lid plus
I wasn’t really sure where I would find a new lid! I found that a drawer knob
works perfectly as a new handle on the lid!
I started by removing the pieces of the old handle on the
lid. The handle was held in place with a screw and a rubber washer.
I dug through my stash to find a knob that I thought would
fit and look really, really cool (I’m into that!). I came upon a metal drawer
knob with a matching escutcheon plate that I bought years ago. The next trick
was finding a #8-32 machine screw in my stash that was short enough to make the
knob and plate fit snugly against the lid.
I found a ¾” #8-32 machine screw that fit into the end of
the knob perfectly. I threaded the screw through the rubber washer that was
originally on the lid, then threaded the escutcheon plate and knob on the
machine screw. I made sure the screw was snug but not too tight so that it
interfered with the natural expansion and contraction of the heat of the lid.
I love the way it looks but the only bad thing is that the
knob gets a little hot. To me, that is a small sacrifice compared to trying to
find a new lid! Any style of drawer knob can be used - a porcelain knob may
also work and may get less hot, but I would definitely avoid a plastic knob as
it may melt!
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