http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/ vacuum coffee pot collector Mon, 13 May 2013 18:59:07 GMT mathewdh@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3950 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3950 One has to under stand that companies selling the goods are manufacturers -- such as Hill-Shaw or Silex. Companies that create items for other companies are Mon, 13 May 2013 16:43:58 GMT Steven http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3949 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3949 Larry, I looked at your photos of the Javac. The shape is like mine but I see two differences. First, the handle on mine is light brown in color. Second, the Mon, 13 May 2013 13:14:11 GMT cvthedragonlady@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3948 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3948 Have you tried baking soda water or white vinegar water soaking?? Mix a little baking soda (or vinegar) in water and soak the gasket a while. It takes out Mon, 13 May 2013 03:33:55 GMT pawilh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3947 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3947 Hello, Having two issues, maybe someone could offer some tips. First is with the rubber gasket on a Nicro 1512 I recently purchased. Its fully intact, Sun, 12 May 2013 21:39:48 GMT Larry Hollenberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3946 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3946 Is this the same basic pot as the Sears inexpensive line.. I have a photo from  a catalog that shows nearly the same pot, slight variation in the handle Sun, 12 May 2013 19:17:17 GMT mathewdh@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3945 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3945 The restaurant line from the mid 30's. CHEERS...Mathew [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sun, 12 May 2013 17:21:23 GMT Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3944 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3944 I have not seen a Javac in my travels that I remember. As usual, Stephen has rescued us with the depth of his wonderful collection. Maybe if I see pics of Sun, 12 May 2013 15:30:24 GMT larry h http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3943 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3943 Steven, Thanks for the reply. I rather thought somewhere you would have obtained some of these. I see some very similar designs in the Wards and Sears Sun, 12 May 2013 14:13:23 GMT Steven Lewis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3942 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3942 Larry, I have a Javac but do not know anything about the brand. I am sure that Mathew does. I have a backlog of images I need to put on the website but a Sun, 12 May 2013 03:47:00 GMT larry h http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3941 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3941 Hello All, I was out today and ran across a smaller vacuum pot with the small mouth design. On the metal band it has "Javac" as a name. The upper bowl says Fri, 10 May 2013 03:42:32 GMT pawilh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3940 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3940 Just a follow-up-- I ended up disassembling the motor and added a 1/4" brass flatwasher to the top shaft to take up the slack. I had also tried a bronze Wed, 08 May 2013 18:58:32 GMT pawilh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3939 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3939 Thanks for the info. I also like the looks of this model, but I'm thinking mine must have a few thousand miles on it. The lower burr seems to be floating Wed, 08 May 2013 18:32:19 GMT Brian Helfrich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3938 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3938 I bought one of the Kitchenaid A9's with the rectangular grounds door at least three years ago. It's been in daily use ever since. One side of the shear pin Wed, 08 May 2013 17:56:20 GMT pawilh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3937 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3937 Hello- I recently purchased one of these units and happened to notice, during cleaning, that the shear pin under the lower burr was worn out. Not a big deal, Tue, 07 May 2013 09:51:58 GMT pawilh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3936 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacuumcoffeepotcollector/message/3936 Mathew- I responded to this post some time ago and have not heard back from you. Please advise-- Thanks, Paul ?