S/H Pots

[scy]

I've been using take out containers as s/h pots. How do you make the holes for drainage?

[nenella]

Ok One way of doing this is :
I have a piece of wire cut off a metal clothes hanger stuck into a wine bottle cork. I just stick the end into the flame on the cooker when it goes red I stick it into the pot. I'm always amazed at how efficient it is even with thick plastic!

[Call_Me_Bob]

when i make pots out if those, i use an old wood burner to cleanly melt the holes

[Zoi2]

I'm pretty high tech too: I heat up an ice pick
Joann

[levas.1]

If you have a drill use a larger drill bit and just drill the holes, although be careful you don't press too hard and crack the plastic. I am definitely going to try the other methods though using heat! Great ideas!

[Call_Me_Bob]

Mine always crack when I try to drill


You can call me Bob

[florafan]

I hold a 3" screw at the end of a plier, heat the screw and then make the holes. works great.

[Ray]

Damn, you all are cheap so-and-so's.

If you buy them from me you are contributing to the well-being of the developmentally disabled at an organization known as BARC Services here in Bucks County PA, who produce them for me. (Before it was politically-incorrect, BARC stood for Bucks Association for Retarded Citizens).

However, if you insist...

• Please do not melt the holes in the containers. The decomposition fumes from the plastic are not nice to you or the environment, no matter how small the amount may be.
• Go buy a "Uni-Bit". They are stepped drill bits so you can drill different sized holes in thin stock, and the tip is about the best I've found for plastic.

[Oscarman]

Thats not cheap Ray - it's frugal!!

Double thumbs down for the melting method - off gassing - yuk!

Thanks for the Uni-Bit tip, now I can drill my own containers, er, I mean order some from you...

I had no idea that was your supply for pots - nice support. Do thay make all your pots, or just the S/H?

[Call_Me_Bob]

didnt know the gas was enough to effect things. ill be sure not to do it anymore. if i didnt have to pay shipping, i'd definitely buy your pots. so im going to wait until next time i see you, to get some.