Re: West Bend/Elgin/Wico questions….

[frankr]

Let’s just say I have removed lots of them with a hacksaw. One of us must be doing something right.

Do not remove the laminations from the plate if you can possibly avoid it. They are riveted on an then turned to size in a lathe for proper clearance.

Wick?? You mean paper, as in waxed paper between two sheets of foil? They are notoriously leaky (electrical leakage). But they usually work anyway.