Pan Protectors --- Make Your Mrs Happy! (by Doing the Cooking Yourself

Stephen Taylor
by Stephen Taylor
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We bought some nice new (expensive) stone coated pans and I didn't want them getting scratched or looking untidy so I decided to make some simple protectors for them
OK I have edited this as I keep getting the same questions!!!!!
1) Yes you can use bubble wrap/pot holders/waffle/whatever BUT plastic will melt/you have to BUY some of those/this site is about making stuff or adapting stuff, I don't want what everyone else has got from the dollar shop.
2) They don't take up any more room like this, look at the last 2 pictures, without them the handles sit higher
3) Wood will not scratch pans (otherwise your wooden spoon would, let alone a metal one) if wood scratches your pans you have cheap arse pans!!
4) The wood will not char/burn, common sense says that after you use a pan you will either wash it or wipe it out with a cloth/paper towel (which is how you SHOULD treat properly seasoned pans) so it may be warm but not red hot!!!
RANT OVER --unless there are more of the same questions!!!!!!!!
Tools and Materials
A Saw (I used a table saw as I have one)
Hole Saw (although a drill/fostner bit will do)
Router (a file or plane will do the job)
Some timber off cuts I used Macrocarpia 50mm thick
Step 1: Use one of these or a handsaw


To cut a couple of triangles, I did nice equilateral triangles, size depends on pan size , mine were 150mm and 100mm per side
Step 2: Drill/cut a hole in the centre


This is because not all pan bases are flat, and allows heat to dissipate better


Use a fostner bit or hole saw
Step 3: Chamfer the edges


Use a plane, file or , because I had one, a router with rounding off bit, sand on completion (photo is before sanding)
Step 4: And Voila, from this


An untidy mess
Step 5: To this


Class in your cupboard
As they say "Robert's your mother's brother"


Total time to make about 30-40 minutes!
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  • Stephen Taylor Stephen Taylor on Sep 03, 2016
    EVERYONE read the other questions yes I could use felt/paper/waffle plastic/bubblewrap/Spent uranium rods etc BUT I DIDN'T it is what it is. If you want to use something else then do, but a) I didn;t buy them and b) they keep the pans level and unscratched. I have edited the beginning to answer the 15 billion occurances of the same 4 questions
  • Karla McMullen Karla McMullen on Nov 27, 2016
    Why do you make triangles for round pans?
  • Amanda Bowman Amanda Bowman on May 29, 2018

    Love the pans. Where did you get them?

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  • Debbie Bailey Debbie Bailey on Jun 03, 2018

    Not a question but a statement... Those pieces of wood will scratch your pans as well. Try rubberized shelf liner instead.

    • Stephen Taylor Stephen Taylor on Jun 03, 2018

      If wood scratches your pans you need to buy better pans read the 3billion other questions

  • Linda Linda on Jul 10, 2018

    I used rubberized shelf liners cut to fit. A lot easier.

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