What the postie brought today!

[Morris]

27 minutes ago, p k said:

Close, they are stainless steel food containers used to serve food from in canteens , this size  are actually sold for ice cream. They are an excellent fit into the cills/sponsons on the Xi as the only storage 

 

They look just right.

 

I made mine from aluminium but I haven't finished off the covers yet.

[p k]

1 hour ago, Morris said:

 

They look just right.

 

I made mine from aluminium but I haven't finished off the covers yet.

Took a bit of finding in the right size after spotting them in an ice cream parlour, I was not that confident of making my own , aluminium never folds where I want it too. I probably wont fit them until post IVA and door refit just to make sure the covers open without problems . 

[Mole]

52 minutes ago, p k said:

Took a bit of finding in the right size after spotting them in an ice cream parlour, I was not that confident of making my own , aluminium never folds where I want it too. I probably wont fit them until post IVA and door refit just to make sure the covers open without problems . 

They are called gastronorm containers. If you Google you will see that they are based upon a set size.. the biggest is a 2x1, then the most common is a 1x1 which is half the size. They are then available in halves, thirds, quarters and months etc as a fraction of the 1x1..

Different depths too.. also in polycarbonate..

[p k]

2 hours ago, Mole said:

They are called gastronorm containers. If you Google you will see that they are based upon a set size.. the biggest is a 2x1, then the most common is a 1x1 which is half the size. They are then available in halves, thirds, quarters and months etc as a fraction of the 1x1..

Different depths too.. also in polycarbonate..

I was familiar with the gastronorm range but they were all the wrong sizes to fit in the Xi sills , this size is sold specifically  for scoop ice cream . I wanted a metal one to restore the stiffness in the sill as it involves cutting a large hole in the sill .