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A Quest to Make a Toaster from Scratch (2011)

• roceasta 9y ago
  Excellent! I wonder how many laws and regulations he (harmlessly) broke during the quest.
• jacquesm 9y ago
  Reminiscent of 'I, Pencil'. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=I,%20Pencil&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=I,%20Pencil&sort=byDate&dateRa... Consider all the tools he used from the modern age in order to make the materials, 'from scratch' means using nothing but your body, but I suspect that the project would have ran over several lifetimes. It would have probably been better to start with something simpler, such as a hammer, but definitely points for trying.
• Grustaf 9y ago
  This is very cool, but I can't help but think that toasters are an incredibly impractical way to be toasting bread if you start from nothing. Just make a stick and a fire to hold it over and you're done in minutes!
  • gipp 9y ago
    I can't tell whether or not you realize that isn't the point.
    • Grustaf 9y ago
      You can't? So you suspect I may be thinking that his purpose was to toast bread in the most efficient manner possible? Hint: He starts out buying a working toaster.
      • gipp 9y ago
        Hey man, it's the Internet, anything's possible.