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The worlds largest Online Toaster Exhibition
- tweakimp 3y agoWhat is an "Online Toaster"? Oh, it's a Toaster Exhibition that is online ;)
- detourdog 3y agoI thought it was a "Video Toaster" as a service. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Toaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Toaster
- jjgreen 3y agoHyphens required ...
- jenadine 3y agoI wonder what is the second largest
- internetter 3y agoI presume that would go to a toaster manufacturer with an obscene amount of models, or a toaster reviewer. I'm actually surprised Amazon isn't the largest "toaster exhibition"?
- detourdog 3y agoIn 1989 as a second year Industrial Design student we had a toaster project. We went somewhere deep into central Pennsylvania and saw a very large and extensive toaster collection that sprawled multiple buildings. Just some guy that loved Toaster he bought and sold antiques that he came across while looking for toasters. He had been doing it all his life and I believe only incapacitation could stop him. I will have to look through my Hi8 Videos...
- hamiltonkibbe 3y agohttp://www.ganssle.com/articles/toastallessons.htm http://www.ganssle.com/articles/toastallessons.htm
- SeanLuke 3y agoI know everyone goes on about the famous Sunbeam toaster, but I proudly own what I think is one of the nerdiest, coolest toasters ever created, the Kenwood Virtu (https://appliancist.com/breakfast/toasters/kenwood-toaster-virtu-multifunction-toaster.html https://appliancist.com/breakfast/toasters/kenwood-toaster-v...), now redesigned as the Kendwood Persona (https://www.kenwoodworld.com/en/persona-ttm610/p/TTM610 https://www.kenwoodworld.com/en/persona-ttm610/p/TTM610). This is a very unusual single long slot toaster with a huge wide slot. There is no spring basket to hold the bread centered in the slot: rather you manually change the slot width itself by moving the toasting elements up against the bread. For the same reason, you must manually raise and lower the toast yourself (and can do so at any time to check on the toasting situation). This toaster can toast huge pieces of bread, sandwiches, croissants, you name it. The primary downside of this toaster is that its toaster elements are inconsistent and uneven. But it is an exceptionally unique design.
- nwiswell 3y ago> I know everyone goes on about the famous Sunbeam toaster I think I must run in different circles.
- SeanLuke 3y agohttps://www.theverge.com/22801890/sunbeam-radiant-control-toaster-t20-t35-vista https://www.theverge.com/22801890/sunbeam-radiant-control-to...
- mtreis86 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y "The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours" Technology Connections
- eternityforest 3y agoI forgot the name of the toaster but instantly knew it probably had something to do with this video! Love his stuff!
- have_faith 3y agoThe majority of them look so well built and with a lot of craftsmanship. Very different to what is generally available today unless you go looking.
- Lio 3y agoIf you want a well built toaster I’d recommend a Dualit[1]. I’ve had the same one for roughly 20 years and it still just works exactly as it did when new. It’s truly a design classic. https://www.dualit.com/ https://www.dualit.com/
- detourdog 3y agoTwo of my favorite toasters. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hauser-wirth-somerset-calder-roxbury-1247153 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hauser-wirth-somerset-cald... https://calder.org/works/household-object/toaster-c-1945/ https://calder.org/works/household-object/toaster-c-1945/
- warpspin 3y agoThis is so web 1.0. Love it.
- liveoneggs 3y agohttps://www.embeddedts.com/blog/netbsd-toaster-powered-by-the-ts-7200-arm9-sbc/ https://www.embeddedts.com/blog/netbsd-toaster-powered-by-th...
- dan_hawkins 3y agoNo Cylons though?
- krylon 3y agoSo I suppose these all run NetBSD? ><
- chunk_waffle 3y agoCame here for this comment :D
- detourdog 3y agoGlad I found this comment:)
- quercusa 3y agoWe had a toaster oven when my kids were growing up (US). When we we visited London, they enjoyed the museums, etc., but what really excited them was the rental flat's pop-up toaster, "just like Wallace and Gromit!".
- acheron 3y agoAnd if you're interested in buying an old toaster, this guy refurbishes them: https://www.toastercentral.com/ https://www.toastercentral.com/ I have not actually bought a toaster from him, but I did buy a Sunbeam 1960s waffle maker/electric griddle. It works much better than my previous new waffle makers.
- luxuryballs 3y agowow a website that gives me the desktop experience on my phone, feels like 2007 when the iPhone felt like a real web browser in my hand before everyone embraced the “mobile web” and reduced my handheld browser real estate by 1000%, and to think how small the screen was back then!
- joncp 3y agoIt's cute that they're based in Essen, Germany.
- the88doctor 3y agoA lot of the toasters shown from 1910-1940s only toast one side of the bread at a time and have a flipping mechanism to then toast the other side. The flipping mechanisms seem like they would be nearly as expensive as just adding a second heating element. So is the reason for the one-sided toasting a constraint on how much electrical power was commonly available to homes 100 years ago?
- detourdog 3y agoThe first toaster didn't come with a plug they came with a light-bulb socket connector. If you are eating toast must be daylight for most people no need for the lightbulb. Usually a home could afford a single outlet and they put it over the kitchen table for light and other utility tasks. If one was going to splash out for some electricity that might consider and outlet for a refrigerator.
- perilunar 3y agoI love that he's kept a version of the original 1996 site online also (see the 'about' page).
- watersb 3y agoToasters plus Hacker News should always equal John Siracusa’s glorious series of toaster reviews: https://www.caseyliss.com/2015/9/10/siracusa-on-toasters https://www.caseyliss.com/2015/9/10/siracusa-on-toasters