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The thing is with something like this, if you're clever with the design you could make a device that packs flat, but isn't entirely flat. So imagine you make t
by hinkley 2y ago
The thing is with something like this, if you're clever with the design you could make a device that packs flat, but isn't entirely flat.
So imagine you make the depth of the toaster greater than the height (easy with those feet). You put a quarter inch radius on the top plate, make the front and back plate a half an inch shorter so they nest inside the top plate in the box. And in fact if you put locking tabs on the two plates to keep the front from oil canning, those would also fit in if you flip the plates the right way 'round in the box.
You can tell from the bolts in the picture that there are already right angle bends in the sheet metal. So they're already using the third dimension just not with as much flair.
- cosmic_cheese 2y agoI had similar thoughts. It’s already quite handsome for a project of this nature but there’s still a lot of low hanging fruit for aesthetic improvement without negatively impacting other aspects.
- unraveller 2y agoit's not just aesthetic, you don't want to encourage misuse with a large flat top surface to place things on.
- hinkley 2y agoI didn't even think about that. But when I started reading your response I had a sudden flash of cutting my forehead with a falling can of beans and suddenly wishing that cans weren't so sharp. Sharp edges on appliances aren't that good either.
- rssoconnor 2y agoCan someone draw what hinkley is talking about?
- hinkley 2y agoI tried to find pictures of boxes with rounded corners and they're all rounded on the vertical corners, like a box of mints. Or the polar opposite of a bread box with a lid with a >4" radius of curvature on the lid. But look at the lid on a metal tin. The lip around the edge is often not a perfectly sharp bend. There's a small radius to it. So imagine the 'lid' was a single piece and the other sides were flat pieces that bolt together. If you size the pieces right they should fit into the 'lid'.