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There's a video.[1] - Toast is toasted on one end, un-toasted at the other. - Control is just a timer, so the second time you use it twice in succession it wi
by Animats 2y ago
There's a video.[1]
- Toast is toasted on one end, un-toasted at the other.
- Control is just a timer, so the second time you use it twice in succession it will be hot at the start and will need a shorter time, which you have to figure out.
Check out the Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster (1949-1980), which is still considered the peak of toaster design.[2] It's repairable, too. Now replicating that would be a good project.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKbUNDPXCWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKbUNDPXCWk
[2] https://www.theverge.com/22801890/sunbeam-radiant-control-toaster-t20-t35-vista https://www.theverge.com/22801890/sunbeam-radiant-control-to...
- perihelions 2y ago[2] is remarkably interesting: - "And that mechanism doesn’t just wear out after nearly three-quarters of a century of use: there’s a single screw underneath the crumb tray to adjust the tension of the wire, and it alone is enough to bring many aging toasters back to life." edit: There's other HN threads about it, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29342936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29342936 (232 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38868753 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38868753 (76 comments)
- sejje 2y agoIn the photo of the Sunbeam, it's also got un-toasted areas
- abetusk 2y agoThanks for that video. From the video, the heating elements look to be "flat wire toaster heater elements", maybe from made-in-china.com [0]? I also see some flat heating elements as Waring replacements on Amazon [1]. [0] https://zgeycom.en.made-in-china.com/product/LOEGudIBnbkz/China-Flat-Wire-Heater-Toaster-Heater.html https://zgeycom.en.made-in-china.com/product/LOEGudIBnbkz/Ch... [1] https://amazon.com/Waring-027901-Heating-Element-Toasters/dp/B015B40V3K https://amazon.com/Waring-027901-Heating-Element-Toasters/dp...?
- abetusk 2y agoI also found a "How it's made" clip for a Rowlett toaster [0]. It looks like those heating elements are also available for sale [1]. [0] https://youtube.com/watch?v=SFptFIiRsCg https://youtube.com/watch?v=SFptFIiRsCg [1] https://www.ebay.com/itm/140421765340 https://www.ebay.com/itm/140421765340
- panick21_ 2y agoYou kids and your new fangled technology. This is peak design: https://www.moose-r-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/getoaster5.jpg https://www.moose-r-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/getoas... (not my exact my model) I inhereted it from my grandma and she still go full. Don't walk away because that toast is burnt FAST.