Just heard this on the radio. A guy built a toaster from scratch- like, really from scratch. Mined the copper, smelted the iron- you get the idea. Neat.
http://www.amazon.com/Toaster-Project-Attempt-Electric-Appliance/dp/1568989970
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Dec. 9, 2011 9:55 a.m. fast_eddie_72 SuperDork
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Dec. 9, 2011 10:09 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork
Yeah, he did a talk at TED before he wrote the book. You can watch it here.
http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toaster_from_scratch.html -
Dec. 9, 2011 10:15 a.m. ransom Dork
I used to paint flame jobs and scallops on them. If Etsy had existed then, I might even have sold a few
I think a couple of friends still have 'em.
In any case, not nearly as cool as building one from scratch. I'm not lost for project ideas to the extent that I would consider doing that, ever, but I bet it really was interesting to learn the whole process...
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Dec. 9, 2011 10:18 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork
Making his own plastic for the case was obviously challenging
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Dec. 9, 2011 10:48 a.m. N Sperlo SuperDork
I was hoping you could burn the GRM symbol into the bread.
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Dec. 9, 2011 11:21 a.m. ditchdigger Dork
The toaster guy is pretty much my hero.
Melting iron ore in his moms microwave. Plus he is funny as hell
