What shall we do with a broken toaster - Acrylic line bender & hot wire polystyrene cutter

27 Sep 2014

OK I'm ripping off my mate Jim again, sure he won't mind as he really can't be bothered to do the Blog posts

This week he's taken the nichrome wire out of a toaster and making a couple of nice new toys namely an Acrylic Bender and Hot wire Polystyrene cutter.

Murder a toaster and have fun today !!!

Subscribe to his channel if you like the vid ...Cheers

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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild +2

How about adding a longer lever and a chute for the bread so that can use their paws to press the lever and drop the bread into the chute!!! Project!!.......Dog Toast Must have an Arduino involved !
Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to fvan +1

Yeah toasters accidentally slip on the soap and die all the time ...it's well known
Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to fvan +1

I found his foam cutting nice and therapeutic, a bit like popping those packing bubbles

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fvan over 11 years ago

Nice! Will keep in mind for when the toaster (supposedly) dies

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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to fvan

I found his foam cutting nice and therapeutic, a bit like popping those packing bubbles
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fvan over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1

Sadly, the kind that would blame his kids for a broken toaster in order to salvage parts ...
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mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to fvan

I'm puzzled by extracting nichrome wire from a toaster.
Most of our have had a flat wire for ages.

There is a brand of heater with a coiled wire inside a glass?? tube that was a good source of wire, and they had two different size elements.
They were great because you couldn't make contact with the electricity ...might be hot but electrically safe.

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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to fvan

The one who now has a "free" toaster to play with and children in Bed
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1

I said Nichrome but I assume it maybe something else. Having said that it didnt look very special just wire shoved through that Card like stuff!!
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1

Could blame a Pet. Maybe the dog can be the fall guy
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1

Could blame a Pet. Maybe the dog can be the fall guy
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

Can dog's operate toasters??UM??
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

How about adding a longer lever and a chute for the bread so that can use their paws to press the lever and drop the bread into the chute!!!

Project!!.......Dog Toast
Must have an Arduino involved !
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mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

He's got a couple of 'well catered' cats.

They could be blamed, and if they were trained he wouldn't need to go to all this trouble in our challenge.

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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1

Cat toast smoothered in cat nip butter ....the way they like it!
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