I really like this channel. He makes a lot of cool and interesting videos about technologies you often may not think about.
Okay but can it toast Sonic into my bread?
I've used one of these before. I thought it was really cool as a kid, though it always produced way too dark toast for my tastes.
If the mechanical superiority of this toaster was combined with all of the modern shit and safety while also fixing the uneven toasting issue it would be pretty baller.
The automatic temperature based control of the lever and the thermostat utilization of checking when the toast is actually done is jaw droppingly sophisticated for an antique device combined with the fact that it's mostly mechanical, and definitely gives modern toasters a serious run for their money.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/03/01/09/10448008-0-image-a-19_1551432140494.jpg
Tbh I'd say I'm a 2 or 3
Couldn't a modern toaster at least get the browning right by using an IR thermometer instead of a microcontroller that just counts down?
Raising and lowering the toast rack based off thermal expansion seems extremely reliable, imagine doing the same thing with a motorized worm drive, they would build the cogs out of that same shitty plastic that wears down into a powder after about a years use.
No, but it will jump into a trash compactor to save you.
I'm a 3 to 4 man myself. Also have some choke cherry jam.
I’m probably gonna get flak but 5,6, and 7 are my preferred range.
8 and 9's should never talk to me. If you think that's good you are literally a weirdo. 7 is pushing it.
Unless the toast is literally a pile of charred coal that instantly turns into powdery ash when I bite into it I perceive it as being undertoasted.
The ones in the video have thermostats you can adjust. You should be able to tweak it to consistently make toast exactly how you want.
I don't currently have a toaster and I would love one of these. My last toaster was a piece of garbage.
These toasters are on ebay for like 60-70 bux.
Maybe we should ask Unicomp to start making new ones alongside their model m's.
3, 4, 5 and 6, I actually like to toast my bread but I'm happy with the golden colour of 3 and fine with it being as dark as 6, however 7, 8 and 9 and just too dark for me and it's burnt toast in my opinion, I know my Dad doesn't mind 9 and I don't know how, it tastes meh as fuck.
I like a perfect 10 thanks. Black on the sides so it blends in with my Vegemite
As with all things vegemite related, I seriously can't tell if this is a joke or people actually like that.
I don't get Vegemite in general. It tastes like ground up dogshit and grass.
I'll have you know I've tasted dog shit and grass and Vegemite is still the superior toast spread.
The best possible way to enjoy Vegemite is right next to a Steve Irwin poster with a massive KNOIFE on the table.
My mother still has one of these, it works really well.
I'm a 5 or 6. If I'm making two sandwiches, I'll often turn my toaster on 4 (it goes up to 6) and then to 3 for the next two slices due to how it's already hot and it'd end up being toasted more then. I don't really understand having 2 or 3 as that's more like heated bread than toast.
Until I got the majority of the way through that, I was convinced you were headed down the path of toast sandwiches
Also these seem like a really nice design, I'm sure the lowering/lifting mechanism would last a lot longer than anything involving an electric motor. Though I wonder what the nichrome wire is pressing against? I'd have assumed any point of contact would be a point of friction, but technically if you can rigidly attach winding you can avoid that... Still dealing with hot wire pressing against it though.
And every now and then you feed your brother Kang.
In Australia it is a legal obligation to have a brother named Kang. Even if you are not natively Australian and immigrated there recently, a brother named Kang will be assigned to you automatically.
I was a bit offended when he said my toaster isn't as good as his as I have one of these.
3 or 4 for me. I can't stand too-toasted toast that just turns to crumbs when you bite it.
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