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
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
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
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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