Thomas Thwaites How I built a toaster from scratch

I'll try and make an electric toaster from scratch.

And said, Hi, I'm trying to make a toaster.

Automatic toaster.

So I thought, okay, I'll try and make an electric toaster from scratch.

I went and bought the cheapest toaster I could find, took it home and was kind of dismayed to discover that, inside this object, which I'd bought for just 3.49 pounds, there were 400 different bits made out of a hundred plus different materials.

(Text invisible toaster)

An electric toaster that pops. No.

And, working on the idea that the cheapest electric toaster would also be the simplest to reverse engineer,

let alone a toaster.

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And for about five seconds, the toaster toasted, but then, unfortunately, the element kind of melted itself.

It takes an entire civilization to build a toaster. Designer Thomas Thwaites found out the hard way, by attempting to build one from scratch mining ore for steel, deriving plastic from oil ... it's frankly amazing he got as far as he got. A parable of our interconnected society, for designers and consumers alike.

They were all calling out, Pan! Pan! Pan!

Bread of heaven Bread of heaven

What do you like? Dark, rich, hearty roast!

What do you like? Dark, rich, hearty roast!

Bread? What bread? Sound?

Bread, sir.

So there's a picture of my toaster.

Bread and butter?

Without bread?

Toast?

Stale bread.

Bread is bread.

(d) Generators .

Electrical supplies

An electric blanket.

Bagels, bread, crackers

No.

Have you bought bread?

LAND WITHOUT BREAD

What's this?

Looking for bread?

It's fresh bread.

Not a crumb left.

Electrons have an electric charge, a negative one, and quarks have electric charges in thirds.

Typewriter, electric 5 700 3 500

Typewriter, electric 5 700 3 500

Typewriters, electric 5 700 (3 500)

Electrical spares

6. Electrical machinery

engineering workshop

Typewriter, electric Shredders

Electrical distribution