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Re: YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

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Post by b112 »

samizdis wrote: post #282
bityard wrote: post #263

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I've been looking for a toaster that works as well as the ones made 60 years ago. And for once, a marketing page has me convinced to pry open my wallet. But there is no link or button anywhere on the page that tells me how to buy one. :(

In the UK, you can find Dualit stuff in stores that have a kitchen appliance section (John Lewis, say). I've seen them in shops in Germany and the Czech Republic, too. Not sure where you're based, though. Mind you, there is a little shopping trolley icon at the top right corner of the page ... Or the site map has "shop" listed: https://www.dualit.com/products Don't know if that's international or just UK. A basic sea…

While a nice looking toaster, and supposedly good, I could buy 10 cheap toasters, each lasting up to 10 years, for the same price as one of these.

It is at this point I realised my toaster oven is fine, for that once a week serving of toast.

Now, if they had a 30 yr parts warranty, or some such, at least I'd feel semi-secure..

Re: YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

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Post by lttlrck »

dmix wrote: post #100
samizdis wrote: post #56

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At the risk of sounding like a salesperson, I'd like to mention a feature of basic/classic Dualit toasters - namely, the optional and elegantly simple sandwich cage. [1] The cage is designed to take two slices of bread with a filling (in my usage, always heavy on the cheese). You put this into the toaster slot, which is vertical, and safely make cheese/whatever toasties. So, your 12-year-old had the right idea, but n…

How do you deal with the dripping cheese part? I’m guessing a tray at the bottom you need to clean?

it is closer to a panini maker that you'd think... lets call it a poor mans panini even if it isn't very cheap.

The cage is very stiff and squeezes the slices very tightly together. So get the bread thickness and filling right, and it doesn't drip much/at all, and the slices will stick together. Crusts help. So it's not unlike a dedicated panini/sandwich toaster.

It's not perfect, a dedicated device is worth it if you're going to use it a lot and/or you have the counter space.

Re: YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

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Post by hedora »

tzs wrote: post #281
HideousKojima wrote: post #50

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I had one the other week where I was replacing an outlet in the kitchen. I flipped the kitchen breaker and the lights and appliances all turned off. I skipped the important step of actually testing the outlet and stupidly assumed it no longer had power. Turns out it was on a different circuit from the rest of the kitchen. The outlet was stuck in the wall box so I reached a flathead screwdriver in to try and pry it ou…

> The outlet was stuck in the wall box so I reached a flathead screwdriver in to try and pry it out, and turned my screwdriver into an arc welder for a second. I've got a screwdriver that incorporates a non-contact AC current sensor. Mine is a Gardner Bender SDT-354 [1] that I think I bought at Home Depot or Lowe's. When the current sensor is turned on if you bring the tip of the screwdriver near a live AC wire an LE…

Cool story! I have a brand new screwdriver set from the other end of the safety spectrum.

Every one had a warning sticker saying 'non-insulating handle' on the plastic/rubber handle.

I'm not sure where they found conductive plastic, but had I known before purchase, I'd have gone with a different set.

Re: YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

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Post by bell-cot »

an1sotropy wrote: post #339
bell-cot wrote: post #198

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Ignoring the politics & posturing, my impression is that the number of people dead due to stupidity about COVID-19 is a few orders of magnitude larger than the number of people dead due to this sort of video.

I don't think the point was about the relative number of dead; I think it the observation that YT clearly has the technology to automatically annotate content, but declines to use it for things (like dangerous hacks) where it could save lives.

Reasonable...but I suspect that YT's "technology to automatically annotate..." is actually pretty sucky in the real world - high error rates, lots of (paid hourly) moderation needed, pushback from Legal on "issues and exposure" that it creates, etc. So they're not gonna deploy that tech against hazards which don't have a huge body count and/or political weight behind 'em.

Re: YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

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Post by edianorh »

ugjka wrote: post #340
edianorh wrote: post #116

Playing with microwaves carries many risks. Even without getting electricity involved, the magnetron contains beryllium oxide which can be fatal to humans if it gets into the lungs. Just to disassemble one, you need to know what the magnetron looks like and not try to disassemble it. Like many other appliances, it has capacitors, which may remain charged for a long time too. Those are dangerous too.

Thank God we didn't have any microwave ovens when I was a kid because I liked to disassemble everything But there was one capacitor from a photo flashlight that was close to killing me if I touched the ends, but thankfully it discharged on my screwdriver

I got zapped by the capacitor of a photo flash twice. I studied electronics, I was being carefully, and still I messed up. The second time I was being even more careful and I thought the capacitor was discharged. I'm not even sure how it happened, I was holding the PCB by the edges.

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Post by AlexandrB »

itsyaboi wrote: post #266
fendy3002 wrote: post #204

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No matter how many times I see someone changing computer parts while the power is still connected, if I'm doing it I always unplug the power then pressing the power button to ensure it's unpowered

You need about 24 volts to overcome the skins resistance. Most PCs use some combination of 3, 5, and 12 volt rails so you should be fine, as long as you avoid licking anything. Edit: Some PSUs have -12 +12 rails, I suppose if you were really unlucky and grabbed both at once the 24v differential could give you a zap.

The -12v rails are typically low current though. The real danger is a poorly built supply or an electrolytic capacitor exploding in your face (had this happen once).

Incidentally, does anyone know what the -12v rails are used for? Some kind of reference?

Re: YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

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Post by diydsp »

Tao3300 wrote: post #175
Gigachad wrote: post #16

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Just the other day youtube suggested me this cutsie "what to do with old microwaves" video that just had the corporate jingle music over a video of a guy building various things out of microwave transformers without any kind of narration or warning of the danger. Considering people are actually dying trying these microwave tricks, this is no longer a theoretical concern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2UfglFeOH8 (m…

the dryness of the top comment is perfect > Remember, if you've got lathes and welders and assorted tools and materials, don't throw out an old microwave because you can use part of it to make a wire hot.

exactly! Plus, they do throw out 98% of the microwave... just to save a clump of iron which is one of the more easily recycled materials. Admittedly, it's in layers with resin between, but I'm sure that resin will cook right off in the massive slag crucibles.

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Post by b112 »

notdonspaulding wrote: post #273
ziml77 wrote: post #240

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Are people using the word toaster to refer to two different appliances in this thread? In American English a toaster is a device that holds bread vertically between heating elements. There's a similarly named device called a toaster oven which is essentially a standard electric oven that's been shrunk down to countertop size.

Both the parent and grandparent to your comment were referring to a toaster oven.

Hey now, I envision a device which slides into a vertical toaster slot, and toasts bacon, whist catching the grease.

Anyone want to coin in?

Re: YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

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Post by b112 »

b112 wrote: post #378
notdonspaulding wrote: post #273

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both the parent and grandparent to your comment were referring to a toaster oven.

Hey now, I envision a device which slides into a vertical toaster slot, and toasts bacon, whist catching the grease. Anyone want to coin in?

Well that sounds like a jolly good idea! What, you suggest a kickstarter?

Go for it!

Re: YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

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Post by ugjka »

edianorh wrote: post #375
ugjka wrote: post #340

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank God we didn't have any microwave ovens when I was a kid because I liked to disassemble everything But there was one capacitor from a photo flashlight that was close to killing me if I touched the ends, but thankfully it discharged on my screwdriver

I got zapped by the capacitor of a photo flash twice. I studied electronics, I was being carefully, and still I messed up. The second time I was being even more careful and I thought the capacitor was discharged. I'm not even sure how it happened, I was holding the PCB by the edges.

Mine was a bigass capacitor from a mountable flash that plugged into the mains, that thing definitely kills
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