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Show HN: I made Gyroscopic Gyro Sandwiches

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Have you noticed that a gyro sandwich is only cooked in one axis? What a missed opportunity.

The following details an elaborate way to slow cook food, using a handmade contraption. Not only is it tasty, it's mesmerizing. Feel free to copy the design for your own festivities.

Show HN: I made Gyroscopic Gyro Sandwiches
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Have you noticed that a gyro sandwich is only cooked in one axis?

I built a contraption to slow cook in multiple axes and documented it here:

https://transistor-man.com/gyroscopic_gyros.html

Not only is it tasty, it's mesmerizing to watch. Feel free to copy the design for your own festivities.

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Have you noticed that a gyro sandwich is only cooked in one axis? I built a contraption to slow cook in multiple axes and documented it here: https://transistor-man.com/gyroscopic_gyros.html Not only is it tasty, it's mesmerizing to watch. Feel free to copy the design for your own festivities.

My only critique is that you should have incorporated an aquarium somehow and added sous-vide to your cooking process.

Otherwise, a flawless piece of work.

And, the links to your friends are amazing and a treasure trove as well.

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Sadly for the title, I think the word you were looking for is "gimbal," not "gyroscope." A gyro rotates stably on a single axis. Your cooker "tumbles" on three axes at once. A gyroscope specifically prevents tumbling.

Doesn't a gimbal specifically keep the target object in a consistent orientation? This seems to function as an anti-gimbal

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Sadly for the title, I think the word you were looking for is "gimbal," not "gyroscope." A gyro rotates stably on a single axis. Your cooker "tumbles" on three axes at once. A gyroscope specifically prevents tumbling.

Doesn't a gimbal specifically keep the target object in a consistent orientation? This seems to function as an anti-gimbal

Admittedly this is a play on words, fair point! Gimbaled Gyro Sandwiches would be a better title

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#9

Gordon Ramsay suggests you season and cook lamb evenly on all sides >> challenge accepted. Nice work.

Is this guaranteed to be even on all sides though?

Yeah, it seems this free-rotating design would keep one side down if the center of gravity is not exatly on the intersection of all rotation axes. This might be worse than a common single-axis cooking.

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Have you noticed that a gyro sandwich is only cooked in one axis? I built a contraption to slow cook in multiple axes and documented it here: https://transistor-man.com/gyroscopic_gyros.html Not only is it tasty, it's mesmerizing to watch. Feel free to copy the design for your own festivities.

Absolutely brilliant.
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