HUGE TOAST COMPLAINT!

[Cox 47]

My toaster is made from parts from a scrapped Illinois Central E-7....Toast domes out Illinois Central brown every time...Cox 47

[Midnight Railroader]

We also had to build our own fuses.

I just used pennies.

 

[secondhandmodeler]

So, do you think Thomas the Toaster will  have an influence on the future of toasting?

As we all know, toasting is a declining art, especially compared to the fifties.  When I was young, you weren't cool unless you had a toaster under the Christmas tree!

[Dave Vollmer]

I can say authoritatively that there's no connection between young kids easting toast today and whether they'll eat toast in the future.  I have classified data which is flawless (but I can't reveal its source) and indicates, beyond refute, that toast is dying.

[secondhandmodeler]

I can say authoritatively that there's no connection between young kids easting toast today and whether they'll eat toast in the future.  I have classified data which is flawless (but I can't reveal its source) and indicates, beyond refute, that toast is dying.

[TheK4Kid]

I take the "Mister Wizard" approach

 

1. One each slice of bread -wheat, rye, or white will work.
2.One each propane torch
3.One each standard fork eating utensil
4.Light torch
5.Take one each fork, pierce one each slice of bread
6.Hold one each slice of bread near one each propane
torch flame
7.Toast one each slice of bread to your own preference
8.Extinguish one each propane torch flame
9.Consume your one each slice of toasted bread, or place
upon one each breakfast plate and add any condiments
of your preference by using one each spreading knife or one each spoon.

Problem solved!

 TheK4Kid

 

PS- Be sure to wear "Mr Wizard" white lab coat and eye protection
      while making your toast, that way you look  very cool
       and intellectual like you know what you're doing!

PS#2 In the abscence of one each propane torch, you may substitute
one each Bunsen burner, if you have a one each safe natural gas source.  
 

[BATMAN]

Sorry Dave your wrong... My experts say they are likely to move on to something harder like CHEESE Toast or RAISIN TOAST. I have seen houses full of 4 slicers grinding this stuff out for the street level butterers.

[Arjay1969]

Does anyone know if you can download a sound file for French Toast for a DigiToast decoder?

 

Well, I've heard of such things being available, but by all reports, the crunch sound effect isn't very realistic.  

[ranchero]

i blame the delcine of toasting on those cheap toaster set you get at large store. they single -handedly killed the toasting hobby...

bought a cheap tyco toaster once.. almost made me hate toasting. the bread would go in cause the slots werent rp-25 compliant, then it would either burn too fast or not slow enough... finally i just threw it out and bought a good athearn one. as reliable as ever...

[Midnight Railroader]

So, do you think Thomas the Toaster will  have an influence on the future of toasting?

As we all know, toasting is a declining art, especially compared to the fifties.  When I was young, you weren't cool unless you had a toaster under the Christmas tree!

No.

As an example, "The Brave Little Toaster" movie was released in 1987, 20 years ago, yet manufacturers have yet to see any increase in toasting since then.

[Dave Vollmer]

So, do you think Thomas the Toaster will  have an influence on the future of toasting?

As we all know, toasting is a declining art, especially compared to the fifties.  When I was young, you weren't cool unless you had a toaster under the Christmas tree!

No.

As an example, "The Brave Little Toaster" movie was released in 1987, 20 years ago, yet manufacturers have yet to see any increase in toasting since then.

NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!

[jblackwelljr]

Hey.....what the????.....this thread activated my pop-up blocker.

[Dave Vollmer]

Hey.....what the????.....this thread activated my pop-up blocker.

The new toasters don't pop up any more...  That's a DC thing.  Digital toasters allow you control the speed at which your toast comes out of the toaster.

[NeO6874]

Well, I just finished my first kit-built toaster this morning.  Took me a couple of tries to get the resistance on the elements right though...

Now that I know it works, I'm gonna take it apart again and see if I can cram a MRC decoder in there to control toasting from across the room.  It's also lacking some really needed detail..

Dave - I'm gonna need your help getting it to put a PRR keystone graphic(?) onto the toast as it's toasting.  I aslo have two questions about the details.

1. What's a good mix-your-own color for either Brunswick Green or Tuscan Red? 

2. Do you have any insight as to adding a toasterphone antenna? (pics would be really great)

 

 

 

 

 

[TheK4Kid]

Well, I just finished my first kit-built toaster this morning.  Took me a couple of tries to get the resistance on the elements right though...

Now that I know it works, I'm gonna take it apart again and see if I can cram a MRC decoder in there to control toasting from across the room.  It's also lacking some really needed detail..

Dave - I'm gonna need your help getting it to put a PRR keystone graphic(?) onto the toast as it's toasting.  I aslo have two questions about the details.

1. What's a good mix-your-own color for either Brunswick Green or Tuscan Red? 

2. Do you have any insight as to adding a toasterphone antenna? (pics would be really great)

 

 

 NE06874,

You're a genius!
You just gave me an excellent idea!
To make a small PRR Keystone branding iron emblem and heat it up in the propane torch, and then 'brand" my taost with the PRR branding iron!
I'll be selling them like hot toast cakes!
Betting Dave Vollmer will place the first order!

TheK4Kid 

 

 

 

[secondhandmodeler]

Frankly, I'm surprised this thread hasn't been toasted by big brother.

[IRONROOSTER]

Well, I just finished my first kit-built toaster this morning.  Took me a couple of tries to get the resistance on the elements right though...

Now that I know it works, I'm gonna take it apart again and see if I can cram a MRC decoder in there to control toasting from across the room.  It's also lacking some really needed detail..

Dave - I'm gonna need your help getting it to put a PRR keystone graphic(?) onto the toast as it's toasting.  I aslo have two questions about the details.

1. What's a good mix-your-own color for either Brunswick Green or Tuscan Red? 

2. Do you have any insight as to adding a toasterphone antenna? (pics would be really great)

 

 

 

 

 

I'm waiting for the new brass toasters from Sunbeam with the bakery paint job and decals.

Unfortunately, I may not have enough bread to buy it.

Enjoy

Paul 

[DigitalGriffin]

I tried to DCC convert my toaster this morning.  The element lead was grounded to the frame.  Needless to say, the results were shocking!

Can anybody give me tips on how to kit bash an H-5 to a H-4 toaster?

[Midnight Railroader]

Hey.....what the????.....this thread activated my pop-up blocker.

The new toasters don't pop up any more...  That's a DC thing.  Digital toasters allow you control the speed at which your toast comes out of the toaster.

You mean, I can use DCC to run my toast, instead of running my toaster?

[potlatcher]

I'm new to the whole toasting hobby, and I'm wondering if there's any benefit to joining the NBTA (National Bread Toasting Association)?  Also, there's going to be a WTH (World's Toasty-est Hobby) show at the fairgrounds this weekend, is it worth going to?

Tom

[SteamFreak]

I can say authoritatively that there's no connection between young kids easting toast today and whether they'll eat toast in the future.  I have classified data which is flawless (but I can't reveal its source) and indicates, beyond refute, that toast is dying.

Dave,

If toast is dying, how can you explain all of the new four-slice models?

 
While some gadgets come and go, toasters remain a popular item. About 12 million toasters are sold annually, according to Consumer Reports. Approximately 90 percent of homes in America have a toaster.

"Toast is one of those perfect foods that will never go out of style . Warm, crunchy and golden brown, toast is delicious, inexpensive, easy to make and a low-fat, low-calorie source of grains," said Judi Adams, MS, RD, president of the Grain Foods Foundation.

http://www.grainpower.org/presskit/index.asp

You need to do your research. Clearly this is an indication that buttered toast is spreading.

[Midnight Railroader]

I can't believe you used a quote from a woman who has a vested interest in seeing the toast industry grow to prove that toast is popular. The Grain Foods Foundation? Please.

And I want to see stats that those 90% of homes actually USE their toaster. Otherwise, they're just gathering dust, and that doesn't represent hobby growth at all.

 

 

[BATMAN]

Well I have just switched out my toaster springs for Kadee's and now my toast pops all the way to the table. No more getting up.

[MisterBeasley]

Those so-called 4-slice "toasters" above are actually just re-packinging of this technology with a different shell:

Clearly, kids today are abandoning the toast that their fathers and grandfathers enjoyed in the 1950's, in favor of modern toys like model trains.

Traditionalists, of course, would scratch-build a toaster, using scrap metal from attacking warplanes which they brought down with a rock and a sling.

[selector]

Help!  We just got a new toaster, but the instructions don't say which voltage setting to use on my HO scale toast.  I experimented with O scale setting, but all I got was a hockey puck when it was done.  I think I fried the decoder because there was some smoke.

I think the digitoaster instructions manuals suck.

[Dave Vollmer]

For PRR toast fans:

The prototype ToastPhone induction-toast antenna system was in use from WWII to the mid-1960s.

PRR toasters were delivered in Brunswick Green (DGLE) until 1952, after which they came in Tuscan Red.  Some remained in Tuscan even while making toast for Penn Central.

As for the death of the toasting hobby:

TOAST DIED THIS MORNING AT 0736 EST. 

Cause of death:

Blunt trauma due to the combined effects of Thomas the Toaster, out-of-control costs, RTT (Ready-to-Toast) bread, and a general decrease in the number of pages of the January issue of Model Toasterer magazine.

I hope you're all happy now.  You killed toast!

[GMTRacing]

You know, I still have my Tyco toaster that I bought back in the 70's and it still works great (and really really fast too). J.R.

[MisterBeasley]

I hope you're all happy now.  You killed toast! 

So Dave, if I get you correctly, you're saying that toast is toast?

[BATMAN]

For PRR toast fans:

The prototype ToastPhone induction-toast antenna system was in use from WWII to the mid-1960s.

PRR toasters were delivered in Brunswick Green (DGLE) until 1952, after which they came in Tuscan Red.  Some remained in Tuscan even while making toast for Penn Central.

As for the death of the toasting hobby:

TOAST DIED THIS MORNING AT 0736 EST. 

Cause of death:

Blunt trauma due to the combined effects of Thomas the Toaster, out-of-control costs, RTT (Ready-to-Toast) bread, and a general decrease in the number of pages of the January issue of Model Toasterer magazine.

I hope you're all happy now.  You killed toast!

Well now there is no more toast I can sell my old antique toast on Ebay for a fortune and be able to buy all that train stuff I always wanted.

[SteamFreak]

You know, I still have my Tyco toaster that I bought back in the 70's and it still works great (and really really fast too). J.R.

I thought Tyco only made pancake drives.