HUGE TOAST COMPLAINT!

[Midnight Railroader]

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

And we LIKED it!

[Midnight Railroader]

  I think I fried the decoder because there was some smoke.

As we say in racing, when you let the smoke out, it won't go anymore.

[SilverSpike]

DCC Toast.......it's not just for breakfast anymore! 

[erielackfanoregon]

OK, so I got my toaster working great (thanks for all the tips, fellas).

My question: with toast, what thickness bread to you recommend using? I will be using the toast as a base layer. How much support do I need underneath my toast to provide sufficient strength? I am building in HO, if that helps. Are 1x2s spaced 3" apart enough or is that overkill?

And can I use jelly as an effective adhesive between the layers of toast or will it destroy the toast over time? Is there something else you guys would recommend?

Thanks,

Jim 

[IRONROOSTER]

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And can I use jelly as an effective adhesive between the layers of toast or will it destroy the toast over time? Is there something else you guys would recommend?

Thanks,

Jim 

Well, you can use jelly, but I personally find that peanut butter holds up better over the years.  Make sure to get the crunchy kind as the crunchies fuse with the toast after a couple of months for a stronger bond.

Enjoy

Paul 

[Anonymous]

And can I use jelly as an effective adhesive between the layers of toast or will it destroy the toast over time? Is there something else you guys would recommend?

Most modelers prefer jam instead of jelly as far as adhesion is concerned, if you use real butter with the jam or jelly, it will lose its effectivness over time, I have not tried margarine with jam or jelly, so I'm unsure about that aspect. I think you should ask yourself another question before deciding on jam or jelly, and that is, will your Big Boy operate on it reliably?

 

[SteamFreak]

What do you think of my decal technique?

[selector]

Whatever you use, don't use Cheeze Whiz.  I tried that once and it made the toast all soggy.  Somebody suggested I use latex caulk, and that did the trick.  Tasted kinda funny, but at least it worked.

[selector]

What do you think of my decal technique?

Hey, I've been lookin' for those!!  Where'd you find them?

[DigitalGriffin]

Hey, I've been lookin' for those!!  Where'd you find them?

You can't buy them.  Mike's Toast House claimed patent infringement on Burned EMmisive Feedback.  So we are just left with regular toast.

[selector]

That bites.  I'm gonna take out the raisins in mine and install some cranberries.

[tomikawaTT]

If in doubt, follow the prototype.

As I may have mentioned (a few thousand times) I model Central Japan in September, 1964.

Now, where did I put my hibachi?*

* For those unable to secure a genuine hibachi, you can kitbash one by filling a clay flowerpot with charcoal.  Recommended for use in well-ventilated spaces only.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

 

[SteamFreak]

Hey, I've been lookin' for those!!  Where'd you find them?

You can't buy them.  Mike's Toast House claimed patent infringement on Burned EMmisive Feedback.  So we are just left with regular toast.

The lawsuit became extremely heated.

[Hoople]

The right side of my toaster lights things on fire...

[selector]

Hey, I've been lookin' for those!!  Where'd you find them?

You can't buy them.  Mike's Toast House claimed patent infringement on Burned EMmisive Feedback.  So we are just left with regular toast.

The lawsuit became extremely heated.

  Mike's Toast House..very good.  Full marks for that one, Nelson.  Do you have one that says, "My BLI (ex-Lionel) K4 will kick your K4's butt all around your layout?"

[Dave Vollmer]

Hey, no bad mouthin' Mike's Toast House...

He went to court on behalf of the whole toast hobby about the Toaster Pacific licensing issue...  Because of that we can now run any toastname we want without paying the lawyers!

[secondhandmodeler]

The smoke unit is working overtime on my toaster!  I know I know, serious toasters don't use smoke!

[Guilford Guy]

Toaster for sale, 35$

Custom Painted. Minor paint chips. Excelelnt Condition. AC. Railsound and TMCC. DCC ready. Comes complete with two pieces of bread for display purposes. The Bread is edible. 

[Ibeamlicker]

I like to stock up on bread when the bread show comes to the Big E,then I toast it and put it in the freezer,then when I want toast I just unthaw it and presto TOAST!Someone please start the weekend photographing of the toast.

[steemtrayn]

 The Bread is edible. 

Just ask the mold spores. 

[Dave Vollmer]

Crap...another CRUMMY thread.....

+1 to post count

David B

Listen, Dave, we don't need CRUSTY old grumps LOAFING around just SLICING at the other forum members...  Don't be a HEEL.

[selector]

Yeah, if you don't get with the programme, you're toast!  (Dave knows what 'programme' means.  The rest of you don't need to know.)

[alco_fan]

You are all just whistling past the graveyard ... toastmaking is dying! Dying, I tell you.

Real toastmakers bake their own bread and slice it themselves. You people with your Ready To Toast bread are taking all the craftsmanship out of making toast. Everyone knows you aren't a _serious_ toastmaker unless you slice your own. As the aging scratch slicers leave the hobby, it's bound to die. I'm an expert in all the demographics ... I was in an appliance section once.

In the good old days of toast Frank Jellyson and Jam Allen were _real_ toastmakers. Now, Toast Monthly has nothing but pictures of breakfasts of people who bought their bread pre-sliced ... even some who get their toast from a restaurant ... they didn't even make that toast themselves! In fact, anyone who doesn't look just like me and toast just the way I do is not a _real_ toastmaker.

And have you seen the price of toasters? Way more than in 1956, when 1 out of 5 kids toasted their own bread.

If you think all those modern toaster strudels and pop tarts and toaster pastries are real toast, they're not. Your kidding yourselves if you think toasting can last long in the future -- it's a dying art, I tell you!

And don't think that Thomas the Brave Little Tank Toaster will save toastmaking .. I know it won't because I'm the expert ... just ask me.

[Guilford Guy]

And don't think that Thomas the Brave Little Tank Toaster will save toastmaking .. I know it won't because I'm the expert ... just ask me.

 

Alex is having too much fun with paint... 

[Anonymous]

you know, a thread like this really messes with a newbie's mind!!!

[NeO6874]

while true, this thread is a lot more lighthearted than the troll-created threads that spawned it's creation...

 

 Dave, do you happen to have a link to any manufacturers that make the ToastPhone detail parts?

[selector]

NeO, I believe that is www.crumbswest.com.  It's a one person shop, so don't expect the site to be up and running or the phone to get answered. 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

I just read this the first time. Very clever. Perhaps you can actually manufacture some of these and sell them on the internet with pop-up advertising.

I like the creations such as the Boston & Maine toaster. I suppose, I could call my toaster the Zephyr because it is all stainless steel.

Have fun everybody.  

 

 

[SteamFreak]

Crap...another CRUMMY thread.....

+1 to post count

David B

Listen, Dave, we don't need CRUSTY old grumps LOAFING around just SLICING at the other forum members...  Don't be a HEEL.

All of this toaster talk is attracting a bad ELEMENT.

[Cederstrand]

This seems to be the right place to post this question. What I would like to know is what year GE started making this type of tender? (see pic below) Also, what function does the nob on the front of the tender serve? And if it helps, unlike most steam era locos, this (N) unit only smokes from the tender. Thanks! Rob