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What do you need a volume slider on your toaster for I'm going to kick your nerd ass!! (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 21 points 5 months ago (9 children)

No way. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, that's well into the era of plastic disposable everything.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Idk I had a toaster made of folded sheet metal that looked like it was basically unchanged since the 1940s except they added an earthing wire.

    toasters weren't plastic in the 90s, they would have melted. 90s plastic was pretty shitty material quality wise.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I have a Rowenta plastic shell toaster from West Germany that still works perfectly. It's metal on the inside obviously.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Huh neat, know what the plastic is? Is it expensive high temp shit or do they do something clever to stop it cooking where it couples to the hot parts?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The plastic shell is attached directly to the metal interior at a few points so I guess it must be some kind of high heat stuff there at least. The main solution however is they put an air-gap between the plastic shell and the metal interior, utilizing a couple of inlets on the bottom for "convection draft cooling".

    It has melted a little on the edge above the slots tho.

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