Hello Kitty Toaster

[larry moe 'n curly]

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).

 

[Vic Smith]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:20:05 -0700 (PDT), "larry moe 'n curly"
<larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).

Sorry I can't help with electric stuff.
But if nobody else can solve your problem you might try a cat stencil.
Lay the stencil on the bread and brush some butter on before you put
the bread in a toaster made for sane people.
Not sure if the butter will catch on fire, but if it does move on to
marmalade and other things until you get it right.
Or see if somebody sells one-sided bread so there's no other side to
burn.

--Vic

 

[Rich Grise]

larry moe 'n curly wrote:

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).

Just use aluminum foil. The basket that holds the bread to be toasted
is made out of metal, right? Just cut the foil to the exact size of the
bread and put it flat against the side that would burn. If you keep
the foil inside the basket, there should be very little shock hazard,
but don't let your local safety nazi find out. ;-P

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Tim Wescott]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:07:56 -0700, Rich Grise wrote:

larry moe 'n curly wrote:

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-
toaster.jpg

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but it
can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast more
evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block some
of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to prevent
shock hazard).

Just use aluminum foil. The basket that holds the bread to be toasted is
made out of metal, right? Just cut the foil to the exact size of the
bread and put it flat against the side that would burn. If you keep the
foil inside the basket, there should be very little shock hazard, but
don't let your local safety nazi find out. ;-P

Or thin aluminum sheet, such as you may find making the tray in a toaster
oven.

Cut holes in it, or another "hello kitty" profile, or Bart Simson, or
maybe a "Hello Biker Kitty".

--
www.wescottdesign.com

 

[John S]

On 8/26/2011 1:20 PM, larry moe 'n curly wrote:

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).

Asbestos.

 

[Oren]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:20:05 -0700 (PDT), "larry moe 'n curly"
<larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg

Sell the toaster and buy this, instead. A better Hello Kitty product
and it works

<http://media.photobucket.com/image/hello%20kitty%20ar%2015/ForestSniper/hello-kitty-ar-15-rifle1.jpg>

 

[Joe]

On Aug 26, 1:20 pm, "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencu...@my-deja.com>
wrote:

This toaster:

 http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toast....

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns.  Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).

Use bread that has little age on it. The problem is, your bread is
typical super market stuff, really high moisture content. It's made
that way because water content = higher profit. Or find someone to
make up a batch of real home made bread and odds are it will do much
better in the toaster.

Joe

 

[NT]

On Aug 26, 7:20 pm, "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencu...@my-deja.com>
wrote:

This toaster:

 http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toast....

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns.  Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).

So you want less power on the plain side, relative to the stencil
side.
- capacitor across plain side. But this will increase Pout on other
side, so add a series choke to the toaster, or run it off a small
transformer to cut a bit of voltage off the supply
- snip some of the R wire out of the plain side, and wire it in on the
stencil side
- convert the lead to 3 wire, with a wire for the centre tap, and run
it off a CT transformer plus a small series tf on one side, so the 2
element sides get different votlage

etc etc. How do you want to do it?


NT

 

[Jules Richardson]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:08:24 -0500, John S wrote:

Asbestos.

Magnets!

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

What a waste!

I'd have made a toaster that prints an image of the Virgin Mary. I'd have
the believers lined up for a slice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4034787.stm

--
Paul Hovnanian mailtoaul@Hovnanian.com
------------------------------------------------------------------
Every time Windows crashes, a devil gets his horns.

 

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:45:20 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:

What a waste!

I like my toast soft on the inside, and incinerated on the outside.
The best way to make that is with a propane torch.

I'd have made a toaster that prints an image of the Virgin Mary. I'd have
the believers lined up for a slice.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4034787.stm

You would also have the wannabe, clones, and also ran's making them.
<http://virginmaryagain.com>

As for the toast, what bugs me are wide mouth toasters designed to fit
a bagel or muffin. Mine seems to work fine for bagels and muffins,
but mangles thinly sliced bread in various ways depending on how the
bread is inserted. I was even able to create a "gradient" toast,
which was burnt on one end, and not toasted on the other. More on the
problem:
<http://groups.google.com/group/ba.food/browse_thread/thread/8884de25c128fb1f/>

Anyway, if the Kitty Toaster has some kind of design woven onto one
side, just rip apart the design, remove the nichrome wire, and re-wire
it in a more sensible manner. The rest is in setting the timing to
prevent incineration and centering the bread slice. I suspect the
most difficult part of this modification would be getting the case
open, which is probably solvent or ultrasonically welded. Good luck.


--
# Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
# 831-336-2558
# http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com
# http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS

 

[hrhofmann@att.net]

On Aug 26, 2:07 pm, Rich Grise <ri...@example.net.invalid> wrote:

larry moe 'n curly wrote:

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toast...







is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns.  Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).

Just use aluminum foil. The basket that holds the bread to be toasted
is made out of metal, right? Just cut the foil to the exact size of the
bread and  put it flat against the side that would burn. If you keep
the foil inside the basket, there should be very little shock hazard,
but don't let your local safety nazi find out. ;-P

Cheers!
Rich- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

My thoughts, exactly

 

[William Sommerwerck]

Flop the bread halfway through the cycle. The image won't be as strong, but
at least the toasting will be even.

 

[Matt]

On 08/26/2011 01:20 PM, larry moe 'n curly wrote:

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).

Use an atomizer to apply a fine mist of water to the plain side before
toasting?

 

[William Sommerwerck]

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material
(to prevent shock hazard).

An asbestos pad?

 

[amdx]

On 8/26/2011 1:42 PM, Vic Smith wrote:

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:20:05 -0700 (PDT), "larry moe 'n curly"
larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:

This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).


Sorry I can't help with electric stuff.
But if nobody else can solve your problem you might try a cat stencil.
Lay the stencil on the bread and brush some butter on before you put
the bread in a toaster made for sane people.
Not sure if the butter will catch on fire, but if it does move on to
marmalade and other things until you get it right.

Or see if somebody sells one-sided bread so there's no other side to
burn.
--Vic

We use the one sided bread in ours, works perfectly fine.
Mikek

 

[amdx]

On 8/26/2011 3:08 PM, John S wrote:

On 8/26/2011 1:20 PM, larry moe 'n curly wrote:
This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg


is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).





Asbestos.

Mica sheets.

 

[gpsman]

On Aug 26, 2:20 pm, "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencu...@my-deja.com>
wrote:

This toaster:

 http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toast....

is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns.  Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

Does it have a "bagel" setting?
-----

- gpsman

 

[Vic Smith]

On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:33:45 -0500, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

On 8/26/2011 3:08 PM, John S wrote:
On 8/26/2011 1:20 PM, larry moe 'n curly wrote:
This toaster:

http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hello-kitty-toaster.jpg


is supposed to burn a Hello Kitty face on one side of the bread, but
it can't do that unless it's set so high that the other side (the non-
Kitty side) of the bread burns. Is there any way to make it toast
more evenly?

All the heating coils are in series, so I can't cut the power to just
some of the coils by adding a diode.

The bread is held in baskets that clamp the bread on the sides when
it's lowered, and I tried making one side of the basket hold the toast
farther from the coils on the non-Kitty side, but it didn't help.

I'm thinking of covering the non-Kitty side with a screen to block
some of the heat, but I can't find a suitable non-metal material (to
prevent shock hazard).





Asbestos.

Mica sheets.

Excellent.
I've looked through many boiler water level sight glasses which were
mica lined, but didn't think of it.
I see eBay has mica sheeting for sale, and elsewhere.

--Vic

 

[Smitty Two]

In article <a192b$4e59462b$18ec6dd7$19338@KNOLOGY.NET>,
amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

We use the one sided bread in ours, works perfectly fine.
Mikek

Is that the Mobius brand?