Tim Violino’s Reviews > The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch > Status Update

I sense that plastic is the major challenge that the author faced. My question is why even use it? You could just swap the plastics for more metal and insulate with clay.

You can make something that toasts bread without all the junk in a toaster. Is he trying to build something that works like a toaster or that looks like a toaster? It seems like this is more about looks and commenting on economies of scale.