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On 28/07/2025 10:56, Andy Bennett wrote:
> On 27/07/2025 22:37, Rod Speed wrote:
>> looking to repair a could of toasters, mainly because
>> I do really thick toast cut from a full loaf and it's hard
>> to find a popup toaster that can do that well, particularly
>> when buying online at a sensible price and it shouldn't
>> be hard to spot weld the element burnout at the termination
>>
>> But I can't work out how to get the handle off so I can get
>> the cover off. Online some have screws but none of mine
>> do. Are they glued on and can you just lever it off ?
> 
> Talking of toasters - we are (apparently) really weird and like our 
> toast really thick, dark and crisp on the outside and lovely warm bread 
> on the inside. Most of the population appears to prefer thin rusk-like 
> objects.
> 
> We have been on a quest for (our opinion) a decent toaster for most of 
> our 50 years of married life, nearly all appearing to take far too long 
> and generate the rusk variety of toast regardless of the thickness of 
> slice. Even using the oven grill dries out the slices somewhat.
> 
> Most appear to abide by the rule of approximately 400W allocated to each 
> slot, so a 4 slice toaster is typically 1600W and a two slice 800 to 1000W.
> 
> I recently stumbled on a Russell Hobbs "Distinctions" toaster which is a 
> 2 slicer but claimed to be 1600W - a lovely 800W per slice.
> 
> I did a few cross checks to ensure they were not telling porkies and 
> purchased one - probably pricey at £44 from amazon but certainly a lot 
> cheaper than the crap Dualit we have owned in the past.
> 
> Has nice wide long slots too - ideal for our 1 inch thick slices.
> 
> This produces our desired toast at last! You have to keep your eye on it 
> as it is VERY fast and can easily generate cremated slices for the 
> unwary, but once fully tuned works a treat. I can at last go to my grave 
> eating decent toast.
>
Why stop there?
Cremation - and take a loaf of Mother's Pride with you.

-- 
Sam Plusnet

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        Re: toaster repair Andy Bennett <aben@ben37j.com> - 2025-07-28 07:21 +0100
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    Re: toaster repair The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-28 14:10 +0100
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            Re: toaster repair The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-01 12:11 +0100
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                Re: toaster repair The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-01 17:49 +0100
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          Re: toaster repair Felix <none@nowhere.com> - 2025-08-01 23:23 +1000
      Re: toaster repair Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2025-08-02 08:51 +1000
        Re: toaster repair "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-08-02 09:03 +1000
        Re: toaster repair The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-02 11:48 +0100
        Re: toaster repair Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-08-02 20:44 +0100
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            Re: toaster repair The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-03 08:16 +0100
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