Another beam of sun for the collection…

[thatwasherguy]

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all well. Today, I stopped in Goodwill, and had to do a double take when I saw this sitting on the shelf. I’d wanted one of these for a while, but couldn’t justify the high price that they go for online. Needless to say, it quickly followed me home. I’ve ran it for about three cycles so far, and everything works. However, I believe the thermostat needs to be adjusted, as it gets the toast border-line burnt on the lightest setting. Overall, $8 well spent.
Thatwasherguy.

 

[appnut]

What is this?

 

[luxflairguy]

A Sumbeam taoster!

 

[qsd-dan]

A Sumbeam taoster!

Infamous Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster, to be specific.

 

[appnut]

Greg, how exciting. Beautiful!!

 

[Ultramatic]

I love those! I have two!

 

[goatfarmer]

You need this!

 

[pstehle]

What is this?

Vintage toaster... I have one. You simply drop the bread in the slots and it goes away until it's done. Then just a nice click, and it slowly rises from the slots... ideally toasted to perfection, without the noisy mechanism ejecting the finished product. These were about 4 or 5 times the price of a cheap Proctor Silex in the 1980's. They were sold from somewhere back in the 1940's-1950's... 8 bucks is a deal, just needs to get the control working correctly.

 

[appledude1]

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all well. Today, I stopped in Goodwill, and had to do a double take when I saw this sitting on the shelf. I’d wanted one of these for a while, but couldn’t justify the high price that they go for online. Needless to say, it quickly followed me home. I’ve ran it for about three cycles so far, and everything works. However, I believe the thermostat needs to be adjusted, as it gets the toast border-line burnt on the lightest setting. Overall, $8 well spent.
Thatwasherguy.

 

[appledude1]

I have one - one of the best toasters ever made - Technology Connections covered how these masterpieces work - fascinating technology - for their day a pretty pricey, premium toaster - I love mine - I do have it plugged into a APC surge protector power strip, rated at a full 15 amps - or 20, I forget which - for safety, I make sure to turn that switch on the APC "off" when I am not using it - that way if something gets dropped or knocked into it it won't activate - On mine, i bought it, and had it serviced by the toaster museum people I believe - they cleaned it, replaced the nichrome wires, etc - made sure it is a good "working" model - not a showpiece necessarily, though it looks good. I used this today on toast, it does a much better job than other "new" toasters I have had, and when you see the technology involved in their "radiant" system, it is obvious as to why it browns so well - they made these for about 50 years for a good reason. I remember years ago my mom bought me a new $7 toaster - which wasn't worth seven bucks! You had to hold the lever down to keep it toasting - not quality as these Sunbeams are!