Toaster Oven recommendations?

[phillymatt53]

t - worked fine until I sprayed the cranky dial with WD=40, after that it has always smoked when I turn it on.

LED bulbs often do not last nearly as long as they are supposed too, some less than incandescents.

WD-40 should never be used in anything electrical, people think it's some kind of miracle fix in a can.
And LED's lifespans are dependent on the manufacturer's quality control, along with the product's design.
Running them at or above their limits is poor design, and severely shortens their life.

 

[Chetlaham]

WD-40 should never be used in anything electrical, people think it's some kind of miracle fix in a can.
And LED's lifespans are dependent on the manufacturer's quality control, along with the product's design.
Running them at or above their limits is poor design, and severely shortens their life.

WD-40 is a solvent. Decades ago I thought it could be used on anything and everything. Ended up destroying a lot of bearings, motors, pivots, fulcrums, ect.

 

[DADoES]

WD-40 is a solvent. Decades ago I thought it could be used on anything and everything. Ended up destroying a lot of bearings, motors, pivots, fulcrums, ect.

Common misconception that it's oil, a lubricant, which it's not. I recall my appliance repair mentor years ago telling customers to never use it as such and to always follow-up WITH oil or other proper lubricant when using WD-40 to free-up a seized mechanism.

Signed: Goofy Glenn

 

[phillymatt53]

WD-40 is a solvent. Decades ago I thought it could be used on anything and everything. Ended up destroying a lot of bearings, motors, pivots, fulcrums, ect.

The internet has glorified the uses for WD-40, one website has a "1000 uses for WD-40" listing.
So with that said, since some people think the internet is the best place to go to for good information, the results are all over the map.
The "Don't believe everything you read or see on the 'net" is a reality, causing society to fall victim to misinformation and unsafe practices.

 

[Chetlaham]

Advertising is just that advertising. If it gets sales up, do it any cost even if it means lies or negative attention.

 

[bajaespuma]

Well, so far, my 11 dollar thrift store Black and Decker toaster oven seems to be working well. BUT... the controls on this thing required me to print out a Quick-Guide cheat sheet to post on the wall next to it so I can figure out how to make my morning toast. Somehow, lowering one lever is no longer sufficient for the job(along with another control to set to the preferred doneness that, in most domiciles, is set once for the lifetime of the small appliance).

...and I thought learning Mandarin was difficult.

 

[phillymatt53]

Well, so far, my 11 dollar thrift store Black and Decker toaster oven seems to be working well. BUT... the controls on this thing required me to print out a Quick-Guide cheat sheet to post on the wall next to it so I can figure out how to make my morning toast. Somehow, lowering one lever is no longer sufficient for the job(along with another control to set to the preferred doneness that, in most domiciles, is set once for the lifetime of the small appliance).

...and I thought learning Mandarin was difficult.View attachment 319008

Yeah, that's a bit too much, just to make toast.
No wonder it wound up in a Thrift Store!

I have a regular "pop-up"toaster on the counter for that.
The toaster oven's kept under the counter for when I need it.

 

[Chetlaham]

I remember once I had a Farberware toaster oven that was literally a single dial with numbers all the way up to 10 minutes IIRC. Temp control was an internal thermostat and a back-up thermal fuse.

I loved it, you just put the toast in and turned the dial to the desired time.

I haven't found any pictures of it online to date or anything for sale that is similar expect the dash mini toaster oven but that is 1/3 to 1/4 the size of my previous Farberware oven .

 

[vacerator]

Our former Kitchen Aid lasted at least a dozen years. Using a cheap Kenmore with convection now the kids gave us. They didn't like the cheesy rack glide. It falls onto the glass door easily.
Mom in law loves her full size Breville. They're expensive.

 

[statomatic]

I second that about the Wreck & Destroy 40, banned this out of my workshop since 11 years, now replaced by common sense...

 

[me]

WD-40 is a solvent. Decades ago I thought it could be used on anything and everything. Ended up destroying a lot of bearings, motors, pivots, fulcrums, ect.

It makes for a fairly impressive flame thrower if you use it on a cylinder vac!

When I was younger, my dad asked me to clean and vacuum his old Ford Cortina while he was at work as, having just bought a new car, he wanted to sell it. When I tried to use our old 1960's Electrolux cylinder vacuum cleaner, which he kept in his workshop, I found the motor was seized up with debris from the reusable cloth dustbag as it had come open at the bottom, so I stripped the motor down cleaned and freed it up, fixed the electrics and checked it still worked. Then emptied and sorted out the bag.

Then as I was putting the bag back in, I noticed the inside of the metal case had surface rust, and had the not so bright idea to give it a spray with WD40 and wipe it down with a cloth. Now the suction chamber of a 1960s electrolux vacuum cleaner is not very wide, so I'd sat the motor end of the vacuum on the floor and inverted the can of WD40 and gave what I thought was a light spray, wiped it down and put the cloth bag in and reattached the front and hose.

Sat the vacuum on the back seat of the car and turned it on, and a massive jet of flame blasted out the rear through the open car door, narrowly missing my right leg and making a nice scorch mark on the creosoted fence several feet away. Luckily I didn't set the car alight!

 

[phillymatt53]

It makes for a fairly impressive flame thrower if you use it on a cylinder vac!

When I was younger, my dad asked me to clean and vacuum his old Ford Cortina while he was at work as, having just bought a new car, he wanted to sell it. When I tried to use our old 1960's Electrolux cylinder vacuum cleaner, which he kept in his workshop, I found the motor was seized up with debris from the reusable cloth dustbag as it had come open at the bottom, so I stripped the motor down cleaned and freed it up, fixed the electrics and checked it still worked. Then emptied and sorted out the bag.

Then as I was putting the bag back in, I noticed the inside of the metal case had surface rust, and had the not so bright idea to give it a spray with WD40 and wipe it down with a cloth. Now the suction chamber of a 1960s electrolux vacuum cleaner is not very wide, so I'd sat the motor end of the vacuum on the floor and inverted the can of WD40 and gave what I thought was a light spray, wiped it down and put the cloth bag in and reattached the front and hose.

Sat the vacuum on the back seat of the car and turned it on, and a massive jet of flame blasted out the rear through the open car door, narrowly missing my right leg and making a nice scorch mark on the creosoted fence several feet away. Luckily I didn't set the car alight!

SOMEONE didn't read the Warning Label!