building gizmos and a manufacturable hybrid sports car kit
Dec 5 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
new Toyota GR GT chassis, gonna do a thread on some quick observations
chassis is a mix of aluminum and CFRP. aluminum castings, extrusions, sheet metal. you see a lot of parallels with other cars of a similar configuration. in concept/layout the GR GT is extremely similar to the C5/C6/C7 Corvette, especially the C6 Z06 and C7
Apr 7 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
i guess i'm doing a toaster design thread now
im taking apart this $15 toaster from amazon to learn its secrets
the key problem i solved last night was the nichrome wire and the associated sheets of mica which insulate it from the body of the toaster
long story short sheets of USA-made mica are hard to come by in small quantities but usa-made ceramic washers/bushings are available