Apple Toaster

The next step is pretty easy, just cut a slot up the back for the lever to stick out of. Center it and make it wide enough for the lever. The part that was hard was doing it, I ha sure others would have the right tools for the job but I ended up making two cuts with a hacksaw then remove the center.  Be sure to use the back of the G4 Cube as there is extra reinforcement there. I know this picture looks rough but I cleaned it up with a file so the finished looks better.

With the slot cut I can put the internal into the case and get an idea how it fits. Unfortunately it is still to tight but the offending piece is the fastener for the magnet.

This is a simple fix though because there is allot of excess and there is a slot on the piece to bend the metal into (after you lop off the tabs and shape it a little)

One other thing that did not fit in the G4 Case is the controls for light dark… I think I will have to put the controls on the bottom (keeping with the Apple function over form mentality).

The end result is beautiful and it is really starting to come together. Here is it all in one piece, you can see it is a little sticky but I am sure I can fix that. I think I need to widen the slot just a little bit… and grease it up of course.

The part that runs through the unit and holds the bottom of the bread needs to be chopped off to fit in the Apple G4 Case. There is another function to consider here and that is the mechanism that operates the little holders that come in from the sides and squeeze the bread.  This amounts to needing some type of cross bar at the two ends with a hole in it so the wire that operates the bread clamp can go through.

I trimmed this right before the excess upward tab that was left over from the longer toaster.the metal is pretty soft so you can just score it then bend it until it breaks.

Next we are using a piece of metal let over from one of my 4 toaster (I kind of lost track). it is just a little strip and we are going to bend it into an arc and drill through the ends of the guides and attach. This will have a small hole for the wire from the spring mechanism. the wire goes through the hole and then is bent so that when the leaver is pushed down the wire will get pushed down as well.

Next up is the simple task of securing the cross bar that the center heating panel attaches to. This is pretty self explanatory, just drill two 1/8 inch holes at each end through the end pieces and screw in some computer screws. this makes the unit more rigid and keeps the heating elements in the center of the square.

Cut the slot for the top of the toaster to stick out of the commuter case. This is pretty much just a straight line from the sides of the existing center opening. When cutting the opening you should remove the metal bracket on the inside, it will go much faster and I needed to remove it eventually anyway.  Remove the plastic top (will put it back after it is done).

As you can see it does fit into the computer case quite well but I did have to trim it up a bit more. There is some excess on the non lever side that I took off as well. and after this point it just needs some touching up here and there to fit perfectly.

Apple is out of control with the patents… A while back I saw a patent request for multi touch user interfaces. Did apple invent muti touch user interfaces? … I don’t think so. I have seen programs using mutli touch interface a loooong time ago. I hope they get denied and laughed at.

Now they are trying to patent having a volume control on an application (web browser in this instance) and I don’t think it should be patentable. The interesting function is making settings on a per URL basis but what else has settings for a per URL basis such as if the URL is trusted or encrypted? Or you can look at Windows as an application that lets you control the audio “streams” from multiple web sources independently.   I would say this patent should be thrown out but I am not a lawyer and think a lot of patents should be thrown out (such as the human genetic code).

Are they serious? I don’t know about these patents… Feels like Apple is starting a Rambus like approach to the future.

I need to put in my patent request for a though based user interface..

Apple eyes patent for web silence • The Register

Wow, this is pretty ambitious but definitely something that I could see Apple wanting to be first to have. I don’t understand why PC companies are not a ambitious as this, I mean what is to stop HP or dell to not have this done before Apple. If you have never heard of an OLED it is a technology that has been perpetually just around the corner for over a decade.

LG insider points to Apple OLED notebook • Register Hardware

The side panels fit on pretty easily, holes need to be cut to allow the wires out of the enclosure at the ends. Drill the hole then Demel on both he top and bottom locations.

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The top tabs and openings match up and just needs a little extra push and that’s it. The second tab is pretty simple, I just lined up a screw driver to where the slot should be and punched it through with a hammer.  The middle tab slot ended up just below where the side line gets greater in size. The bottom also lines up well and just needs a little extra push.

I now have the center element in place. Putting this thing together is a bit of a pain, all the pieces have to be just right place and all at the same time. Getting the center heating panel completed was the hardest part so far,  the heating elements are so fragile and the cardboard like material breaks so easy I am four toasters in on this project because of the panels…The center one specifically. The panel attaches  to to metal pieces that in turn connect to the sides. The bottom is easy because it is the same process of drilling a hole and sticking it through and bending the tabs. The top piece I will have to come up with a better way to attach it because the tabs do not exist on the donor ends.

I am also in the clear for the retaining grates not touching any of the elements in the center. There is not much clearance but it is safely out of the way. When I settle on a way to attach the top metal piece I will be certain to center it so nothing touches.

Got the toasters mechanically merged for the most part and it will fit with little room to spare. It looks a little rough but the next step is getting the heat panels and electrical system in place.

The last couple of steps that led up to this point was moving the mounting slots for the non lever end of the toaster closer to accommodate the shorter cage.

Next step was to shorten the base to fit into the Apple Cube case ( then internal case). Both ends needed to be tightened up. A little bit was taken off the lever side then a bund of the non lever side. The lines are in blue for the cut.

Here is the shortened base.

Combing the toasters is not going to be as easy as I had hoped. So far, the main end parts that hold the guides in place will need to be relocated. The new holes are simple but the guide area that allows the grates that clamp down on the bread are a little trickier.  The parts I am going to use are the one on the right.

Here is the outline on the part that will need to be modified. The boxes are marked on the top and the holes are the ones drilled on the bottom. To create the odd shaped holes at the top I used a Dremel tool with a grinding bit to take out the areas that drilling did not get and to clean it up.  I will also need the Dremel when it is time to modify the Apple Cube.

Here is the compact guides in the newly created holes.

After this step I can put it together to asses how it will fit into the case and it looks like a go. In the picture below there are a few things that will change. The base from the larger unit will be cut down taking off all excess.