If the guy on top half would have farted right at the end when they are laying down it would have been the ultimate Dutch oven!

>> ^Asmo:

>> ^Nebosuke:
It's like a chipjet printer... I suppose it all still needs to be soldered though?

Not sure, the tech manual mentions that solder paste is a consumable but doesn't mention specifically about soldering. The board might also pass over a wave solder tank further along the line.


It uses a solder paste that's basically screen printed (0:08 in the video) on the board before the components are placed.
The larger integrated chips seem to be mounted at the next machine (they require a different robot arm to do this) but at the end of the line it goes in a linear oven to melt the solder, couldn't be simpler.

Any large components are soldered after this in a wave solder tank or manually by hand.

two words: oven mitts

This is what happens when engineers feel their lives are meaningless because they didn't bother with the arts. They start fabricating entire worlds bases on their programmable toaster oven.

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>> ^Lann:

I find glass to be much more expensive. Then again, it depends on what you mean by "smithing" if you are talking about a blacksmithing studio then yeah a small lampworking set up will be cheaper but still more expensive than the basic start up tools for metalsmithing. Glassblowing however is extremely expensive requiring an annealer, glory hole (no not THAT kind for you dirty minds), and a furnace that runs all the time so it takes a great amount of glass. Coldworking tools are also very expensive. It is understandable why studio cost for glass students are always WAY higher than for metals students.
>> ^Porksandwich:
Glass and smithing are two things I'd like to at least say I'd made something from, even if they looked like crap. Glass is probably the bigger one because it's something you could more likely do at home and on a lower budget. But they are both one of those things where I think you need a apprenticeship in to keep from doing stupid things that could potentially kill or maim you bad enough to screw you up for life.



Honestly don't know enough about either to say one way or another. Glass seemed like it would be cleaner and something you could do without a full production setup, where as blacksmithing would be something you have to go full bore on to do anything worthwhile.

I know they have some metal like substances people use for jewelry and such now that only require a small oven. They are like some kind of clay-ish substance that you mold by hand how you want then bake it to get the metal like look. And I may even be half informed on that as well.

Although I can think of one type of glass creation that I've always wanted to make and keep, where you find a beach and stick a metal rod into the sand to capture the lightning formation as it heats up the sand to glass at the end of the lightning rod. Nothing really man created about it, just kind of coaxed.

>> ^Lann:

microwave + toaster oven = not too burnt not too soggy.


This is pretty much my secret to reheating anything. Microwave first until the middle starts to feel it, then toaster out the soggyness. Works on a surprising variety of things.

I usually reheat cold pizza in the oven, but could try this.

I let it get to room temperature then broil it in the toaster oven on an open rack for a couple minutes.

microwave + toaster oven = not too burnt not too soggy.

>> ^Sarzy:
I actually tried this method once, and wound up accidentally burning the bottom of the crust. I find the most foolproof way to reheat cold pizza is to put it into a toaster oven in a pan, set the oven to toast, and then just keep an eye on it. You end up with the same crisped-up crust, but with less risk of burning.


At home I really like this frying pan method. At work I like the toaster oven, but, nothing is foolproof, foolishness is an unstoppable force.

*edit.. Cold pizza is foolresistant.

I actually tried this method once, and wound up accidentally burning the bottom of the crust. I find the most foolproof way to reheat cold pizza is to put it into a toaster oven in a pan, set the oven to toast, and then just keep an eye on it. You end up with the same crisped-up crust, but with less risk of burning.

Autoignition temperature
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The autoignition temperature or kindling point of a substance is the lowest temperature at which it will spontaneously ignite in a normal atmosphere without an external source of ignition, such as a flame or spark. This temperature is required to supply the activation energy needed for combustion. The temperature at which a chemical will ignite decreases as the pressure increases or oxygen concentration increases. It is usually applied to a combustible fuel mixture.

Autoignition temperatures of liquid chemicals are typically measured using a 500 mL flask placed in a temperature controlled oven in accordance with the procedure described in ASTM E659.[1]
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1 Autoignition equation
2 Autoignition point of selected substances
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Autoignition equation

The time t_{ig}\, it takes for a material to reach its autoignition temperature T_{ig}\, when exposed to a heat flux q''\, is given by the following equation

t_{ig} = \left ( \frac{\pi}{4} \right ) \left (k \rho c \right )\left [ \frac{T_{ig}-T_{o}}{q''} \right]^2 [2]

where k = thermal conductivity (W/(m·K)), ρ = density (kg/m³), and c = specific heat capacity (J/(kg·K)) of the material of interest. T_{o}\, is the temperature, in kelvins, the material starts at (or the temperature of the bulk material), and q''\, is the heat flux (W/m²) incident to the material.

To be consistent in units the group \left[ \frac{T_{ig}-T_{o}}{q''} \right] should be squared.

While certainly no substitute for a good, traditional, and/or wood oven pizza, this intrigues me. I'd like to actually try one for myself, might even be better than Pizza Hut or Dominoes, but that's hardly an accomplishment.