A Quest to Make a Toaster from Scratch (2011)

Reminiscent of 'I, Pencil'.

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=I,%20Pencil&sort=byDate&dateRa...

Consider all the tools he used from the modern age in order to make the materials, 'from scratch' means using nothing but your body, but I suspect that the project would have ran over several lifetimes.

It would have probably been better to start with something simpler, such as a hammer, but definitely points for trying.

This is very cool, but I can't help but think that toasters are an incredibly impractical way to be toasting bread if you start from nothing. Just make a stick and a fire to hold it over and you're done in minutes!

I can't tell whether or not you realize that isn't the point.

You can't? So you suspect I may be thinking that his purpose was to toast bread in the most efficient manner possible?

Hint: He starts out buying a working toaster.

Hey man, it's the Internet, anything's possible.

Excellent! I wonder how many laws and regulations he (harmlessly) broke during the quest.