Salvaging cabinets

[Refugee]

I have recovered a bread maker for free mainly for the other half to try out in the first instance.
There was no chance. It can be done in half the time with our modern oven and classic Kenwood chef.

The things can be had for next to nothing.

It has a steel cabinet that looks about the right size for a Variac and isolating transformer but I have already built one of those.
The cabinet is about 350mm by 180mm.
The height is about 250mm with a bit more plastic on top.
Inside there is what sounds like a shaded pole motor and an element.

So what to put in the cabinet.
I have got a huge 60 volt transformer and another with many outputs.
The motor does not look like it will be any good for a coil winder as it will be fixed speed.

What would you build in it?

[Crackle]

Hi Simon
You could cut the motor shaft short and use it for melting the old wax capacitors ready for re-stuffing.

Mike

[alanworland]

Sounds like it could be used for a bread maker!!!

Alan

[Refugee]

It has been already declared too slow for making bread. A modern fan oven took care of that only a couple of months ago.
The heating element is about 500W and is in an inner chamber that could be cut down and treated with modern insulation to make a large solder pot with the motor shaft hole blanked off with off-cuts from the top of the middle chamber.. If that were done the result would fit into a much smaller cabinet leaving the large case free for another project.
I have a wax pot already based on a gold power resistor. It only needs about 15W to melt old capacitors.