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| NormanV:
Not an engineering project, but I did need to cut a piece of aluminium. I have been long frustrated by my butter being hard to spread which resulted in my bread being ripped to pieces or having to slice the butter to apply it. This resulted in a very high consumption of butter which was not good for my arteries. I have built a wooden butter dish that is divided horizontally with previously mentioned aluminium sheet to conduct the heat from the bottom section into the top where the dish of butter is placed. The heater in the bottom section is a rather nifty one designed for use in a vivarium, 5 watts. I have it set on its lowest setting and it maintains the butter in a perfectly spreadable state. It took just a couple of hours to make from scraps that I had laying around and the only expense was £3.60 for the heater. I am very happy with it. |
| smiffy:
What a good idea . I have a similar problem , consumption of butter is directly proportional to rise in cholesterol levels . Another one for the to do list Mike |
| seadog:
I think that has been largely disproven. You're better off eating butter, a natural product, than some of the concocted muck that is sold at hugely inflated prices. |
| krv3000:
:nrocks: brill |
| smiffy:
I would never eat any of that sludge, but at times the amount of butter is thicker than the bread and that is before I put a proper piece of cheese on top . On a slightly different note when I worked in a dairy in my farming days we made butter in a twin tub washing machine using about 40 gallons of cream at a time Mike |
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