Show HN: I made Gyroscopic Gyro Sandwiches
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transistor-man
xrd
My only critique is that you should have incorporated an aquarium somehow and added sous-vide to your cooking process.
Otherwise, a flawless piece of work.
And, the links to your friends are amazing and a treasure trove as well.
unsnap_biceps
I have never cooked a gyro sandwich, I have, however, cooked gyro meat and used that in a sandwich
That said, this is really cool. I enjoyed the read.
blinding-streak
Absolutely brilliant.
quuxplusone
Sadly for the title, I think the word you were looking for is "gimbal," not "gyroscope." A gyro rotates stably on a single axis. Your cooker "tumbles" on three axes at once. A gyroscope specifically prevents tumbling.
swiftcoder
Doesn't a gimbal specifically keep the target object in a consistent orientation? This seems to function as an anti-gimbal
transistor-man
Admittedly this is a play on words, fair point! Gimbaled Gyro Sandwiches would be a better title
yreg
Does it actually work? Watching the video[0] it seems like the same end of the gyros keeps being pointed upwards/downwards.
I suppose it's difficult to balance the slab of meat perfectly.
Anyway, it's hilarious! Thanks for sharing.
[0] https://transistor-man.com/PhotoSet/three_axis_gyro/animated...
transistor-man
It does indeed work! I've been meaning to instrument a food stimulant mass to determine how the chaos is effected my mass offset vs speed. I think due to the under-actuated nature of the system you're stuck with a balance between cg-offset, gravity and input rotation on the first axis
salvagedcircuit
Gordon Ramsay suggests you season and cook lamb evenly on all sides
>> challenge accepted.
Nice work.
voidUpdate
Is this guaranteed to be even on all sides though?
pointlessone
Yeah, it seems this free-rotating design would keep one side down if the center of gravity is not exatly on the intersection of all rotation axes. This might be worse than a common single-axis cooking.
HenryBemis
I watched the short gif/video and I had the same thought. If you don't pierce the object/meat in a manner that its centre of gravity is on the very centre of this contraption, it would skew the spin and it affect its randomness in the movement.
But totally a fun project and cool topic to discuss on any BBQ
itslennysfault
I pronounce this yeeroscopic
transistor-man
This is excellent
OldSchool
it's all fun until someone gets gimbal lock?
Have you noticed that a gyro sandwich is only cooked in one axis?
I built a contraption to slow cook in multiple axes and documented it here:
https://transistor-man.com/gyroscopic_gyros.html
Not only is it tasty, it's mesmerizing to watch. Feel free to copy the design for your own festivities.