The Belshaw Donut Robot 42

In honor of Noise du Jour’s Robot week, I give you the touching story of one man, $900, the robot he loves, and the donuts he cannot defeat. Most of the bulk of the Donut Robot is taken up by the kettle, which isthe flat steel box you see in the picture. To fill it […]

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In honor of Noise du Jour's Robot week, I give you the touching story of one man, $900, the robot he loves, and the donuts he cannot defeat.

Most of the bulk of the Donut Robot is taken up by the kettle, which isthe flat steel box you see in the picture. To fill it up, I needed 35
pounds of shortening. After laboriously scraping the contents of adozen Crisco cans (and learning why they sell shortening in 50 poundblocks), dumping the shortening into the kettle, and turning on therobot, the robot ignobly caught on fire.

Lovely lady 42 eventually gets her feet under her and starts popping out the goods, piling up fresh donuts into a turkey pan. Her gentleman friend never specifies his exact aims with the high volume pastry productions, and notes that friends and neighbors are already begging to be relieved from the daily donut deliveries.
Donut robot of Love 2000 [LiveJournal, via Improbable Research]