Show HN: I made Gyroscopic Gyro Sandwiches

[transistor-man]

Have you noticed that a gyro sandwich is only cooked in one axis? What a missed opportunity.

The following details an elaborate way to slow cook food, using a handmade contraption. Not only is it tasty, it's mesmerizing. Feel free to copy the design for your own festivities.

[transistor-man]

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.

[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?