Make a toaster go "ping"

[Why Not Indeed]

How would you go about making a toaster go "ping" when the timer is up?
I have a Dualit toaster which has a large empty space at the end where the controls are. There is a neon which is on whilst the timer is running, which could be tapped for power. Then when power goes away, actuate a bell.

I am thinking something simple and electromechanical, if possible. No microcontrollers, 12V transformers or apps!

As an aside, Google tells me that these already do go ping when the timer is up, but mine definitely doesn't.

 

[Wayners]

Mine don't ping.
The mechanical timer is noisy so you can hear it stop. Well mine is

 

[SFK]

3d print a stick that goes on the timer knob.
As timer knob returns to off position, the stick hits and chimes a small brass bell.

(In the case of the image below the stick hits or plucks the string that suspends the bell.

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[Harry Bloomfield]

All of the automatic toasters I've come across, shoot the bread out the slot at the top, once the time is up. Some rely upon the heating, and bending of a bi-metal strip, to release the latch/set the timing - others, use a solenoid, and an electronic timer.

Either type, would need an arm added, to the lift mechanism, which strikes a dome bell - but most people, hear the clatter of the lift mechanism without needing a bell.

 

[Koolpc]

To make it ping, add in a pong. That should sort it out.

 

[Wayners]

Dualit toasters are around £200 and British made.
You can buy all the spare parts online and fix yourself.
I bought a bust one off eBay for £45 and swapped elements ect and cleaned up for £30.
No manual pop up.
Mechanical timer.
No ping.

Just buy a power cut/ failure plug in alarm.
That will go off when toaster has timed out.

 

[Mottie]

I stopped using our Dualit toaster because if you didn’t notice it finish and get the bread out as soon as it was toasted, it dried the toast out. We still have ours in the loft. Clearing out my mums house, I saw that she has a 4 slice Dualit toaster in her loft too. It still works as I tested it.

 

[Why Not Indeed]

No ping.

Good to hear that from an actual human. AI summary is wrong (again), in a detailed, specific and convincing way!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

No manual pop up.
Mechanical timer.
No ping.

I gave up on manual (bi-metal) timers, they are too variable. You do one slice, then the unit is still hot for the second one, so it over toasts.