[Handy Geng] lives in Baoding, China, where average winter season temperatures can get as low as −7.7 °C (18.1 °F). rather than simply freezing in the cold when using the bathroom, he chose he could do better. thus came about his rather distinct toilet paper heating system.

The build uses a gas burner heating up a wok. Toilet paper is fed into the wok body through motorized rollers salvaged from what appears to be an old counterfeit money detector. The wok is then shaken by a second motor in purchase to much more evenly heat the toilet paper within. The burner can then be turned off, and the lid of the wok opened in purchase to acquire access to the toasty toilet paper.

The system heats the toilet paper to a burning 75 °C (167 °F); a little too warm to conveniently touch, but thankfully toilet paper doesn’t have a lot of thermal mass so cools off relatively quickly. It’s also thankfully well below the auto-ignition temperature of paper of 451 °F.

It’s a noisy, clanging device that nonetheless offers the same warmth and comfort that you’re probably much more familiar with from the office photocopier. It’s not [Handy Geng]’s first shower room hack, either. video after the break.

Thanks to [Adam Quantrill] for the tip!