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23crate

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in what i suspect may have beeh a fit of cabin fever, Mrs Crate suddenly announced she had purchased a kilo or so of macadamia nuts from our local version of Craigslist (Trade me).
A few short minutes passed before she realized we probably dont realy have a decent nut cracker- shy of a hammer - produces mixed results, a foot similar etc.

she hanceforth decreed that i should make her one .. so i made 2... HA - take that woman!

the round version needs a little more finishing ..

3" box and 3" tube, various other helpful car parts , included some seatbelt mounts , a shock washer, bit of tensile thread from the replace the Studes lower arm project ,, and a kingpin from a 1960's Ford Thames Van ..

sigh ... fun times
 

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Ever notice when you see someone get hit in the gonads you automatically cringe and make a groaning sound.:eek::eek:
 
Now like the bead rollers, we got get a motor on it. Lol
 

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Now like the bead rollers, we got get a motor on it. Lol


mustve not been listening again... apprently it was 4.5 kilos or 10lbs of nuts !

Mr Snake i beliveve might be on to something there, off to the lair to plan a smaller motorized version....
 

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That’s a tuff nut to crack :D

Not sure how much a kilo is, but that sounds like a bunch of nuts! Gonna take a lot of ice cream for all them!
 
That’s a tuff nut to crack :D

Not sure how much a kilo is, but that sounds like a bunch of nuts! Gonna take a lot of ice cream for all them!


Agout 10lbs according to uncle google... lol ice cream !!!!!!!!!! 2x what mrs crate thinks...!
 
crikey .. !! my lil Sister got wind of the nut cracker project .... she and her neighbor wants one as well.. heres the one i made for her,,, will see if they both like them or just a little too rustic

thinking about this while its chewing up car building time it could also be lucrative for buying stuff for the pickup hmmm
 

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