Heavy-Built Nutcracker Cracks Walnuts Quickly, Cleanly

Heavy-Built Nutcracker Cracks Walnuts Quickly Cleanly FARM HOME Miscellaneous “The reason I built this nutcracker is that I’ve been cracking walnuts for 50 years but I’ve never been happy with any of the nutcrackers I’ve owned I finally decided there had to be a better way ” says John Petersheim of J P Wood and Metal of Mifflintown Penn He calls the well-built nutcracker “The New Style Black Walnut Cracker ” and it’s so simple to operate that “even older ladies and young children have no problem cracking walnuts with it ” The steel nutcracker mounts on a 9 by 30-in board His invention is a little different than what might be typical because of the shape of the jaw holes used to crack the nut “Since the nuts are oval-shaped the jaw holes needed to be oval as well ” he says “Using a ball end mill on a milling machine I experimented until I had jaws that worked well on the most common-sized walnuts “All of the outside shell cracks first ” Petersheim adds “This method of cracking walnuts takes more force since it hits the entire shell at once so the nutcracker has to be sturdy Our nutcracker has a cracking force ratio of 185 to 1 ” The extra-long handle on each nutcracker makes it possible to stop at any point in the cracking process You can go a little further if you wish to crack the center as well “The best thing about it is that the nut meats come out whole ” says Petersheim He’s built 100 of the nutcrackers so far and they sell for $115 each Contact: FARM SHOW Follwup J P Wood and Metal 99 Muskrat Springs Road Mifflintown Penn 17059 No Phone Number

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