I didn't get as much done in the shop as I wanted, but I did manage to get a few things done. You can see them at:
...Kevin
Do you furnish the implements with them? I like them a lot!
I do include the hardware. I pick it up at the grocery store in the section where they sell pots, pans, spatulas, that sort of thing. They only cost about $4 and I'll get around $30-$35 wholesale for the whole shebang at a local gift shop. They're a good mover this time of year. People seem to like to have nuts out around Thanksgiving and Christmas...
...Kevin
Wow.. I've been doing shows for years because I can't find wholesalers and won't do consignments.. What luxury for you, Kevin!
I've been unable to view your pics, so I hope I'm not reinventing the wheel for you with this variation (walnuts only)...
It's traditional in some areas of France to open walnuts by hitting at the pointed end with a hammer, with the other end against a kind of hollow wooden block - the advantage being that it's easy to keep the kernel whole.The nut's sides just split, and you finish the job with fingers, or another light blow across the nut.
I made a simple oak platter with a hollow protrusion in the center, similar to a candle holder but with inner side not as steep so as to avoid wedging the nuts in, added a simple mallet (roughly 8 inches long with a 2 inch head), stuck some foam to the base, and that's it. Worked fine, and it's nice to have the whole setup without any metal. No pics available since it was made as a present and I no longer have it.
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Well, when you have cruise ships coming all summer long - sometimes up to 5 a day w/a couple thousand potential customers hitting the shore at the same time - it's pretty easy to work something out w/a local shop. The tourists love getting locally made things. The shop owner chides me because I don't bring her enough in the summer, but hey, it's fishing season. Gotta feed the family one way or another!
Of course, this time of year all the tourists are done in your neck of the woods or the Caribbean. In another few weeks though it'll be Christmas shopping season...
...Kevin
Do you know the difference between a Profession Wood Turner and a Large Pizza
Wait for it
A Large Pizza can feed a family of four
(stolen from Dave Schweitzer)
Do you get an error?
...Kevin
And some are nutty all year long :-)
And how do you get a professional wood turner off of your door step?
Pay for the pizza
This is usually a drummer or banjo player joke , but it is kind of universal
It's a bit complicated: I use Ozum as my newsreader (not very good but free), and I can't cut and paste directly to my browser. So I tried entering the URL manually and got an error message (I forget which). I then saved your posting to an ASCII file, cut and pasted to Explorer (where I have disabled cookies), and again got an error message. Then my system crashed (I suspect for unrelated reasons, there was some pop-up activity going on).
I have to confess I gave up at that point ;-)
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Ah. You were probably more persistent than I would have been! If it makes it any easier I just uploaded them to alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking, if you're subscribed to that.
I usually post there as well - don't know why I didn't this time. Guess I was just being lazy. So maybe you can see them w/o much effort.
...Kevin
Nice looking and the tools fit! - that is what counts.
Where are the nuts ?
Mart>
In Congress.
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