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Nutcracking Setup

By civileng43, member
Kenkel hardshell nutcracker installed on my homemade mount

After enough years of ruining the nut meats by cracking with a hammer or with a lobster pliers, I ordered a Kenkel hardshell cracker because it has a stroke brake mechanism. After mounting it on a board as shown on the Kenkel website, I found that I had nutshells all over the room and needed a means to catch the cracked product and I needed a more efficient way to feed the cracker. Using scrap lumber I built the mount shown in the photos. Having the feed box within inches of the cracking jaws makes the work go fast. I still get shell fragments on the floor but no longer all over the room.

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    jazzmiller | | #1

    gud job

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    Minniemoran | | #2

    Greattt

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    VirginiaEAbel | | #3

    Amazing setup.

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    CatherineCJohn | | #4

    Nice post.Keep it up!

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    civileng43 | | #5

    I just noticed these four comments yesterday. Thanks!
    If you want to see how well this works in practice, take a look at this video:
    https://vimeo.com/81421450

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