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    Do Not Throw Away your Car Power Window Motor or Old Metals to Scrap DIY Nut Cracker

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    Thanks ercaneverything! We've added your Nutcracker to our Culinary category,
    as well as to your builder page: ercaneverything's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:



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    Congratulations ercaneverything - your Nutcracker is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

    This crusher design is interesting, and seems to work faster than many other nutcracker designs we've seen.

    Some more good builds from this week:

    Woodworking Vise Spacer by Christophe Mineau
    Japanese Chisel by anthonyget
    Vise Spacers by mklotz
    Mini Forge by Mazay
    Mini Crimper by mr_modify1
    Sheetmetal Brake by orioncons36
    Disc Sander by HandmadeCreativeChannel
    Vise Soft Jaws by GBWM
    Model Engine Block Saddle by thehomeengineer
    Interchangeable Screwdriver Holder by gatz
    Portable Power Supply by ercaneverything

    ercaneverything - we've added your tool entry to our All Homemade Tool of the Week winners post. And, you'll now notice the wrench-on-pedestal award in the awards showcase in your postbit, visible beneath your username:



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    Nice work!
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    The squirrels in my yard are taking note of this design. I've even seen them looking in the engine compartment of my neighbor's car for spare parts.

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    If you had a way to separate the shell from the kernel then you would have to do nothing but load it up.
    A darn nifty machine you made there, thanks for sharing.



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