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Have any of you ever built an electric nut (pecan) cracker? If so, or if you know a good site for detailed instructions, please share! I know I can buy one for around $300 or more but looking to save some money. The concept doesn't look that difficult and I have watched several youtube videos but none of them show me what I am looking for. Thanks in advance!
I couldn't engineer the moving parts of a hammer....but it'll be cool to see what people are able to come up with. :)
see what randy says.....:popcorn:popcorn
Yea Tal, I figured him or Bruce would have something. I'm sure Randy is teaching and Bruce is fishing so maybe by tomorrow I might hear something. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by fishervet
Nope, not fishing....finishing up installing my new Lowrance GPS/fishfinder.....You need a mechanical engineer.....that's not me....now if you want to build a petrochemical plant, I can handle all the roads, drainage, concrete and steel...I'm the man....you flatter me though....Quote:
Originally Posted by shadow
Figure the motor at 100 + dollars then the cost of machine shop of parts to assemble ---- Pecans are not all the same size so at one part has to be adjustable from small to Large..... $300 might not be a bad price
Or you could give the sack of pecans to my grandsons. In about 24 hours they should all be broken.
:Rofl
Find an old electric wringer washing machine. Most have adjustable spring mounted rollers and can be adjusted just right for the job. I have seen some around for roughly $100. As for the different sizes of the pecans, you may have to run different batches through the machine. What I have noticed is that the pecan sizes are about the same given for a specific tree. I figure the cheapest route would be to modify something other than building one. Thanks for the thought.
Buy one and charge fifty cents a pound to crack pecans. It will pay for it self in no time. The guy I bring mine to has 5 or 6 going nonstop during the season.
Or....go to the store and buy your pecans....
It's not as fun then for me. I like to create things and attempt to do every thing myself - stand back and say: "yep, I did that". You do have a point though Danny.Quote:
Originally Posted by "D"
No sense to do that Bruce when I got 7 trees that give me all the pecans I want........for free!!! Of course they didn't produce the last 2 years though. Gave me and my dad plenty this year though!:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by prefers shiners
If you come up with something let me know!! I have been looking on line also at buying a cracker, I pay 30 cents a pound. I bet I have picked 3 to 4 thousand lb of pecans this year of my 10 trees and my buddy has 12 acres in orchard that he gives me on halves. I vacuum seal and sell for 8 dollars a # winch is to cheap. I saw some at the farmers market for 10$ a pound in ziplock bags.
Dwayne, I know this isn't exactly what you were asking for but I found this and thought it was cool. It can handle any size pecan without any adjustment.
Check out the video.
"gene"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PN_...ature=youtu.be
order here for 14.95
rykeCracker
They also sell this one:
http://www.rykeproducts.com/pecan-cr...an-nut-cracker
Hey Josh, that is cheap. The farmers market that I do they sell them for $10 a pound and I haven't seen them any cheaper than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrews
Occam's RazorQuote:
Originally Posted by prefers shiners
Thanks pawpaw. I may have to order one of those! I did make one that does work, it uses rubber bands and cracks any size pecan but there are a few modifications I want to add to it or the next one I make. I do like the cajun accent of the guy in the youtube video! You know you can trust them! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"
Dwayne how else would a Boudreaux sound since he's from Eunice.
"gene"
Every time I go to u-Tube I get lost for hours Every thing from Flying to nut Crackers for the Holidays - Yuck - Yuck