Macadamia Nutcracker from a vintage meat grinder

[@kimutairop2847]

Great conversion! A real solution for me because I have five macadamia trees producing hundreds of kilos of nuts yearly. I also have an old meat mincer! Now I can get cracking. Thanks!

[@miro7511]

what size meat grinder?

[@pamellabvumburai2676]

This is cool. I will try it out.

[@cansein]

Super Maschine👍 Was sind das für Nüße, und geht das auch mit Walnüße?

[@dominikkalb3378]

Hello, is it important that the parts are magnetic? In case i dont find this specific model, can you tell the distances in cm - where to cut the whole? Thanks you a lot!

[@leonschoice3283]

@@dominikkalb3378 Yes, it is important. It should be cast iron and a large model. Take the small one of Your nuts in a meat grinder, when it cracks, after 10mm You can saw a hole.

[@hippiebabyco]

Love it! ✨

[@emso8964]

If you had just taken the blade and mincing plate out but not cut the hole in the body of the grinder would they not have cracked and continued along the spiral part to drop out the end? Just wondering if you tried that first and it didn't work?

[@leonschoice3283]

It works, but the nuts are very crushed.

[@emso8964]

@@leonschoice3283 Thanks for responding. I've got a load of cobnuts to shell which will then be crushed anyway so I may just give it a go and see how easy it is to get the shell bits out before I destroy my mincer. 🙂

[@MrJp-izzle]

Very cool. Have you tried hazelnuts?

[@leonschoice3283]

Yes, this is the best way for hazelnuts.

[@trialsbikeguy]

Please tell me how this performs with pecans...Thanks..

[@leonschoice3283]

The pecan is not round, so it will break up a lot. Since pecan is not hard, it is well cracks with ordinary nutcrackers. Maybe in future I”ll try exsperimenting with pecans.

[@miro7511]

@@leonschoice3283 какой размер мясорубки?

[@miro7511]

@@leonschoice3283 what size meat grinder?

[@leonschoice3283]

@@miro7511 This is Universal meat chopper No.333. Диаметр шнека 55мм, от стола до верха 180мм, длина 240мм, верхняя воронка 120 х 100мм.

[@annabernfeld2448]

This is the most creative way! 🙃

[@Truthiscrystalclear]

Excellent, Can adjust the number of washers if nut is a bit small and just falling through. Nice 👍 invention.

[@Champi35]

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[@АлексейИванов-г6ш1ш]

МАШИНКУ ЖАЛКО ...

[@avada0]

You can't see how or why it works... :(

[@expatconn7242]

What!!! I don’t see how it works. What’s inside to crack the nut 🌰 you don’t show it 😂 maybe show how it works on the inside ty

[@leonschoice3283]

Next time.