My Stick/Biltong/Jerky Cutter

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I been wanting to make one of these for sometime now. So with some down time today i made one out of oak.

I went to 4 hardware stores trying to find a new plane blade...HA Good luck. So i took one from a small plane and wire wheeled it for this cutter.

This is a working protoype cutter

Used brass deck screw to assemble, no glue. All the other hardware is SS.

Got it finished and inside where i will take it apart and use some butcher block oil on it.

Got 2 coats of oil on it, rubbed the blade down with lard and re assembled it. Tomorrow i will get some SS wing nuts.

Sorry i didnt write anything down, just built as i went.

Gotta try it on the LJ when its done.

 

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  Looks great!

 

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biltong................ I learnt something new today..........cool cutter...............

Joe

 

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Can't wait to see it work!

 

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I like the plane blade but its hard to keep from turning dark with oxidation.

SO

I have a blade and handle re design in the works. This is a 4" SS pizza cutter wheel. I put a better edge on it. Going to add some safety into the re design of the handle.

Prob going to angle the bottom block to.

BBL

 

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Can't wait to see it work.

 

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You certainly have a lot of time on your hands.

How about putting a slot in the handle so it could slide back & forth on the screw like a radial arm saw?

Or cut a slot in the base so the blade can go down into the recess?

 

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SmokinAl said:

You certainly have a lot of time on your hands.

How about putting a slot in the handle so it could slide back & forth on the screw like a radial arm saw?

Or cut a slot in the base so the blade can go down into the recess?

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Yeah

lots of ways this can be done. i'm still working on it.

 

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Your right Al....

 

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Got the cutter done today.

Still have some things to change but its all going good.

Think i'm going to raise the rear 1x2 higher bt 1.5"

Works good. I put a better edge on the blade. Way better this way than the plane blade.

Sorry for the blur.

All oak and SS.

 

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• Sep 4, 2011

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Looks good Nepas!

 

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Who knows.

 Before this project is over, we may looking at the first mini radial arm sausage saw.