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This is a guide showing you how to make a homemade watermelon slicer from common items you might find in your garage.
You will have to cut it a little beforehand, but it will make those final few cuts a lot faster (and more fun).
You will have to cut it a little beforehand, but it will make those final few cuts a lot faster (and more fun).
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To make your watermelon slicer, you will need:
4 Feet of PVC pipe (I used 1 1/4 inch, but other thicknesses may work as well)
4 Right angle elbow pieces
Roughly 8 Feet of thin metal wire
A pair of needle nose pliers
A power drill
A hacksaw
4 Feet of PVC pipe (I used 1 1/4 inch, but other thicknesses may work as well)
4 Right angle elbow pieces
Roughly 8 Feet of thin metal wire
A pair of needle nose pliers
A power drill
A hacksaw
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Apr 4, 2010. 9:17 PMFlipyap
says:
Cool, I'm surprised there aren't a lot of replies on this.
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Jun 11, 2009. 5:01 AMUbiquitousM (author)
says:
Mmmm, guitar strings are a really good idea! Too bad I didn't do this at home, or I would have been looking at the ones on my table the whole time I making it...
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Sep 9, 2009. 6:19 PMsmattman22
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but guitar strings get dirty and gross
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Aug 22, 2009. 9:15 AMsharlston
says:
dam i was gonna make something like this for apples and pears to cut em we used to throw them at our spokes on bikes used to cut them perfectly in half
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Jun 10, 2009. 7:20 PMthatmantheuser
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Very creative.
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Jun 10, 2009. 3:48 PMve2vfd
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Garroting your watermellon! :) If you want thinner wire, check out guitar strings.
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Jun 10, 2009. 12:27 PMUbiquitousM (author)
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Yeah, the prototype was a bit of a rush job. Smaller wire would be good, but it is fairly expensive to get good quality thin wire. Anything too cheap breaks cutting through the skin.
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Jun 10, 2009. 7:17 AMAisoku69
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Hmmm... here's a though... some kind of platform, somewhat like a cutting board that's smaller than the frame, and a couple inches high. That should eliminate the need to carry the melons to the garage. ;) If you really want to get complicated, maybe even make some kind of hinge system so it always comes down straight. But that's going a bit far with it, methinks.
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Jun 10, 2009. 4:23 AMHolden_vy_s
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If the wire was more taught and smaller gauge it would preform a lot better.
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Jun 9, 2009. 7:59 AMreedz
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This is awesome, sort of like a giant size of those strawberry and egg slicers you use in the kitchen. I would suggest tying off each individual strand so that you can get each one as taut as possible. Is there a possibility of cutting out triangle-shaped wedges in the side of the PVC so the wire would be closer to the bottom? Or would that be too unstable?
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