altezzaclub Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Ok, when you guys get older and reality hits, you'll end up in the kitchen.. For me that means making my own marmalade and berry jam each year, so I spend a few hours stirring a thick mixture in a pot while it reduces in volume but doesn't burn. So this year is a good tomatoe and chilli pepper year (lousy bean and pumpkin year, but that's gardener talk...) I'm making our own tomatoe sauce and pizza sauce, and on top of that its a great year for my mate's peaches. Faced with spending more hours stirring a slighty boiling pot with a wooden scraper, I hit the workshop. A broken microwave gave up its turntable motor, a stray bit of ply, a tomatoe stake became legs and the scraper blade, and a length of dowell became the shaft. The only trick was to pin the dowell onto the motor shaft, and make sure the blade floated on the bottom of the pan & was driven by a slot in the dowell. A couple of hours gave thick tomatoe puree with a spotless bottom on the pan. It turns at one rev each 25seconds, so each part of the base is scraped every 12seconds. Slow, but sure! Fine Australian hardwood in your food, all untreated, no problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Genius idea! I like your style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rolla-Ken Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Fantastic, sign me up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rolla-Ken Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I found one! http://www.solutions.com/jump.jsp?itemID=26540&itemType=PRODUCT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.L.Z.BUB Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I use one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 lol- you're right Ken, I never knew they existed! Saved myself $80..... Ah Reed... I wish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rolla-Ken Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 As far as I could find it's discontinued... your's looks far better anyway ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMsGPTurbo Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Very cool, you could go into production of these and become a millionaire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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