MarcL
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Tobacco Cutter for sale
Ok, .....so u "missed the vid." . . .. i cant wait to use one myself.
Bought this industrial looking cutter/shredder today
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Yultanman
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Rather than cutting chew plugs I wonder if it could cut pipe tobacco from long pressed plugs. If it only advances a little bit perhaps it’s making pipe shred. Was there a machine for that? How much trouble to get it running?
Here’s a stack of pipe plugs ready to go some where. Last photo.
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Yultanman
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Not being a chew consumer im not sure what they do with those plugs. I would definitely guestimate it shreds similar to the teck 1 for width and similar to the picture on dutch pipe smoker that you posted
i dont think itll be too much effort to make that missing piece. If i cant do it i have a friend who rebuilds steam engine tractors who definitely can make something. im sure i can just may not be as pretty.
its about 50 clicks to move the feeders 1/9 of the way (1 tooth advanced)
with my finger as the piece i count about 5 click per cut
the feeder is 1.25” diameter
switching to metric for the math :
teeth on feeder are about 1cm apart. Takes 10 cuts to move that distance which would make the shred 1mm
math could be way out but that how i figured it out
piping_presbyter
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Regarding the heavy duty shredder sold by WLT, does anyone know if it can be easily modified to produce a 1.5 mm cut? That is, for every other comb to be removed? I would like to use it for pipe tobacco.
Homegrowngoodnes
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Technical term...love it!
Yultanman
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You would remove knurled off the rollers. The combs could stay how they are. Anyone proficient with a metal lathe should be able to do that
Yultanman
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I never did fabricate the missing part. Shredder looks cool so it just became decor.
Belle-Beast
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I read through the thread waiting to see how it worked once you fabricated missing part and you turned it into decor. Lol it's a beauty for sure! I am also a sucker for these old metal machines. I have an old ornate apple peeler that works better than any modern day peeler ever could but even if it didn't work I'd still display it!
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