Pizza Cutters for Christmas

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I found some 4" pizza cutter kits on the closeout shelf at Woodcraft a while back, so I bought several & made a couple for Christmas gifts. The hardware is fairly heavy duty, do i made hefty handles for a good grip & balance. They can also be used as home defense devices.

I forgot to take a photo of the other one before I wrapped it.
 

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Edgar said:
I found some 4" pizza cutter kits on the closeout shelf at Woodcraft a while back, so I bought several & made a couple for Christmas gifts. The hardware is fairly heavy duty, do i made hefty handles for a good grip & balance. They can also be used as home defense devices.

I forgot to take a photo of the other one before I wrapped it.
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How long is the handle for the home defense devices?
 
Very pretty cutter. Did you glue the cutter in or thread it in? I ask because I've had trouble with it twisting when using. I put some blue loctite on it. Sometimes the crusts require some serious pushing to cut through.
 
montmill said:
Very pretty cutter. Did you glue the cutter in or thread it in? I ask because I've had trouble with it twisting when using. I put some blue loctite on it. Sometimes the crusts require some serious pushing to cut through.
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Thanks - the kits came with a threaded insert so the hardware can be unscrewed for washing.

The instructions said to drill a 12.5mm hole in hard woods or a 12mm hole in soft woods. Silly me, I didn't drill a test hole in scrap wood first. I drilled a 12.5mm hole in this olive wood, then turned & finished the handle & when I started to assemble it, the insert just slid into the hole. I solved the problem by swabbing some CA glue in the hole, then driving a 1/2" dowel into it, then redriled it with a 12mm bit. Perfect fit for threading in the insert - I used 5 minute epoxy to make sure it doesn't back out when removing the cutter, but it's a snug enough fit that that might not be a problrm

I haven't tried actually slicing pizza with it, but I did press down on a piece of cardboard fairly hard and it seems to be quite stable.

The PSI Pro Pizza Cutter seems very similar to this one.
 
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gimpy said:
nice, my guess it is Pecan.

Do I win the prize
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It's Australian Olivewood that I got from George Valentine (Robutacion) a couple of years ago.

I bought about 20# of 1.5", 2", and 3" spindles from him back when he was still able to offer reasonable shipping rates to the USA.
 
Piiiiiizzaaaaa! I ate a bunch of that today.

That is a nice looking piece of wood. I'm curious about that notch/hole near the blade. Is there a specific reason for it being there that you are aware of?
 
sorcerertd said:
Piiiiiizzaaaaa! I ate a bunch of that today.

That is a nice looking piece of wood. I'm curious about that notch/hole near the blade. Is there a specific reason for it being there that you are aware of?
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No idea - my only guess is that it might be for hanging it on a hook or nail.

If anyone knows for sure, please chime in.
 
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