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Pizza cutter

tridogdude
tridogdude Posts: 137
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This is the second pizza cutter I've made. This one the second of the same design. The first one was made about 1-1/2 years ago and is still cutting perfectly. After getting hooked on cooking pizzas on BGE and seeing that the store bought cutters were basically junk, decided to make one. 
It is made entirely out of recycled 2-1/2" type L copper pipe. That is it, no other material other than copper. 
There is a lot to be said about having the right tool for the job and this thing just feels right when you pick it up. Way easier to sharpen too. 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,170
    Nice handiwork sir 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    edited December 2016
    Nice pizza cutter. Love that anvil! Any history behind it?
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,368
    Is the pivot rivet also copper?
    Reason I ask: I used the heck out of a $0.49 "Ecko" pizza cutter of similar design back in college, and the rivet eventually wore thru and the blade neatly sliced the web of flesh between my forefinger and thumb; took months to heal fully.  fwiw.  

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    RRP said:
    Nice pizza cutter. Love that anvil! Any history behind it?
    Here's mine which my Father made from a piece of railroad rail. I mounted it on this base with a hidden I-beam to the floor and then filled it with sand. Not only is it heavy and doesn't move it can take a helluva beating!

    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,368
    RRP said:
    RRP said:
    Nice pizza cutter. Love that anvil! Any history behind it?
    Here's mine which my Father made from a piece of railroad rail. I mounted it on this base with a hidden I-beam to the floor and then filled it with sand. Not only is it heavy and doesn't move it can take a helluva beating!

    Very cool!  My Dad made an anvil out of railroad tie also, but he didn't have a sand-filled base for it.  Nice!  

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • tridogdude
    tridogdude Posts: 137
    Thanks for the comments.

    Yes, the center rivet is also copper. It is a piece of copper wire that is 5/32 diameter. The first one I made is the same diameter rivet and is still holding up after a lot of use. If it does wear out, the only thing that needs done is installing a new one which isn't that difficult. 

    The anvil is a 75 year old smaller 78LB Fisher. I got it two years ago from a guy who's dad had had it since new.  The guy used it about 5 times in the 30 years that he had it. Didn't want to sell it but decided that it would be best if it got the use it was intended for. Been using it religiously since. The face is perfectly flat and without scarring which is pretty rare for an anvil of this age. 
    This is another one I have that is a 175 year old British (Fawcett) @ 157LBS. 

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Nice use of copper, beautiful handing work there.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • tridogdude
    tridogdude Posts: 137
    Nice handmade anvil there RRP. Those are handy for just about everything. That and the sentimental value is priceless.

    Have one of those that is still work profess after about a year. Have it rough cut but needs a lot of work to finish. Too many projects in progress. Have about 15ft of railroad track that I cut the piece off of. Need to make a couple more out of it as it is very to heavy to move. Nice thing is that there is snow here 8 months out of the year so the track slides really well on ice.
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