Anyone use Power Tools in the Kitchen? (long)
George Burdo
about a week afterwards.)
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George Burdo
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"David F. EIsan" <dfe...@rogers.splinter.com> wrote in message
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> Dear All,
>
> This afternoon I was foolishly left alone in the kitchen with a seemingly
> simple task, whip some cream.
>
> It all started when I was attempting to whip some whipping cream into,
oddly
> enough, whipped cream with a hand whisk, and it seemed to require far too
> much effort on my part. I am sure a Neander would be quite happy with a
hand
> whisk, but I was looking for a Normite way to get this done. Now I realise
> that most people have a power hand mixer, or what ever they are called,
but
> I don't have one.
>
> I started thinking, hmm, how much different could one of those things be
> from a router. All a hand mixer is, is a motor with a Jacobs chuck like
> socket for whisks. Now if you think you know where I am going with this,
you
> are probably correct. I got out the dial callipers and the shaft of the
hand
> whisk was exactly 1/4". Woo Whoo, first problem solved, I can use the
> standard 1/2" to 1/4" bushing. I go out to the shop and take my three and
a
> quarter horse Hitachi M12V out of the router table and back into the
> kitchen. Using my 21mm and custom ground thin 23mm Craftsman wrenches, I
> chuck up the whisk. Next problem, speed. I measured the diameter of the
> business end of the whisk and consulted my router bit speed chart. It said
I
> should use 18,000 RPM. The only question left was technique, clockwise or
> counter clockwise. Since I was doing an inside cut, I decided on the
> standard counter clockwise.
>
> I fired up the big green monster. Good thing the M12V has a soft start
> feature, because even with my elbows braced on the countertop, this is a
> heavy and unwieldy router to freehand in the air, but the torque was still
> more than I was prepared for and I almost lost it. Okay, here we are, full
> power. There was a quick blur of chaotic white liquid filling the air and
as
> the blur subsided I quickly realised the bowl that previously held two
cups
> of whipping cream was now virtually devoid of cream. I powered down the
> router. My face, glasses and upper body were covered in cream, as were two
> thirds of the kitchen. My better half, alerted by the unusual tool noise
and
> loud cursing coming from the kitchen, walks in to ask just what the hell I
> thought I was doing. I wipe off, change clothes and come back to explain
> myself and clean up a very large mess
>
> Once I explained what I was attempting to the young lady I thought was
about
> to become my ex-wife (I could see it in her face, as she thought, I cannot
> believe I actually married someone this stupid, Dad was right), who is
> standing in front of me with a look of such total disbelief that I would
> have previously thought impossible to display, I was told that 18,000 rpm
> was a little too high an rpm for a whisk, and that a variable speed
cordless
> drill would have been the correct choice of tool for this task. We were
out
> of whipping cream at this point, so I will have to wait until after I have
a
> chance to go to the store tomorrow to find out if the cordless drill works
> any better. Damm, now that I think about it, it would seem like the drill
> press is the way to go, then I could be just like Martha Stewart, Emeril
or
> the Cute short blonde lady with the bob haircut who has two shows on the
> food network and have one of those big stationary Kitchen Aid looking
mixer
> thingies, Hmmmm.....
>
> Live and learn.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
>
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David F. EIsan
Leon
Eric Ryder
count?
"David F. EIsan" <dfe...@rogers.splinter.com> wrote in message
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Luigi Zanasi
<ery...@bassboat.mv.com> wrote:
>I used my cordless sawzall to assist butchering a deer last fall. Does that
>count?
Cordless sawzalls are essential in field dressing moose. I bought one
for my good buddy Rick's 50th last September. It was great for
splitting the rib cage and backbone & cutting off the legs of the
moose we shot. Except we ran out of juice - he hadn't bought a spare
battery and there were no electrical outlets within 100 kilometres. So
we had to resort to neander methods for some of the cutting.
Bandsaws are the best tool on frozen food because of the thin kerf. I
use mine all the time to slice bread, meat & fish.
The butcher who came to my house to cut up the moose also used it.
Don't ever let anyone use your workshop to butcher a moose, the shop
and my workbench smelled of moose for the next few months, despite
repeated attempts at cleaning and deodorizing.
Luigi
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Ace
that is the first time you told it, at least you could give us another
story, oh well maybe next year. LOL
"David F. EIsan" <dfe...@rogers.splinter.com> wrote in message
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GTO69RA4
>that is the first time you told it, at least you could give us another
>story, oh well maybe next year. LOL
I don't think I'd want to use a router, but I regularly chuck a mixer beater in
a drill. It's great for mixing things like powdered iced tea in the bottom of a
1 liter beer stein.
GTO(John)