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The Boy Mechanic, Book 2

Part 2 — A Potato Peeler

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The guard is made of a piece of wire about 1 in. shorter than the blade of an ordinary table knife. The ends of the wire are turned into a coil to resemble a coil spring with coils close together. Allow enough wire to project on one end to be flattened and pointed for an eye extractor.

Illustration from The Boy Mechanic, Book 2: 1000 Things for Boys to Do

Guard Made of Wire

When this device is placed on the knife, the contrivance works on the same principle as a spokeshave. The first setting peels the potato without any appreciable waste, the other setting may be as desired for cutting slices.—Contributed by H. W. Ravens, Seattle, Washington.

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