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How should I crack upon nuts from Juglans nigra ?
  • This is the way to remove the husk; I do a few hundred pounds like this each year.

    Store them indefinitely in the shell, but at least for a few months to cure for best flavor.

    For cracking, whop them a couple times on the point of the shell with a hammer on concrete, then flip them upside down and whop once. They usually split in half. Then get a pair of wire clippers and clip the shell diagonally from the bottom to remove the meat. There might be a better way to do this part, but I haven't found it yet.

  • Which do you prefer: Handheld router, or router table?
  • I mounted a router onto a radial arm saw chassis. It works like a router table but you can see the work. It cuts straight grooves and dados with ease, and makes accurate joinery. It can also double as a jointer or planer in a pinch. I can also use it as a pin router or pattern router with a pin that mounts in the table. Due to the extreme versatility I would very much recommend it over a router table, especially in a small shop.

  • fuck cars, rural edition

    So suppose we don't like cars and want to not need them. What are the transportation alternatives for rural areas? Are there viable options?

    Edit:

    Thank you all for interesting comments. I should certainly have been more specific-- obviously the term "rural" means different things to different people. Most of you assumed commuting; I should have specified that I meant more for hauling bulk groceries, animal feed, hay bales, etc. For that application I really see no alternative to cars, unfortunately. Maybe horse and buggy in a town or village scenrio.

    For posterity and any country dwellers who try to ditch cars in the future, here are the suggestions:

    Train infrastructure, and busses where trains aren't possible

    Park and rides, hopefully with associated bike infrastructure

    No real alternative and/or not really a problem at this scale

    Bikes, ebikes, dirtbikes

    Horse and buggy

    Ride share and carpooling

    Don't live in the country

    Walkable towns and villages

    Our greatgrandparents and the amish did it

    A lot of you gave similar suggestions, so I won't copy/paste answers, but just respond to a few comments individually.

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