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This Invention Lets You Make Perfect Chopsticks By Hand
Bridge City Toolwork's Chopstick Master contraption
At first I thought this was silly, but it's actually awesome! John Economaki, inventor and founder of Portland-based Bridge City Toolworks, has invented a contraption that allows anyone to make their own perfect chopsticks, completely by hand. Here he is unveiling the device at an event in Asia:
Consider that wooden chopsticks are more than just skinny blanks. The handle side is square in cross-section, then all four faces must taper down to a point that transitions to octagonal in cross-section, plus the butt end is faceted:
Enter a caption (optional)I just had to know how Economaki's device worked, and here he shows you:
The Chopstick Master, as he calls it, sells for $195. If that sounds pricey to you, consider that if you brought it to any kind of fair or festival and set up a make-your-own-chopsticks booth at $10 a pop, I bet you'd pay the thing off in a single day easy.
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I don't know if that's his invention. It looks a lot like the Chopstick Jig from Kakuri. I saw it at the timber show in the middle of last year in Melbourne and my woodworking teacher has had one for some time before that (she finds it useful for making timber pegs). It's available from this Australian stockist:
Wonderfully anal!