On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:30:37 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

:itsjoannotjoann wrote:
:>
:> On Jan 4, 2:45 pm, Dan_Musicant > wrote:
:> >
:> > I like the chopped nuts to be approximately the size if a hulled almond,
:> > chopped in half (not lengthwise). Thus, I have to chop all my almonds in
:> > half, my pecans in quarters, hazelnuts in half, etc. If you've ever
:> > tried to chop hazelnuts in half by hand, you know it isn't particularly
:> > easy. I buy cashew pieces, and lately I don't chop them further.
:> >
:> > Is it possible to find a nut chopper that will make easy work of cutting
:> > up my nuts into pieces so described? I usually make up around 2 quarts
:> > at once, and doing it by hand takes over 1/2 hour, and is rather
:> > tedious. Thanks for suggestions, recommendations, observations, etc.!
:> >
:> I've seen nut choppers at the grocery stores and WalMart, Target,
:> etc. It's a jar shaped somewhat like an hour glass with a hand
:> crank. The nuts go in one side and they are chopped, usually has
:> measurements on the jar. If they are not chopped fine enough you turn
:> the jar over and give the crank a few more turns to make your pieces
:> smaller.
:
:I gave one of those to my mom years ago. It won't do
:what the Dan asked for. It will cut the nuts into crumbs.
:I don't believe any nut chopper will deliver the large
:and uniform particle size he wants. There are just some
:things you have to do by hand, if you are aspiring to a
:high quality level.

Right. I figured this was maybe the only answer. There may be something
out there, maybe not, but if there is, it's probably really expensive. I
started dreaming up a device, an inventor's dream machine, but I think
it would be hard to build.