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Mark Thorson wrote:
> wrote:
>> It really requires thinking well outside the box. I have succeeded
>> with three other similar projects. I am very nearly there on this
>> one!! The major tricky problems have been solved. But as we all know,
>> "nearly there" is not good enough! Wish me luck.

>
> Seems like a misguided effort. Potatoes are a
> low-value crop. Waste some potato and nobody cares.
>
> What makes more sense is a peeler for a high-value
> crop. One in which losses of recoverable flesh
> are very much to be avoided. And, a crop which
> is difficult to peel, thus calling upon whatever
> design talent you have.
>
> That device is, of course, the pineapple peeler.


How about an avocado peeler?

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