When I was in the US Army, and had "KP" they had an electrical device that
was a round bin that was about the size of a 10 gallon drum. It had an
opening on the top and the insides were an extremely rough stone-like
surface. The bottom of this drum rotated fairly quickly. Potatoes were put
in the top and the device was turned on. In about 5 minutes the rubbing
action of the potatoes against the rough sides and bottom of this drum took
all of the skin from the potatoes. We still had to remove the "eyes" by
hand. Cleaning the machine was done by running a hose into it and flushing
out the skin.

sharkman

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>I am currently designing a new potato peeler gadget.
>
> Hand-held veggie peelers, manual or electric, have a high work-content
> and level of hand-eye coordination. Potatoes present a challenge in
> that there appears to be a wide size-and-shape variation. However when
> you take a closer look at them, the variation is not as severe as
> first appears.
>
> The answer? The path to the solution is found by studying what shape-
> features a potato has that can be utilised in the peeling operation.
>
> My aim is to de-skill domestic potato-peeling and make it fast,
> simple, and repetitive. To achieve this with a very inexpensive and
> totally new Gadget!
>
> 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.