On Mar 25, 1:10*pm, 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 somepotatoand nobody cares.
>
> What makes more sense is apeelerfor 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 pineapplepeeler.

You are right.

Potatoes are not a high money-value crop which means the peeling can
be a little wasteful. That is an advantage in designing. They do
however take lots of time and lots of peeling strokes. Especially for
clumsy guys like me.
It is the time saving aspect that is the main objective.

I have already done a peeler for kiwifruit which is a high-value crop
as you refer, as well as benchtop peelers for cantaloupe and honeydew
melons, also high-value crops.

Handpeel kiwifruit with a paring knife or vegie-peeler yields 72%
edible flesh. I can do it for 78% recovery and your fingers do not
even touch the fruit. But that is another story. My thread is pesky
potatoes.! and the exciting challenge they present.