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The goal of this project is create a safer way to smash and shell acorns. There is a base where the acorn can sit that has a handle attached so the base doesn't fly away. There is also a smasher that you use to hit the top of the acorn. The little slots around the acorn holder to allow the shell to fall outward. There is the original design that is bulky, and then there is the modified design that saves filament wherever possible. The only commercial known products of this are large machinery that are not specific on how they work. Otherwise, I have only found that people hold the acorn in their hand and hit the acorns with rocks.
The goal of this project is create a safer way to smash and shell acorns. There is a base where the acorn can sit that has a handle attached so the base doesn't fly away. There is also a smasher that you use to hit the top of the acorn. The little slots around the acorn holder to allow the shell to fall outward. There is the original design that is bulky, and then there is the modified design that saves filament wherever possible. The only commercial known products of this are large machinery that are not specific on how they work. Otherwise, I have only found that people hold the acorn in their hand and hit the acorns with rocks.


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== Bill Of Materials ==
== Bill Of Materials ==

Revision as of 19:34, 4 December 2019

Project developed by Erica Umlor

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Abstract

The goal of this project is create a safer way to smash and shell acorns. There is a base where the acorn can sit that has a handle attached so the base doesn't fly away. There is also a smasher that you use to hit the top of the acorn. The little slots around the acorn holder to allow the shell to fall outward. There is the original design that is bulky, and then there is the modified design that saves filament wherever possible. The only commercial known products of this are large machinery that are not specific on how they work. Otherwise, I have only found that people hold the acorn in their hand and hit the acorns with rocks.

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Bill Of Materials

Part Price Quantity
Any 3D Filament $15.00 - $20.00 1

All .stl and .scad files are in posted on both of these sites:

  1. add link NIH
  2. add link Thingiverse

Tools Needed

  1. MOST Delta RepRap or similar RepRap 3-D printer

Technical Specifications and Assembly Instructions

This protoype is printed in PLA and has 20% infill.

Cost Savings

  1. Cost to print: Smasher - $1.62 | Base - $3.02
  2. Cost to print Mod: Smasher - >$1.62 | Base - >$3.02
  3. There is no commercial product available as of Decemeber 2020

Benefited Communities

  • OSHE: [1]
  • OSAT: [2]
  • Communities that eat acorns: [3]
  • YouImagine [4]
  • Thingiverse [5]
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