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Transform an Old CD Drive Into a Salami Slicin' Guillotine
Posted by Sean Fallon at 4:30 AM on May 29, 2008
The origins of this CD Drive salami slicer are unknown, so there are no details on the build itself. However, it seems that adding a decent blade to an old CD drive could score you a salami slicer that fits in with your geeky lifestyle. You could probably even rig it so that operates automatically off a power supply. Now that is what I call recycling. [justelite via about:blank]
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Carolina de Witte
Posted September 10, 2008 3:12 AM
I'm VERY late with this comment, as I was googling on various slicers and ended up here. This is funny, but salami needs to be sliced very thinly in order to bring out its flavour, IMHO. Of course, lots of guys just want the meat, the larger chunks the better, but I hope they settle for the cheaper salamis out there if that's the case. Too funny, but not what I was googling for.
TheCapt
Posted 8:40 AM 29/5/08
It appears that it IS slicing the meat with the drawer and not a CD style blade.
TheCapt
Rabid Penguin
Posted 7:58 AM 29/5/08
Reminds me of Mel Brooks from Robin Hood: Men in Tights... if I had access to youtube from work, I'd try to find a clip. Since I don't I'll just leave you with this:
I'll take two!
Rabid Penguin
hologon
Posted 7:25 AM 29/5/08
Unless he rigged up a blade, I don't think it will cut thin enough for a nice salame slice... maybe sopresetta, but I tend to like salame less rustic.
hologon
lpranal
Posted 7:25 AM 29/5/08
Girls have teledildonics, which is practically a cottage industry, and guys get: Crappy early 90's tech that looks like it's about to de-schlong us. WTF?
lpranal
itscarmennnn
Posted 7:14 AM 29/5/08
haha that looks so dirty...
sorry
itscarmennnn
P3nnst8r
Posted 7:02 AM 29/5/08
Why a salami cutter? How comes not an, oh say... cupholder?
P3nnst8r
BOBA
Posted 6:48 AM 29/5/08
it's Cyrillic. bottle of cheap "Valuyskaya"-Vodka.
couldn't afford apple-slicer...
BOBA
AmishJohn
Posted 6:47 AM 29/5/08
@LindsayJoy: It's the Rabbi's newest timesaver!
AmishJohn
PBRMEASAP
Posted 6:46 AM 29/5/08
grrreeeeeeat.
PBRMEASAP
Gann
Posted 6:42 AM 29/5/08
Just think of all the lovely meat bits that will inevitably accumulate inside the thing. Mmmm...
Gann
chrstphr
Posted 6:35 AM 29/5/08
Gross.
chrstphr
Dirk
Posted 6:01 AM 29/5/08
Very classy.... very classy....
Dirk
ps61318
Posted 5:55 AM 29/5/08
@qbrad: ...Perhaps if you hook up a spinning meat-slicer blade to the CD spindle motor, that might do the trick.
@Monty: I was thinking that. Couldn't tell if that label is Greek or Cyrillic.
@LindsayJoy: The obvious response: "Hah, it's way too small...."
Right.
ps61318
Stacky Botrus
Posted 5:54 AM 29/5/08
THIS IS THE BALLS!
Stacky Botrus
Pope John Peeps II
Posted 5:53 AM 29/5/08
If nerds keep nerding it up like this, the world will soon flip around in a tremendous reversal, and weightlifting, leather jackets and camaros will come back into high style.
Is that what you want, anonymous CD salami man?
Pope John Peeps II
Phenostar
Posted 5:36 AM 29/5/08
Classy!
I'm afraid I'd be like Peter Griffin when he gets his new office with the electric pencil sharpener.
Phenostar
AndersonBMX
Posted 5:34 AM 29/5/08
:X
AndersonBMX
Monty
Posted 5:31 AM 29/5/08
@LindsayJoy: What concerns me is that you even thought of that. Then again, when I look at a piece of meat that size, my mind never confuses the two. I know .. Sad.
Monty
Curves
Posted 5:28 AM 29/5/08
I like how on the front page just to the right of the pic it says "gas friendly". I bet!
Curves
dataguy
Posted 5:27 AM 29/5/08
That's what I call hygienic...
dataguy
qbrad
Posted 5:27 AM 29/5/08
@LindsayJoy: As well endowed as I like to think I am, I don't think MY junk would get anywhere close to that contraption to send chills up my spine in anticipation of the world of hurt and shame that could ensue.
That blade would have to be mighty sharp to have it work off a power supply, as I don't think any CD drive door has ever closed with such authority that I'd think it would slice anything.
qbrad
LindsayJoy
Posted 5:20 AM 29/5/08
It sends shivers of horror through me to look at that "sausage"guillotine.
I can't believe you guys don't grip your crotches in fear at the sight of this....
LindsayJoy
Monty
Posted 5:12 AM 29/5/08
@ps61318: I wonder if it is a bottle of Ouzo. After drinking a bottle of that stuff, ideas like CD ROM salami slicers just come rolling off.
Monty
itchytooth
Posted 5:08 AM 29/5/08
And if it fails, you've got a salami coaster! Classy.
itchytooth
ps61318
Posted 5:04 AM 29/5/08
How much you want to bet that whoever figured this out drank much of whatever is in the bottle in the foreground? (From the first bottle; I can see that this one is sealed.)
What is that, anyway?
ps61318
LiquidGravity
Posted 4:54 AM 29/5/08
Man that should come standard on all new PCs. Dell are you reading this?
LiquidGravity
oCfuu
Posted 9:55 AM 29/5/08
Redneck ftw!
oCfuu
FatTony925
Posted 1:30 PM 29/5/08
Look how thick that thing is cutting. That looks disgusting, the best way to cut salami is thin. The thinner the better.
FatTony925
ps61318
Posted 1:39 PM 29/5/08
@BOBA: Thank you! Ok, now I KNOW the guy was fried when he invented this.
@FatTony925: Always? Geez, I feel like such an ignoramus, but sometimes I like a nice chunk of salami just for a snack. Thick is good then, from my point of view.
ps61318
GadgetPlay
Posted 3:16 PM 29/5/08
@LindsayJoy: "I can't believe you guys don't grip your crotches in fear at the sight of this...."
I did.
@AmishJohn: "It's the Rabbi's newest timesaver!"
It's the Foreskinner!
or
It's the Mohel-o-My-Dreams!
or
It's the Bris-o-Matic!
The job doesn't pay well, but you get to keep the tips.
GadgetPlay
Vindicare86
Posted 7:11 PM 29/5/08
Looks like the CIA is going to have some new torture tools real soon....
Vindicare86
MasterYong
Posted 5:58 AM 30/5/08
Techno-mohels the world over rejoice!
MasterYong