A cup made in the press for both ends of walnut approximating the shape will create a better shattering of the shell without crushing the meat. The judicial use of a die grinder or drimel to thin the tips of the nippers will make them work better.

Why wouldn't this work on hickory nuts as well? As I kid I used to smack the bejesus out of them with a hammer and them poke through for the tiny fragments. Loved 'em.

I have a nut cracker that will break up a five gallon bucket in five minutes, all day long. Alot of half meats, mostly quarters. No extra tools or hand cracking needed. Home made, power supply heavy duty half inch drill .

A very good video. I wonder if you could let me know the manufacturer of this cracker and where I could get one.

this is a simple way to crack them its safe use a hammer a sock and a cement block put 6 black walnuts in the sock flatten it out on the block whack it a few times bingo broke shells dump them out try some more

I think I would round off my screwdriver so it doesn't poke a hole in my hand if I slip . I actually ordered a English walnut tree when I got it it was small and couldn't tell the difference till several years later when it produced nuts I then found out it was a black walnut tree .but I still love the tree it turned into a tall wide beautiful shade tree

Thank you so much for your help I'm 79 now with an abundance of nuts . I know I did it as a kid but I don't remember how we did it tried it recently but those nuts are like the saying goes That's a hard nut to crack . My hands are arthritic they hurt when I get done using them so I'm gonna make one of those crushers like u have . Does it crush the nuts or cut them . I think I'll make mine so I can cut some nuts and crush some

When I was a kid we just used two bricks to crack them open. After you got good at it you could get mostly 1/4 or 1/2 of the nut meat pieces out in one piece. I’d hate to guess how many thousands of walnuts I shelled but every season I always saved out enough for my mom to make me my own pie.

I love black walnut ice cream 😁😁😁😁😁😁.

Good video..thx

I think it’s easier to crush from the flat sides, the shell is much softer there.

My uncle and I would use his arbor press in his shop and shell black walnuts.

Try Grandpa's Goody Getter www.grandpasgoodygetter.com/

I like the way you remove the nuts from the shells and save the meat of the nuts. I have to pick up some nuts and remove the outer hulls then later remove the meaty nut from the shells. My grandfather showed me how he removed the hull and shell years ago, but I have forgotten that. I will try to remove the shell using the tools I have here already and get ready to bake and eat them. We have plenty of black walnut trees on our land and I need to eat them as there isn't enough to sell.

For some reason the shells on my harvest are much thicker. Therefore I can't seem to match your efficiency. However, I learned a lot from your video that has saved me a lot of time. Can't believe I never considered using side cutters!

as a boy I went to school many times in the fall with black walnut stained hands no kidding

Very detailed and informative. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing sir!

Black walnuts: Want to crack'em with your hands:: Soak husked nut (in the shell) in salt water for couple days.. rince then put in warm area to dry laying (spread them out) next to a wood stove or heated garage. When they are dryed out (will feel lighter in weight) take a couple and crack'em with one hand! My grandpa taught me this method when I was a kid and it works every time. In Michigan I get a kick out of betting folks that I can crack two black walnuts together with one hand... I always win! Good luck! 🤙😁👍

My god, you have huge nuts!

Your a genius! With the wire cutter!

♥awesome, thanks! :-D

Who has the time for this ?

It's so feminine. You see the hips, you remove the skirt and the girdle..and guess what you get. It's all laid out and there for enjoyment. And then you turn it upside down and they are our lungs. Get it cracked at the other cross section and you get a heart shape.

I came to the exact same conclusions as yourself. I was using a Bench vice for a couple weeks and they destroyed the internal nut which became stripped overtime from that hardcore dynamic pressure release when you crack through the shell..it must microvibrate backwards against the vice's threads. Currently using a 3/4" pipe clamp, which works excellent and is value oriented with easy crushing 90% of the time. I've never used your device but hope to build one soon for comparison.

Can you cook the black walnuts in the shell?

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I use a vicegrip they only crack them and not mash them.

Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing. I have looked everywhere for that crusher though, and cannot find the same one. Similar, but not the same. Any way you could post the name of it, if you have it still? Thanks again!

those walnuts are huge! I'm in southern Ontario, Canada, and the walnuts I gathered are half the size of the ones you have in the video.