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  • Jonas Peeler Repair

    The blade on one of the Jonas vegetable peelers cracked, which suggests it’s the counterfeit version:

    Jonas Peeler - cracked blade
    Jonas Peeler – cracked blade

    I grooved the metal pin running through the handle:

    Jonas Peeler - shaft grooving
    Jonas Peeler – shaft grooving

    A brass tube from the Little Tray o’ Cutoffs and some epoxy should hold things together forevermore:

    Jonas Peeler - epoxy
    Jonas Peeler – epoxy

    The rainbow colors come from an instantly aborted attempt to silver-solder the parts together. The fact that I even tried a stunt like that shows I’m definitely not the brightest bulb in the chandelier these days.