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Caption This for 04/29/11

Posted April 28, 2011 4:45 PM by Sharkles
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04/28/2011 5:06 PM

Industrial Pizza cutter... No instructions included... It's a guy thing.

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04/28/2011 5:19 PM

So I'm not the only person who has tried to eat one of my mother-in-law's homemade pizzas.

/Hope he's got a good dentist.

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04/28/2011 7:59 PM

........and she said I wasn't smart enough to cut a pizza........I'll show her!!!!!!

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04/28/2011 8:46 PM

"Pizza Cutting for Blondes"
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04/28/2011 9:53 PM

A metal shear would be way faster... (For tacos, it could be a press brake.)

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04/28/2011 10:45 PM

Frozen Pizza = Thaw before Saw (otherwise get a bigger microwave)
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04/28/2011 11:28 PM

lube-it-all for bandsaw.

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04/28/2011 11:33 PM

Tomato sawdust--yummy!--then use your toothbrush to clean out both your teeth and the blade teeth.

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04/28/2011 11:57 PM

The doc said to cut my cholesterol in half......

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04/29/2011 12:21 AM

"Hey Charlie, my wife wants to know if you cleaned the saw blade after you butchered the beef yesterday."

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04/29/2011 2:47 AM

Pizza . Just like mom used to make.

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04/29/2011 3:22 AM

Any self respecting handyman will tell you that the taste lies in the cut.

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04/29/2011 4:13 AM

"See how this 18 tpi blade clogs students?"

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04/29/2011 7:10 AM

In an effort to save tax payers money President Obama purchased a $500.00 saw to use in the White House kitchen when the $800.00 pizza wheel needed replaced. The $300.00 savings was used to purchase the optional crumb collector. The reclaimed crumbs will be fed to pigeons birds in the White House garden near the Republican parking area right side of the lawn.
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04/29/2011 7:20 AM

I asked for new york style with the card board crust, they thought I said hardboard........

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04/29/2011 7:34 AM

Stay tuned for the steps 2 and 3. Once the cut has been made we will smooth the edges with an electric planer then ease the edges with a 1/2" rounding bit at the shaper.

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04/29/2011 7:36 AM

Now that's-a one-a tough-a pizza.

My grand-mother used to make Sicilian style. The crust was so tough my grand-father used to get his hack saw out.

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05/03/2011 3:08 AM

Must be the Baker in your family.

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04/29/2011 8:15 AM

Dad always said...use the right tool for the job and you won't go wrong.

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04/29/2011 9:02 AM

Having just used his wife's pizza cutter to score cement board, Bob did the wise thing.

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04/29/2011 9:23 AM

You didn't think I'd use my good table saw did you?!?!

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04/29/2011 10:05 AM

Not always better the next day!

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04/29/2011 10:43 AM

I have heard of pizza with a crispy base, but this is ridiculous!

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04/29/2011 12:13 PM

haven't you heard? handcrafted pizza is in man!

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04/29/2011 12:14 PM

Was it the local KFC serving "fingers" or at this guys house...

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04/29/2011 12:47 PM

Actually made one simular for a client to salvage badly made pizza crusts. They used it to make them round again.....stacks of 5-10 at a time.

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04/29/2011 12:49 PM

Our neighbor is so anal about making sure each piece is the same size, I wonder how he's going to divide up the jello over there.

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04/29/2011 2:15 PM

Budget cuts have lead to combining several High School classes this year. Hear is Mr. Brown and Ms. Sharpes "Shop/HomeEc" class.......
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04/29/2011 3:08 PM

I never sausage (saw such) a pizza.

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04/29/2011 3:17 PM

That's me cutting up slices from my secret pizza tree.
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04/29/2011 3:19 PM

For a straighter cut he should lower that top blade guide.
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04/29/2011 3:44 PM

I like that he is using the vacuum dust collector attachment.

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04/29/2011 3:53 PM

Since the pizza was for the band, he figured he'd use the band saw.
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04/29/2011 4:45 PM

Other than having the blade guide set a little too high I don't see a problem.
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04/29/2011 4:58 PM

the only problem I see, currently there are 29 of us, and only one pizza.

He better get the micrometer out, or there going to be rioting.

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04/29/2011 5:30 PM

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Cold Pizza

Hello everyone. I've done the math and figured out how to get each slice of pizza exactly the same size.......problem is, it's cold when I'm done cutting. I want to install a heating element under my bandsaw plate to keep it warm.

Bandsaw is 120v on a 20 amp circuit, by itself. Will this work?

Thanks in advance.

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04/29/2011 5:38 PM

call domino's

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Call anyone but Domino's

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Ha, you've just invented the 'Cook n slice'
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04/29/2011 5:56 PM

The most recent failed offering from Pizza Hut:

Tuff Crust Pizza!
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04/29/2011 6:39 PM

Pi R square, Pizza R round

or is it fish R square?

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04/30/2011 12:18 PM

"Every problem tends to look like a nail when the only tool you have is a hammer"
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05/02/2011 2:30 PM

Pizza cutter on Steroids
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Hope this Saw Blade Don't Break Too...
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honey have you seen my edge guide around

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