Nut Cracking with Power Tools

Need a Little More Nut Cracking Power?

You are in luck! We have just the thing you will want to know about and it is called the Drill Cracker. Super speed nut cracking and shelling power for nuts of all sizes. The Drill Cracker boasts that is can crack a 5 gallon bucket worth of nuts within 5 minutes. You know I had to see that for myself!

I watched a few short videos on Drill-Cracker.com to make sure I was putting everything together right. To say I am unsure of power tools would be an understatement. I normally find the nearest guy and recruit them to help me, but today I wanted to do it on my own. The part I was unsure on was actually hooking up the drill to the nut cracker. Everything else seemed pretty clear. Thanks to Drill-Cracker.com, I was able to watch an instructional video and realized I was making it harder than it actually was. No surprise.  See, watch it for yourself right here.

 You can use black or English walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, almonds, and possibly even pistachios. We haven't actually tried out the pistachios yet, but we have been given reports from happy customers that have tried them and were very pleased. Most of the time, you will have to make a few passes through the Drill Cracker to make sure all of the nuts are just how you want them. I strapped on my safety goggles (in case of dust debris) and I did 3 passes. You can see how the piles all change with each pass. 1st pass through yielded about the same amount of completely empty shells and shells with a nutmeat left inside. You can also see how much nutmeat was completely cleared from the shell. By the 3rd pass, you can see my huge pile of shell and nutmeat and little pile of shells with nuts still inside. If you are wondering what that 4th small pile is at the bottom, it is the little dusty debris or tiny nutmeat pieces. The whole process was less than 10 minutes for a 5 gallon bucket. So, yes a 5 gallon bucket with 1 pass in 5 minutes was true. That time can all depend on how eager you are to sort the shells and nutmeat. I worked at a steady pace. For a 5 gallon bucket, 10 minutes is a very short amount of time and to have whole or good size pieces is even better.

The Drill Cracker is a simplified version of high speed industrial nut crackers that big cracking facilities use. Now, you can have the same cracking power at home, or even set up at a Farmers Market Table. All you need is a 3/8" or 1/2" variable speed drill to attach to the cracker and you are ready! The Drill Cracker has a specially made hood to help contain any shell fragments that may normally fly about. We do strongly recommend wearing safety goggles just in case any debris does decide to fly back up. It also has a turn screw that allows you to adjust the size of the throat so you can crack hazelnuts and then walnuts with just a minor adjustment. 

Are you ready to get everything in place for nut season? Then join us at BlackWalnutCracker.com to get your very own Drill Cracker! It will be shipped right to your front door free of shipping charges. Do you need help gathering all of those nuts? Check out all of our Nut Wizards while you are there! They will save your back and save you time.