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Cutting a bagel

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Exterous

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We were debating the best way to cut a bagel in absense of your 'typical' utensils since we have a small shop but apparently no knives in the kitchenette

The debate is centering around using the lathe or bandsaw. The box cutters were too far away

The lathe won out but despite the best cleaning efforts devised it left too much aluminum residue on the bagel to be edible

Sidenote: MSDS sheets do not contain information regarding eating aluminum laced bagels
 
A bagel is not hard enough to be cut by a lathe cutting tool. (did it just rip chunks out?)
A bandsaw would work much better than a lathe, but you might lose your fingertips.
 
bandsaw would be better - build a jig to hold it vertically 🙂

how do you use the lathe to cut the bagel? parting tool lubed with butter?
 
table saw/axe
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Heh, try this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu5z1BCC70s
 
JulesMaximus said:
Plasma cutter?
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Don't have one. A welding torch was briefly discussed due to its ability to cut AND toast at the same time but it was deemed to risky and cumbersom

edro said:
A bagel is not hard enough to be cut by a lathe cutting tool. (did it just rip chunks out?)
A bandsaw would work much better than a lathe, but you might lose your fingertips.
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Thats why the bandsaw was nixed. Actually the lathe worked fairly well.
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Just a tad too much aluminum in the bagel now
 
A coping saw blade or hacksaw blade - both unused out of the package - would do just fine.
If toasting is needed use a propane torch.
Or (for geek factor) carbon rod torch on buzz box.
 
Hmm...

Weedwacker with live line feed. Cut the bagel from the center outward.

I'm sure some geek here can fashion a CD tray into a poer bagel cutter.
 
edro said:
Wait... none of you had a pocket knife?
ManFail
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No. A failure of a man is to not be able to use his surroundings to do the task. A knife is taking the easy way out.

Anyway, op, it doesnt seem like it would be too hard assuming you had a full machine shop. Issue is simply keeping things clean.

How about a drill press?
 
NikolaeVarius said:
Anyway, op, it doesnt seem like it would be too hard assuming you had a full machine shop. Issue is simply keeping things clean.
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The general consensus is that it will be very difficult to have a clean bagel cut using tools frequently used for cutting aluminum. He did try to clean it before using it but was clearly unsuccessful. There was a theory that using a bagel to clean it before cutting a bagel might be effective but that was discarded for being too wasteful
 
BladeVenom said:
Laser cutter, you both cut and toast it at the same time.
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Problem is the process is ablative so you have the darkest toasted edge imaginable. Would you eat a piece of bread that was used as a heat shield on a spacecraft? D:

If you want to cut it with laser precision without ablation a 50k psig jet cutter will do wonders.
 
Exterous said:
The general consensus is that it will be very difficult to have a clean bagel cut using tools frequently used for cutting aluminum. He did try to clean it before using it but was clearly unsuccessful. There was a theory that using a bagel to clean it before cutting a bagel might be effective but that was discarded for being too wasteful
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Well a vertical drill only has a small drill bit, dunk that in soap and water, clean it and let her rip
 
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