My favorite is the crank-driven apple peeler/slicer/corer. Of course I broke the tines off it the first time out, and one of my household re-tooled it a bit with ten-penny nails. Now that sucka can peel and slice QUINCES. Definitely a "Tool Time" situation out of the standup comedy of Tim Allen. "...So I rewired it!" <manly grunt, beating on chest> Selene