Crafts & DIY
Craftsman shows how to make a DIY spiral potato cutter out of an empty tin can
They look so fancy! Your guests will never suspect you used a tin can to make them.
Michael Dabu
05.03.23

Thanks to the internet, we are now living in a world where all the answers to our questions could be literally found online.

From the simplest up to the most complicated questions, the internet always has an answer to offer us.

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And isn’t that great? It simply makes our lives much easier, all we need is to determine whether the source of the answer is reliable or not.

The internet doesn’t just have answers but also millions of DIY tutorial videos.

Now this tutorial video is just one of the many others that you can find online.

It’s from a US-based YouTube channel called ‘Creation Holic’ which has 28,700 subscribers and an accumulated 9,495,944 views!

The numbers are quite impressive, but wait until you see this video.

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YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic

This particular video will show you how to make good use of an empty tin can and turn it into a DIY Spiral Potato Cutter.

Sounds interesting, right?

If you are a craftsman yourself then you should know by now that the materials used in the video could be replaced by other tools, so long as it serves the same purpose.

For the main material, the video shows that you only need to have an empty tin can with one of its covers completely removed and a plastic soda bottle. Any size will do as long as a regular-sized potato could fit inside.

Let’s go and get this done.

Step 1: Using a handheld drill, punch a hole in the middle of the tin can’s cover and another hole anywhere near the edge of the can. Grab a ruler or anything straight and connect the two holes by drawing a straight line.

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YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic

Step 2: Slice through that line using a handheld disc grinder and use any tool to elevate one side of it and to make the opening a little wider. Finally, for this step, use a mill file to sharpen both sides of that opening.

Step 3: Grab an empty plastic soda bottle and cut it approximately 3 inches high from the bottom. Make sure that the plastic bottle is a little wider than the tin can. Now, fit that sliced bottom portion of the plastic bottle into the side of the tin can where the cover was completely removed.

Then use a heat gun so the plastic bottle will fit perfectly into the tin can, it will then serve as the removable cover of the tin can.

YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic
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YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic

Step 4: Turn the plastic bottle into a removable cover by making at least three cuts (as shown in the video) on its side. Feel free to do other ways as you please, just ensure that the plastic bottle will turn into a removable one, not fixed.

YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic
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YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic

Step 5: Next, drill a hole in the middle of the plastic bottle cover. Look for at least a 1.5-foot-long steel rod, preferably 3 to 4mm thick. Make one end pointed and bend it to make it look like a handle of a potato cutter.

Step 6: Grab the cap of your plastic soda bottle and drill 3 holes in it (1 big hole in the middle and 2 small ones on its sides.) Then from the inside of that cap, put 2 Phillips screws, preferably an inch long.

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YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic

Step 7: Insert the handle of the potato cutter into the remaining hole and scoop a little space or dent in the cap so there’s something the handle will latch onto once you pushed it all the way in. This part is important because it will serve as the main mechanism of your DIY potato cutter to do a circular motion.

YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic
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YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic

Step 8: Fix the handle by putting glue inside the plastic bottle cap and let it dry completely before trying your DIY spiral potato cutter. Do it as shown in the video.

This simple kitchen tool is perfect if you are planning to make Tornado potatoes for your friends or family.

YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic
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YouTube Screenshot - Creation Holic

Give this tutorial video a try, anyway, it wouldn’t cost you at all to secure an empty tin can and a disposable plastic soda bottle, would it?

Watch how it’s done by pressing the play button below.

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