At the time I didn’t have a car and a girl I was dating wanted to take me out in hers. I salvaged a deli slicer for the metal value to pay for gas to the beach.

I found the slicer next to a dumpster while walking home from the dollar store. I got $29 for the aluminum and $9 for the food grade stainless steel. Most of the stainless steel was in the giant cutting blade which was sharp enough to shave a buffalo or lop off a thumb. It took me about 30 minutes to extremely carefully dismantle it.

I tried to sell the motor because it was 1/2 horsepower but nobody wanted it so I just took it apart eventually.

I like this thing more than the girl in the end.