Trading tips for gutting, transferring, and carving the real thing.
By JMP919
#42007
So between a "decorate your department" contest at work and my house, the week of Halloween will force my friends and I to carve about 50 pumpkins and I was thinking of a way to make it a little easier. Has anyone had any luck with a dremel tool or something for some of the easier patterns with a lot of straight lines?
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By Zombie Pumpkins!
#42016
Have you considered something like the Pumpkin Masters Power Master? Other companies sell similar battery powered saws (I sold a version in my online shop before).

They work pretty well, although mostly just for long straight lines, as you might expect. I don't know if such an item would be a major time saver, but it could save you some hand fatigue over time.
By Ajax
#42042
Do you have the pumpkin gutter drillbit? Thats a must I ordered a second one to have this year.
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By Hottie McNaughty
#42049
I also recommend the pumpkin gutter. It saves a lot of time in the long run!
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By Dredge
#42061
Did anyone else hear Tim Taylor grunting in their heads when they read the title?
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By mudd
#42098
Dredge wrote:Did anyone else hear Tim Taylor grunting in their heads when they read the title?
:lol: I did !
By GUS
#42105
That ought to be a strapline for the product..

The tool, tooltime tim taylor would use..
By bogganogga
#71952
Does anyone have any pics of the pumpkin gutter drill bit? Sounds useful but here in the UK there are not a lot of specialist pumpkin tools :cry:
By bogganogga
#71958
Nice one Matspud, getting myself one of those bad boys on order now, can't get over the speed at which that thing gutted a pumpkin! All those years i've spent sitting at a table scraping the insides of pumpkins out with a spoon or a scoop for hours on end :cry:
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By matspud
#71960
I still finish off by hand as I am not confident enough with the gutter. It does make a huge difference to the time spent gutting and thinning. You'll wonder how you managed before you bought it :D
By bogganogga
#71967
Yeah tell me about it, typical though, not available on Amazon UK or Ebay UK etc, why's it taking so long for Halloween to move forward in the UK? :cry: It's something that's been celebrated every year in the UK for decades/centuries yet we still have to be reserved about it & can't go too OTT with it due to having limited decorations/tools etc etc etc, (that list would just go on forever if i let it :? ), i'd have pee'd my pants with excitement every year if i'd seen some of the decorations, pumpkin designs, scenes, hanted houses etc that are on show every year in the States :cry: