Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Anyone have an apple peeler like below? How much effort do they need to work, would a model steam engine power one?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OZ-Corer-3-in-1-Apple-Slinky-Machine-Peeler-Fruit-Cutter-Slicer-Kitchen-Tool-R/251547932633?epid=1687951005&hash=item3a916cd7d9:g:QCwAAOSwurZZMkkR

We have one....been a while since we used it.  I recall it took a good deal of force because it spiral slices and cores the apple as it is being pealed.

But, you can set it to only do one of the options as well 

The problem with actual working tools like this is that the force needed to operate it is rarely constant, but rather varies from easy to hard depending on the vagaries of the medium being worked.

Our little steam engines, and other model power sources, do not generally respond well to such variations in the work load, and typically stall out when the load rapidly increases.

A very low gear ratio can overcome this problem to a great degree, if you have some form of transmission to provide that low gearing and if you don't mind having the operation take a long time.