Spaghetti Portioner

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A spaghetti portion Hopper. Put dry spaghetti in the top hopper. Then turn the knob on the side to dispense roughly a 1" portion (1 person portion) of spaghetti into the tray. This should be printed with any plastic that can be considered Food Safe as it will be contact with the printed plastic. Some gluing will be needed but, the glue points are designed to be on the outside surfaces only. See the Instructions for what to do. I will upload a Thumbnail when I get a chance. The computer I'm currently using doesn't support uploading images. Instructions Print: (1) Left Wall (1) Right Wall (2) Hopper wo-tray (2) Hopper w-tray (1) Spindle w-handle (1) spindle wo-handle (2) Lid Halfs (3) Link 1.) Slide One Hopper wo-tray into the Left wall. The round part of the Hopper pieces will slide into the inside of the curved Tab on the wall pieces. The upper Tabs will be to the inside of the Hopper Wall. Press the flat wall of the Hopper wo-tray piece against the flat upper tab on the wall. Apply a small line of glue to the inside edge of the curved tab on the wall which should apply glue to the outside contact edge of the hopper. 2.) Now take One Hopper w-tray and and repeat the process. Note this piece will have sit on the two lower tabs in the wall piece. Apply glue to these tabs as well on the outside only.. 3.) Take the Right wall and repeat steps 1 and 2 for the other two Hopper pieces. 4.) Take the Spindle wo-Handle and slide it into the now round spot between the hopper pieces on the Left wall. Note: the triangular stub should be facing out. 5.) Take the Spindle w-handle and slit is into the round spot between the hopper pieces on the Right Wall. Note: The Round Stub should fit into the round hole in the Right Wall. 6.) Match the two assembled half's together. Now take two of the Link pieces. The stubs on the Link parts should fit into the indentations on the Hopper Pieces. You will want to glue the two top Link Pieces in place by putting some glue in the indentation as well as run a bead of glue around the edge of the Link piece. 7.) The third Link piece goes into the nubs on the bottom of the tray part of the Hopper w-tray piece. This part has holes and not indents so do not put glue on the inside of the holes. Only apply glue to the outside edge of the Link piece to lock it to the two halves. 8.) Wait for the Glue to dry and you should be good to go. Fill the hopper with Spaghetti and place the two lid halves onto. Note the hopper should be roughly 11 3/4" in length which should fit most box spaghetti you get from the store as they are 10-12 inches in length on average. For every half a turn of the Knob, you should get one portion of spaghetti. One full Turn should be two portions, etc.