Today I grabbed a tootsie roll pop from the leftover Halloween candy. It became apparent the tootsie roll pop was tougher than my jaw, so ................
I found if I put it in the floor press, snug the ram up on the tootsie roll pop, then give it about two pumps it cracks the tootsie roll pop like an egg. Once cracked, simply remove the wrapper & you have an easy to chew tootsie roll pop. I've only tried this on the chocolate tootsie roll pop so far, but I'm thinkin' it will work equally well on any flavor.

It's been one of those days. As I did this I thought to myself, I'm almost 58 years old and I can honestly say this is the first time I've used a 20 ton press to crack a tootsie roll pop. My first thought was to use a hammer but that I thought would be too uncontrollable and might make a mess of the surrounding area and render the tootsie roll pop useless.

Any other creative uses for shop tools out there, or should I seek professional help?