An automatic de-shelling machine includes a frame, a picking and dispensing sub-assembly, a queuing and release sub-assembly and an orienting and cutting sub-assembly. The picking and dispensing sub-assembly picks and dispenses shelled articles one by one. The queuing and release sub-assembly receives and orients the shelled article in a desired, pre-determined orientation before releasing. The orienting and cutting sub-assembly ensures that the shelled article is in the desired, pre-determined orientation during shearing so that depth of cut on a pre-determined side of the shelled article is controlled. The orienting and cutting sub-assembly includes a rotating pulley arrangement, a first shearing blade and a spring loaded second shearing blade. The rotating pulley arrangement receives and supports shelled article along periphery thereof and moves shelled article radially as shelled article moves along periphery of the rotating pulley arrangement to topple shelled article for facilitating orienting of shelled article to desired, pre-determined orientation.
