Looks like a nice slicer. The 12" blade should handle most things that you need to slice.
Just got a Chefmate GC12 on EFlea....$549 shipped...
Just cautiously wiped it with a towel that had a bit of water on it, so far it has not vaporized...but I am keeping an eye on it.
Looks great. Ernestina mentioned she was going to break out her polishing supplies.Here's mine, found on Craigslist Houston this past September. Paid 150$ for it and guy still had the original sharpener for it. The carriage adjustment knob was frozen but after judicious use of propane torch and brass hammer, I freed it up, lubed everything and works super great. Polished out the large aluminum pieces :cool: Just got through slicing 100 pounds of bacon today.
Hate seeing stuff like this. Was employed by the USPS for close to 20 years, seen a ton of stuff get damaged thanks to improper packing. Folks seem to think that the shipping companies handle everything by hand...far from it. Once it gets thru the accepting employee pretty much the next time it will be handled by a human is at delivery. Anyways, hope you get things resolved quickly & easily. Good luck..
I worked for about a year loading trucks at UPS. I've seen the stupidest packaging used so many times... a cardboard box? Let's fill it with tiny screws and no liner of any kind. Hello tiny, sharp screws in my truck and on the belt all night long! Somebody put a heavy railroad spike into a thin cardboard box. The thing almost impaled my foot when it came flying out!
Nothing like people shipping a box with a ton of air space. People just don't understand that if a box has any open air space that there is a very good chance the box will be crushed. I tell people to over fill the box with packing material (peanuts) so that you have to force the top flaps down. Want to make sure your package is safe? Hold it about 5' off the floor and drop it. Pass that test? Round up 50 or so pounds of weight and place it on the box....if it don't crush you should be good to go.
That was the first one I went to look at, a 12" Berkel. Weighed over 100 pounds. The sharpener was busted into several pieces and the belt was gone. Motor did not sound like it had much life left. Neighbor has a 12" Berkel that he has had a very long time. Only thing he does is clean it...
The photo I posted earlier in the thread is on my 12" Berkel. It is a great machine and cuts flawlessly- right down to wafer thin slices. It is solid stainless steel though and so, as Inkjunkie points out, it is a heavy beast. If it is in good condition, you have the space and the price is right then it would be a very good machine to buy.
Well I use a chefs pride slicer. It's only a 10 inch blade but works great for the home and it was only $69. At Amazon
I was referring to the fact that instead of just replacing the unit so that you can use what you paid for they chose to sort of string you along. But then again the fact that they are helping you out is surprising. Seems like almost every place I deal with never responds to emails/calls.
Yeah. The result is mixed for me. On one hand I would have liked to just receive a new one that wasn't broken and not have to do the repairs myself. On the other hand, I'm glad I don't have to try and package/ship this back to it's origin.
