I received this last week. Didn't have a chance to in pack it.
Here's my initial review.
Packed in a box. Loose parts rattling around. Not fully assembled. Zero instructions.
The fixed carriage was not bolted on and the bolts and wing nuts were what was rattling around. There was a plastic bag with a sharpening stone and a wrench. You would think they would put those loose pieces in that bag. Guess not.
As for the quality of the product, for what it is, it appears to be good. Originally o was concerned that the suction cup feet wouldn't work. Surprisingly they work good.
There are two blades both very sharp, but could use some fine tuning. The included sharpener would work for rough sharpening but not for further honing.
The blade edge is single sided and I think it would perform better if it was shaped on both sides. Since I have two blades I may do that. More in this with the photos.
The table is stainless and had a protective wrap on it that I removed for sanitary reasons.
Assembly is easy even without directions. Disassembly for cleaning is also simple. Two bolts to remove the blade, two bolt to remove the carriage.
Setting the depth of cut is a bit of trial and error, unless you get your calipers out. There are two set screw knobs that are used. They do not require tools to loosen, so adjusting is easy. Once set they remain in place.
It is a simple machine and with a few mods to the blade I bet one could slice more than frozen meat.
I have not tried this on frozen meat yet or non-frozen non dried meat.
I had a piece of salami that needed eating. Well actually the wife wanted that "moldy thing in the fridge" gone. "White mold dear is fine, ask you dad the science teacher". Needless to say I'm still alive I didn't get beat and the white mold did me no harm.
I tried some thin slicing like I'd do for charcuterie plates. And a few thicker like I'd do for jerky. Did fine with both cuts until it got down to the bottom. Then it flapped out the cut.
This where I think having a double edged blade would make it work for raw or dried meats.
That's my report for now. I may slice some frozen this weekend. Pancetta in a bit when it's ready.
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