i have two 12 inch automatic globe slicers that i picked up nine years ago for free,a friend of mine is a junk man and goes around to all the restaurant supply companys and hauls off there junk, "stainless steal" and "aluminum"!!! and cleans out there warehouses,he brought a trailer load of stuff to a place i worked for,the boss gave him five hundred for all the equipment on the trailer.
after a week of going through the equipment i got down to the globes,they were dirty and very funky,i cleaned them with a pressure washer and after drying i repaired them,the motors were good,the power cords were the only problem on either one,i replaced the drive belts on both for the automation and good as new, they are still running and were old models to begin with.
my point in this long winded post is to say this.......look around check out the restaurant supply places,check out govt. auctions,school auctions or even restaurant auctions.
good luck
Mark