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Check out the Chef's Choice Slicers. They are very popular on this forum. They are geared but not metal geared. LEM makes a couple of inexpensive belt drive slicers. Check WOOT often as they will occasionally put Chef's Choice slicers on ridiculously low sale prices. Here is their latest offering on an older model, re-furb: