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Default Victorio (style) tomato strainer - any tips on the vacuum base?

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:10:48 -0500, "Marie Dodge"
> wrote:

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>"Mark A.Meggs" > wrote in message
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>> According to the box, it is a Weston Brand Model 200P Roma Food
>> Strainer and Sauce Maker. This one just came with the basic tomato
>> strainer, but others are available if I need them. No serious
>> problems yet, but it's just the first day!
>>

>
>I use mine on the diningroom table because my counters also lack overhang.


My dining room table is a cherry drop-leaf inherited from my
grandmother.

>Mine leak's from the area where the crank is inserted. I put one of those
>cheap tinfoil oven-liners under it to protect the table top. Sometimes juice
>comes squirting out under such pressure it hits the guard and squirts across
>the table.....


I'm finding those things out. I put paper down until I can seal the
plywood.

- Mark