"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> Marie Dodge wrote:
>>
>> "Mark A.Meggs" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>>
>>> That sounds like mine. The shaft for the screw fits into a nylon
>>> bearing/bushing - the crank slides in from the other side mating up
>>> with a couple of slots in the shaft.
>>>
>>> This is day 2 for me - a thin clear plastic gasket that sits between
>>> the body of the strainer and the metal screen has already been eaten.
>>
>> I know the gasket you mean. It's difficult to twist the strainer on an
>> catch the gasket just right. I have another tomato/food mill that's a bit
>> smaller and doesn't have these problems. It's made in Italy. I looked
>> for a pic online and couldn't find one.
>>
>>>
>>> (14 pints of spaghetti sauce are finishing up in the canner)
>>>
>>> - Mark
>>>
>>
> This is the one I have:
> http://www.everythingkitchens.com/ba...dstrainer.html

Mine is similar but the stand is different. You can either clamp it to the
table or use the large suction foot. The rest looks the same. Mine is more
like this but also has a clamp: http://fantes.com/images/7585food_mills.jpg
and we have this one which doesn't leak from anywhere but is smaller:
http://www.napastyle.com/assets/imag...at3-080425.jpg .
My husband like the smaller one better.


> As I mentioned, once I super-engineered the thing it worked a lot better
> and the parts are replaceable. The extra strainers I have actually were
> bought at a thrift shop for 50 cents each so they were a lot cheaper. Lots
> of places sell them and I've even seen the Foley food mill on line, pretty
> good mill there too.

Yep! We have that was also. :^)