On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:46:33 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>It's a slicer for something, and certainly old,
>but for what?
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ400032413691
>
>If it's for pasta, the pasta would already have
>to be cut into wide strips before using this to
>cut it into narrow strips. What would be the
>point of that? If you already have the knife
>in your hand, why not keep cutting and forget
>about using this machine?
>
>It could be for cutting some other material
>into strips, a material that occurs naturally
>in wide strips. Like maybe slitting bark or
>something for weaving into baskets.

Are you sure it's a slicer and not an extruder?


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