W. Lohman wrote:
> On 4/22/2015 3:20 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/22/2015 3:15 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
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>>> He has the answer. An Amazon meat slicer with over 300 reviews
>>> averaging 4 stars. What was it, about 60 bucks?
>>>
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>> Read some of the 1 star reviews. They are really crappy for any type of
>> serious use.
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> For $72 I'd not feel bad about his one, reviews say it cleans easily.
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> http://www.amazon.com/Nesco-FS-200-F...ds=meat+slicer
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I bought one. I'm getting old and can't handle a knife well any more.
This unit has worked well. It takes up a lot of space, so we keep it
down the basement and only bring it up when we need to use it, which is
not that frequently.

My problem is that if you are careful when using it, it is safe. But if
your mate lacks sense of how to act safely around machinery, you don't
want to have one of these around. I was slicing some ham, and my wife
was catching the slices (I don't know why, I would just have let them
fall onto a plate). A small piece fell off and was jammed near the
blade. She reached in to remove it, without turning the machine off.
She didn't cut herself, but she sure tried. I finished the slicing and
we cleaned up the machine, which is not hard. Then I told her this was
dangerous and I didn't want it to be used unless we were both present so
I could pick up her fingers and stop the bleeding. The next day she
sliced a roast when I wasn't there. I put it into storage and told her
not to use it again.