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Post by 58limited on Feb 19, 2014 19:50:25 GMT -5
I like to make beef jerky but have a hard time slicing the meat thin enough by hand. In December I decided to buy a slicer at Academy Sporting Goods - $100.00 plus tax. The one from Academy broke within five minutes. I got mad and basically told myself "I should have known better than to trust new stuff especially when everything else in my kitchen is 60+ years old AND STILL WORKS!" I got on ebay and found this: This is a 1940 Deli Meat Slicer made by the American Slicing Machine Co. of Chicago, Ill. I had to completely disassemble this to clean, there was a lot of old hard grease on the slides and slice thickness adjustment mechanism, plus juices and debris from years past that weren't cleaned properly had built up - probably because a couple of items were missing. But as mentioned in the video I have them now. This machine weighs about 80 lbs. The base, slide platten, and motor housing are all cast iron. The motor, a 1/3 HP Emerson, weighs over 20lbs by itself. The stainless blade is 8" in diameter and, as you would expect, is razor sharp. Meat thickness can be adjusted from less than 1/16" to 1/2" thick. Cheese and bread can be sliced with this machine as well. I replaced the rubber support feet using modern Globe brand support feet - they are identical. Here is a video of the machine in operation:
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Post by vaporvac on Feb 19, 2014 20:24:08 GMT -5
That is amazing. Can you use the handle to push the meat back and forth rather than pushing the tray?
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Post by 58limited on Feb 19, 2014 20:46:22 GMT -5
Yes, I was just working the machine one handed and sometimes the frozen meat hangs up so I had my hand on the tray for that reason. Normally I use the handle with my left hand and my right hand can help hold the meat if necessary.
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Post by karitx on Feb 24, 2014 20:48:06 GMT -5
Nice! Spork likes to make bacon and slicing it consistently is the hardest part. Something like this would be handy. By the way, if you need someone to do quality control testing on the beef jerky, we would be willing to do that for you. We're selfless that way.
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Post by jhmack on Feb 26, 2014 21:50:52 GMT -5
My son who worked with a commercial, modern machine watched your video with me and said the one at the store was pretty much the same thing, but a bit lighter. He said watch out with your fingers and always keep them on the safe side of the guard! (He learned the hard way, but it wasn't real bad, thankfully.) A cool addition to the kitchen arsenal!!!
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Post by 58limited on Nov 15, 2014 11:06:47 GMT -5
Well, I did it again. Someone listed one of these slicers on ebay - a Model 52 American Slicing Machine. It is basically the same model as the one I already have but a little older - the emblems are metal instead of plastic. It has a Robbins & Myers motor instead of an Emerson motor. They have completely disassembled it (half the work is done for me - yay!) and they offered free shipping so I bought it - it will actually be cheaper than the other one I have since the shipping is free. It looks to have been repainted once, the paint is peeling and they painted over the emblems. I plan to have this one stripped down to metal and will then powder coat it in red. The red will go well with my kitchen. I will probably give the black one to my friend in Nacogdoches, that is if I can carry the heavy $%@!# out to my car.
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Post by jmwillman on Nov 16, 2014 7:09:00 GMT -5
Very cool machine to restore! When I was a kid my folks owned a little country store. We had a meat slicer just like that. I've sliced many pounds of bologna and sausage on a machine like that. Kudos for rescuing a cool gadget from the scrappers.
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