Help me to identify this!

[heidih]

Well who knows you might get lucky  What are your intentions with the slicer?

[dscheidt]

10 hours ago, heidih said:

Well who knows you might get lucky  What are your intentions with the slicer?

Not cutting my fingers off!  I am going to use it at home, to do normal household slicing stuff. 

 

I've got a little chefs choice slicer, which for what it cost, is good.  But it struggles to slice cheese, and it doesn't slice very thinly. 

So it's not really good enough for what I want to do.  It's also a pain to slice something with a high aspect ratio (like a pepperoni.)

[CentralMA]

On 8/5/2021 at 10:52 AM, dscheidt said:

Not cutting my fingers off!

 

Well, with all respect to @chromedome don't be poking it with anything. 

 

I wish I had a good enough reason to buy a slicer that would get past my wife. Thinking, thinking, thinking...

[dscheidt]

18 hours ago, CentralMA said:

 

Well, with all respect to @chromedome don't be poking it with anything. 

 

I wish I had a good enough reason to buy a slicer that would get past my wife. Thinking, thinking, thinking...

 

 

 

My wife insists that I can't put it in the kitchen, and makes me keep it in my office.  not the handiest place for it, but the table is on wheels, so it will roll to the sink for use.   so far, I have resisted the urge to make a sandwich during a meeting. 

 

 

this thing was a horrible mess; I think it was stored in a barn.   Grease and crud packed everywhere, including places you'd not think it could get to.  Lots of scraping, degreasing, and cleaning.  it cleaned up well, and need just a set of feet (sourced from the well-known food service equipment supplier McMaster-Carr), a belt, and a set of sharpening stones. 

 

 

[heidih]

Thanks for the McMaster-Carr reminder. They'd fallen off my radar Our slicer is packed up in the garage and needs new foot pads, Won;t ask about the inflatable dino

[palo]

Have a slicer that has been gathering a bit of dust due to cleaning issues - great job on the tomatoes, but how long was the cleanup afterwards?

 

p

[dscheidt]

25 minutes ago, palo said:

Have a slicer that has been gathering a bit of dust due to cleaning issues - great job on the tomatoes, but how long was the cleanup afterwards?

 

p

Cleaning is take the output tray and blade cover off (they're stainless, and could go through the dishwasher).  Then remove the move the part of the carriage that touches the food (it's probably not dishwasher safe).  Wash those components.  The bit that adjusts to set the thickness of slices swings up and back, so you can easily wash it, and access the space under the cariage.   Remove any food crumbs, carefully wipe the blade clean.  Then spray with steramine, let dry, reassemble. 

 

that takes a few minutes, not really worth it for a single tomato, but if it were on my kitchen counter, I might use it to slice everything for a single sandwich.  It's less of a hassle than the plastic chef's choice I have is. 

 

Edited August 22, 2021 by dscheidt (log)

[TdeV]

Well, @dscheidt, it appears some sweet talking is in your future. 😀

[rotuts]

do you have to detach the blade 

 

to clean both sides ?

[Anna N]

42 minutes ago, dscheidt said:

I might use it to slice everything for a single sandwich. 

Even though I am a huge fan of kitchen toys, both large and small, I have trouble getting my head around using a slicer when making one single sandwich. But of course I recognize that such decisions are personal choices.
Thanks for sharing your experience with this “toy”. I would have been jealous at one time in my life. 

[dscheidt]

2 hours ago, rotuts said:

do you have to detach the blade 

 

to clean both sides ?

Blade is removed only for replacement or belt replacement.  It weighs about five pounds and is razor sharp, so removal is not a routine task. 

 

when the blade guard is removed, you can get to the whol front of the blade, and about 1/4 of the back.  Rotate it acouple times to clean the rest. 

Edited August 22, 2021 by dscheidt (log)

[CentralMA]

Many years ago I worked functions at a country club style facility. Spent a lot of time grinding out weddings, sometimes 4 or 5 a weekend. Think of a place like a puppy mill, but for weddings.

I tended bar, could make enough $$$ Friday - Sunday to be able to do most anything I wanted to during the week.Had a new house, a young one at home, worked out pretty well.

The lull at the bar came when people were being called to their seats for dinner service. For me that was time to restock beer, ice, etc. Catch up on drink garnishes, empty liquors.

The kitchen took the quick way out on plating prime rib dinners. Out came the behemoth slicer, ribs loaded on one by one, blade adjustment made, let the slicing begin.

I'd get there just before it started, and would place bread in the catch tray of the slicer. As they sliced they'd catch it by hand, so only drippings and meat remnants would get collected by the bread.

Beer cooler was just past the slicing station. I'd swing by, grab the bread collecting all the goodness, add more bread to the tray, back to the bar. After 3 or 4 trips I was well fed.

Good times.

Edited August 23, 2021 by CentralMA (log)

[rotuts]

a show that's come around to me 

 

recently , has

 

stunning views , a bit of intrigue , and a Break-Room 

 

standard stuff , for that sort of place 

 

then this :

 

 

 

not a puzzle 

 

the shoe is this :

 

Family Law ( 2021 )  a Canadian show , filmed in Vancouver .

 

what is this thing ?

 

thanks .

[Kim Shook]

Maybe a water "cooler"?  Plumbed - not the kind with the big replaceable jugs.  Hot and cold filtered water?

 

[ElsieD]

I was going to say the same thing as @Kim Shook.

[lemniscate]

It looks like a freestanding water bottle filling station.   All the offices around here have been doing away with one use cups and encouraging "bring your own" personal water bottle.   The spigot is taller due to water bottle height.

 

EDIT:  also have seen them at hotels recently.

Edited August 16, 2022 by lemniscate (log)

[gfweb]

Bottom loading water cooler. We have a similar one. No need to wreck one's back loading it.

[rotuts]

thank you.

 

the buttons , on the top 

 

hot ? cold?

 

thanks again

[blue_dolphin]

17 minutes ago, rotuts said:

thank you.

 

the buttons , on the top 

 

hot ? cold?

 

thanks again

Yes. Usually hot, cold and room temp. 

[liuzhou]

Almost every home and office in China has one of those. I'm sitting right beside mine (at home) now.

[Anna N]

10 hours ago, liuzhou said:

Almost every home and office in China has one of those. I'm sitting right beside mine (at home) now.

Why?  

[liuzhou]

On 8/17/2022 at 8:22 PM, Anna N said:

Why?  

 

Because, as in most countries, tap water is not potable. People only drink bottled water. If the tap water is boiled it's OK, so can be used for cooking, but purists don't do that either. I don't even brush what teeth I have left with tap water!

 

Every time I run out,  I call the water guy and he brings me an 18 litre bottle and installs said water in the machine. It isn't mineral water, but purified water.

Edited August 19, 2022 by liuzhou (log)

[Anna N]

2 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

Because, as in most countries, tap water is not potable.

Thanks. I had no idea that this was the case. Your photographs of the area around where you live fooled me into thinking you have the same municipal services as we do. 

[liuzhou]

1 minute ago, Anna N said:

Thanks. I had no idea that this was the case. Your photographs of the area around where you live fooled me into thinking you have the same municipal services as we do. 

 

I understand, but very few places do have potable water supplies. Many places don't have water! As you know I've lived in a few countries, in most of which you don't want to be drinking tap water.

Otherwise, we generally have the same municipal services here.

[blue_dolphin]

11 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

Every time I run out,  I call the water guy and he brings me a 5 litre bottle and installs said water in the machine. It isn't mineral water, but purified water.

How long does five litres generally last?  I think I’d be calling them every day!  For emergency earthquake supplies, we're recommended to stock one gallon per person, per day of purified drinking water. Our machines of that type usually take 5 gallon bottles.