Got Me A Slicer!! Need A Little Help...

It's an older Berkel Deli slicer I picked up for................Wait for it..............









$50!!!! Yup!



It's been repainted and needs cleaned up a little and an edge put on the blade.


Under this little panel here:


Looks like a little sharpening device:



I can't, for the life of me, figure out how this can be attached to the blade to sharpen it!!

This slicer has to weigh around 70 lbs. (it's a mother to move around) and noticed a little rust on the blade too. Guess I can apply a little steel wool to the rusty areas when I clean it up.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
It's getting close to corned beef time and I'd really like to put it to work around St. Patrick's Day, if ya know what I mean:-D

Thanks Jeanie and Blue.

Dang Kevin!! You are so awesome! All I have to do is figure out how the sharpening unit comes out of his cubby hole.

Brewer said:

Can you post a pic of the blade? Is it concave on one side and flat on the other?

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Yes. The front side of the blade is flat and the back side is concave.