Lordkifar
Full Fledged Farker
- Joined
- Jun 18, 2015
- Location
- Montreal...
Well...I finally found one that I like. It is obviously second hand, and is in pretty good shape. Just signs of use but no major dings. Blade looks relatively new and shiney with no signs of rust or broken parts in the blade. It is very sharp in its current state. Only thing missing was the sharpening stone although I don't see where it would fit in the cover on top. I guess I could get an external sharpening stone or something like the speedysharp.
The brand is Omega (Minerva Omega slicers) and it is made in Italy. Very silent when running although I didn't have anything to slice up so I will reserve judgement till such time that I do. It is 0.35hp so relatively decent in power. The company describes on their website that it is for "For supermarkets, hypermarkets, food retail and collective catering" so I reckon my occasional use will not put too much stress on this beast. Beast? Yes....yes it is...It weighs 75lbs so not the lightest of machines.....I was informed by the Missus that I can get any slicer I want so long as it is not stored on the counter.
Orginially in a post a couple of weeks back, through the help of the Brethren on here, I came to the conclusion that a 9" blade was small for my needs so I focused my searches on 10+"...well this one is a 12"!! I think I will be very happy for years to come :-D
Now as to price, these models seem to go for an arm and a leg brand new roughly about 2900 USD based on UK pricing. I picked it up for 208 USD if I include the gas I paid (drove about a 100 miles each way to another city but went with the Missus and the kids and we made a roadtrip out opf it and did some cool family activities....a win/win). A gentleman had bought it for home use from a Deli and he didn't care for taking it out from the kitchen cabinet everytime. He was happy to sell it and I guess I was happy to buy it.
Wiped it down and cleaned what I could....oiled around with mineral oil where needed adn seems to be running smooth..again will need to test the cut. It can go cut from 1 to 24 mm (well technically 0 to 24 mm but that is just silly) so nearly 1 inch thick. I usually work in the 1 to 5 mm range so rest is gravy if needed.
Now on to the pics and thanks to all the brethren who weighed in on my previous post and helped guide me in the decision making process.
The brand is Omega (Minerva Omega slicers) and it is made in Italy. Very silent when running although I didn't have anything to slice up so I will reserve judgement till such time that I do. It is 0.35hp so relatively decent in power. The company describes on their website that it is for "For supermarkets, hypermarkets, food retail and collective catering" so I reckon my occasional use will not put too much stress on this beast. Beast? Yes....yes it is...It weighs 75lbs so not the lightest of machines.....I was informed by the Missus that I can get any slicer I want so long as it is not stored on the counter.
Orginially in a post a couple of weeks back, through the help of the Brethren on here, I came to the conclusion that a 9" blade was small for my needs so I focused my searches on 10+"...well this one is a 12"!! I think I will be very happy for years to come :-D
Now as to price, these models seem to go for an arm and a leg brand new roughly about 2900 USD based on UK pricing. I picked it up for 208 USD if I include the gas I paid (drove about a 100 miles each way to another city but went with the Missus and the kids and we made a roadtrip out opf it and did some cool family activities....a win/win). A gentleman had bought it for home use from a Deli and he didn't care for taking it out from the kitchen cabinet everytime. He was happy to sell it and I guess I was happy to buy it.
Wiped it down and cleaned what I could....oiled around with mineral oil where needed adn seems to be running smooth..again will need to test the cut. It can go cut from 1 to 24 mm (well technically 0 to 24 mm but that is just silly) so nearly 1 inch thick. I usually work in the 1 to 5 mm range so rest is gravy if needed.
Now on to the pics and thanks to all the brethren who weighed in on my previous post and helped guide me in the decision making process.
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