CakeM1x
is Blowin Smoke!
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2012
- Location
- Madison, WI
So I got that old berkel gc from like 1960s all cleaned up enough for now and working (I'll probably give it a paint job in the spring). Two things I can't figure out is the sharpening assembly and is making me a sand panda.
These are pics before I cleaned up the body
Front
Back
Model?
1. The lever to press is really firm no matter how much I kroil/lube it. Its to the point its functional but I need to put some real pressure on it to go. Not something I'm too pumped about while a 12" blade is spinning 4 inches from my hand. Any ideas at all how to make that level less resisting? It seems like the resistance is in the sprint area or beneath it where the 2 metal plates combine. kroil then lube hasn't made it much better. Was thinking of applying heat but don't know if that would damage anything or even help.
2. The sharpening assembly unit is at the wrong angle or the blade was custom sharped to a new angle. When I sharpen with the stones it is sharpening the blade about 3mm from the actual edge as shown in pic below if I lower it enough to hit both the grinding and truing stone.
pic
If I only lower the grinding stone to just when it hits the blade about 3mm then the truing stone like like an inch from hitting the blade. And it doesn't look like it works well at all unless both the grinding and truing stones are hitting the blade. Does anyone have any ideas on a remedy for these two things?
sharpening unit raised
lowered to grind
Notice the freshly ground blade about 3mm from the actual edge. Only way to actually grind the edge is to have it in the utmost position when the truing stone doesn't hit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Can't find anything on this slicer since it is soooo old.
These are pics before I cleaned up the body
Front
Back
Model?
1. The lever to press is really firm no matter how much I kroil/lube it. Its to the point its functional but I need to put some real pressure on it to go. Not something I'm too pumped about while a 12" blade is spinning 4 inches from my hand. Any ideas at all how to make that level less resisting? It seems like the resistance is in the sprint area or beneath it where the 2 metal plates combine. kroil then lube hasn't made it much better. Was thinking of applying heat but don't know if that would damage anything or even help.
2. The sharpening assembly unit is at the wrong angle or the blade was custom sharped to a new angle. When I sharpen with the stones it is sharpening the blade about 3mm from the actual edge as shown in pic below if I lower it enough to hit both the grinding and truing stone.
pic
If I only lower the grinding stone to just when it hits the blade about 3mm then the truing stone like like an inch from hitting the blade. And it doesn't look like it works well at all unless both the grinding and truing stones are hitting the blade. Does anyone have any ideas on a remedy for these two things?
sharpening unit raised
lowered to grind
Notice the freshly ground blade about 3mm from the actual edge. Only way to actually grind the edge is to have it in the utmost position when the truing stone doesn't hit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Can't find anything on this slicer since it is soooo old.