What is the material on the corer, slicer blades, drive gear and related components that are in direct contact with the apple/potato?
353952
I bought this for a relative and she told me it was metal. I bought one like this for myself and it is all metal.
353953
The shaft (drive gear) is carbon steel with chrome plating, the 3-prong fork is made of nickel plated carbon steel, the slicer loop blade is made of high quality stainless steel, and the coring/slicing blade is constructed of stainless steel. All are easy to keep spotless clean by swishing in hot soapy water and rinsing well under hot water.
353954
According to the box, the coring and slicing blades are made of stainless steel. The shaft is carbon steel with chrome plating and the body of the machine is cast aluminum. The black handle is a durable plastic. I am very happy with mine as it is so easy to slice apples for drying with or without peeling. No machine gets every core completely so occasionally you have to trim a small part of the core that was left. Still beats hand peeling and coring. I very happy with mine.
353955
are you referring to the oil that is used during manufacturing, if so simply put the corer in the dish washer on the top rack and that should remove the oil. If not please be more descriptive.
1671546
It was within the cutting blades for sure. Even tried a smaller potato and still did not fall thru the blades. Hope this helps.
1689
The part that is connected to the blender is metal coated in rubber and the gear wheel on the container is metal
469872
You can get a pretty large apple through the slicer, but better a tall apple than a wide one. The bottom plastic cover does separate from the corer to disassemble for cleaning. The corer blades do not disassemble for cleaning. The inside diameter I was referring to is the round hole in the center that cuts out the core. It is larger than normal on this model. This is definitely a higher quality corer/slicer and I definitely recommend it.
646258
The manufacturer sells the pieces - I bought an extra spring, and two extra peeling blades and corer/slicer blades. They were inexpensive and shipped very quickly. I'm sure they'd be happy to help you if you contact them directly!
2104997
Yes it has the blades and drive gear. I use it on my vitamix because I don't like plastic.
336906
No clue...however, this item came in easy to unpack fashion. No stuffing with extra packaging material, just the styrofoam inset holding the processor firm in the box.
1271567
It has a small (semi-sheathed) blade that peels apples because they are of a uniform shape. I wouldn't even attempt tp peel potatoes in it. They are grittier (dirtier) of various shapes, sizes, and the flesh isn't the same texture as apples. So, no.
5892
It came with the three different attachments! They are all great! There is a large spiral a medium spiral and then one that could cut potatoes into spiral chips! Hopefully this helps!
2222702
If you use a potato the exact size of the space inside of the cutter as you push down on the handle the slices are propelled from the other end. Plus you'll want the fries as long as you can possibly get them anyways. I think that photo was staged so people could see what happens in slow motion. Those pieces somewhat eject from the other end and will separate. That's what makes this cutter is a very fast an efficient unit.
1312585
Everything but the lathe tools and bowl chuck. I recommend at least a bowl gouge and a scrapper. This is a good lathe for making bowls.
965516
Metal liner and blades.The piece that holds the blades not sure.Top in pic is plastic. Mine is too new to cloud
1194997
Hi Carol. The blades on one of the attachments is metal and very sharp/the others are plastic. The ice crusher, smoothie one you use the metal one. But it is just like a knife, be careful how you handle it in the dishwasher, etc. Also, something I keep messing up on: Put the attachment in FIRST before your food... It might be common sense to most but I had a previous one that didn't allow removal pieces.
1662175
You can peel potatoes if they are pretty uniform in shape and not too big. The things that have not worked on this handy little machine are pears that were too soft and very, very large apples. The corer/slicer piece does come off, so I guess you could just run them through without that. Should work!
1785064
Pineapple corer is included apple corer sold separately and can be ordered by using the from located next to the acetylene torch.
2149950
Mine is a genuine Back to Basics Peel Away -- the words are cast into the metal base and frame. If you want to core the apples, you have to let it slice them too. However, you do have the option of just peeling without coring or slicing by undoing the wing nut on the front and removing the corer/slicer blade.
1394706
Yes. The slicer/corer can be removed by loosening and removing the wingnut that's holding it in place.