rexster314
is one Smokin' Farker
Been looking on Craigslist for a while now, and I found one that showed promise so I called the seller and found it was a Hobart 1612 for $150 and even had the sharpener (stones were broken I found out). Drove over yesterday, took a look at it and decided to buy it. Everything was pretty good shape but the gage plate and indexing wheel were stuck, but went ahead and bought it thinking I could clean it up and get everything working. Found out that sticking indexing plates are very common with this model of slicer and found a fix for it. I did a down and dirty sharpening on the knife but will redo it when I get the sharpening stones I ordered. After lots of elbow grease and judicious use of a propane torch I got everything freed up and lubricated. I sliced some Canadian bacon that I had and wound up with paper thin slices. I'm pleased.