On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:34:49 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:46:33 -0800, Mark Thorson >
>fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>>It's a slicer for something, and certainly old,
>>but for what?
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ400032413691
>
>I'm about 99% sure it's an old meat grinder. My mother actually had an
>old cast aluminum one that clamped to the kitchen counter/table and it
>looked *somewhat* similar.
>
>Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Mine had a horizontal screw that pushed the meat into a cutting blade
that turned (on the same axis as the screw) against a multi-holed face
plate. Mark's gadget seems to have a set of blades that turn against
a rotating grooved cylinder. It would cut strips, but I don't think
it would grind meat.

I'm thinking it's a noodle machine.
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