WARNING ! ! !
BAND BLADES, EVEN DULL ONES,
ARE VERY SHARP AND CAN CAUSE SEVERE CUTS.
EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN HANDLING BLADES.

Hone Adjustment: (mouse over steps for example picture)

Sharp band blades will give a smooth clean cut with minimum crumbing. Dull blades will leave a ragged torn appearance to the sliced surface and will contribute to uneven slicing. The blade hones should be adjusted to sharpen the blades without over grinding. The most accurate method to set the hone is the following procedure:

1. Coat both sides of a 5 to 6 inch section of the blade with an ink, magic marker, laundry marker, tool dye,      fingernail polish, etc. Use a blade in the center of the machine and one on each end. Make sure the blades are      thoroughly coated including the root of the scallop. See example below.

2. Cycle the hone for 3 to 4 cycles with the slicer blades running. Stop the slicer and inspect the coated areas of the      blades. If the hone only removed the ink from the point of the blades, the hone stones are set too far away from the      drums. See example below.

3. If the ink is removed only from the roots of the scallops, and not from the points, the stones are set too close to the     drums. See example below.

4. If the hone stones are set in the correct position the ink will be removed from the points and roots of the scallops.     A blade that is properly honed should look like the example below.