My Granny Smith apples are not perfectly round and the slicer will not follow the shape of the apple, leaving about 15% unpeeled and skipped in place
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I usually put the top of the apple onto the prongs which allows me to align the apple better, helping the results some. I don't know if this will help alot, but maybe somewhat.
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I try to find the most regularly shaped apples for that reason. Sometimes, however, the nicest ones are not so perfect in shape. I figure if I have to do some touch-up it is still better than doing it all by hand. My issue with this device is that there doesn't seem to be any way to adjust the thickness of the slices, and that is something I would like to be able to do.
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I too was very disappointed with the same results and wasted apples. Try using yours for potatoes- makes good curly frys and corer makes fat frys.
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I don't have a ruler handy, and also don't have any bananas handy, but the slices are just as thick as the interstitial distances between the slicing crosspieces, which I assume is identical in all the Hutzlers, though the model number "571" may indicate otherwise, that there may be other models with more or less distances. Then too, in more squishy bananas, one gets a bit of a"banana spread" factor, making a standarized scientific figure hard to achieve.
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i had to adjust the blade a bit tighter to my apples cause they were seconds and odd shaped. i had no problem after the adjustment. I had to do some touch up peeling on some spots because some were pretty indented but over all I was pleased.
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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!
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the apple peeler has a gadget that you can adjust so that it will just peel without slicing does a good job
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I didn't like mine, I try to make applesauce and that was a bust. I don't think it would work. I alway used a blender to make mine baby food.
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It does them fairly well, but it depends on the shape. Rounder apples leave more peel at the top and bottom. Still not too bad, though.
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i've aligned them so the core is centered on the prong on the stem side. you may have to cut off some edges but it should get most of the apple peeled and cored.
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Yes! The blade is spring loaded and this allows it to move in and out following the shape of the apple. This lever can be moved away as there is a latch that allows you to core and slice the apple. To the best of my knowledge, all these types of apple peelers have this function.
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Yes, you just move the slicer blade out of the way. I did this with potatoes and it worked great.
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Sorry I took so long, have been traveling. The slicer has a thin side for 1/8" slice and a thick slice of 3/8". I used the thick side for the apples, pears and peaches I sliced for drying. Hope this helps, Gloria
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YES,, You have to lower the blade and adjust it to just touch the side of the apple,,as you turn it just peels and cores all in one!! Works great! Wife got this for Christmas and we used it to peel potatoes and spiral slice some also!!
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Not sure what "lever" you are referring to. Is it the blade that slices the apple/fruit, or is it the blade that peals the skin off the apple/fruit? If it is the lever that has the "spring" on it that you can lock away the blade that peals the apple. I'll take a look at mine and figure out what or how to repair it.
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The blade itself is 1/4 inch wide. The blade arm is set on a spring and you hold that to the apple with your left hand while turning the crank with your right hand. I am able to peel the biggest apples with no problem. I don't use the corer/slicer because it doesn't core the apples quite as much as I want them cored - it produces a core of less than 1" - and the slices it produces are too thin for most all of my recipes. But that's true of all corer/slicers, none of them will do exactly what you want done with the apple! So I use this gadget for peeling only and it saves a lot of time, I core and slice by hand. The blade itself is 1/4 inch wide. The blade arm is set on a spring and you hold that to the apple with your left hand while turning the crank with your right hand. I am able to peel the biggest apples with no problem. I don't use the corer/slicer because it doesn't core the apples quite as much as I want them cored - it produces a core of less than 1" - and the slices it produces are too thin for most all of my recipes. But that's true of all corer/slicers, none of them will do exactly what you want done with the apple! So I use this gadget for peeling only and it saves a lot of time,... » Read More The blade itself is 1/4 inch wide. The blade arm is set on a spring and you hold that to the apple with your left hand while turning the crank with your right hand. I am able to peel the biggest apples with no problem. I don't use the corer/slicer because it doesn't core the apples quite as much as I want them cored - it produces a core of less than 1" - and the slices it produces are too thin for most all of my recipes. But that's true of all corer/slicers, none of them will do exactly what you want done with the apple! So I use this gadget for peeling only and it saves a lot of time, I core and slice by hand. « Show Less
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Not on this item. The slices are universal. Which I've found to be the perfect width. Not too skinny and not to fat.I watch my wife slice a pineapple the old fashioned way while I zip through mine in a quarter the time with this handygizmo.
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Hi there, I have the same problem, its slice only backwards, if you get an solution please let me know. cruzhu@hotmail.com, thanks a lot byeeee
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You can cut an apple up to 4 inches across but you need to peel it first. If it's that big, it's hard to cut all the way down easily. I had to lean over the counter and put all my weight against it. I was afraid I'd break the handles off. But once I peeled the apples first and didn't use real big ones, they cut through just fine. I do like the second part. You flip the bottom up and out, slice almost all the way, then return the base and press on down to cut all the way through the apple. It's amazing and I really like the 16 cuts instead of 8. Enjoy yours. I do mine.