I've been making big round sourdough loaves for a year and a half. My slicing with a knife sucks, especially since my skills have improved and the loaf is high and soft inside. I freeze the sliced loaf. My Zassenaus slicer is on its way today. I appreciate the guide you added, but I don't expect to feel the need, since other bakers like it the way it is. My late Dad would totally have added the guide!

@PraxisAdventures

10 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy it and don't feel you need to add the guide. But if you ever do feel the need to add it, It's not a huge deal to do it. Best luck with it. Mine is one of my favorite tools in the kitchen and I used it all the freaking time!

Great work on adding the metal slice guide, very nicely done! Looks professional! I am about to order one of these slicers but I've read so many negative comments on the slices hitting the handle, so I was debating spending another $80 to get the multi colored slicer that comes with a guide. For the price you already pay I think every color should come with a guide. After seeing your review I'll buy the one without a guide and figure out something to add like you did. I saw someone else who bent backwards a pair of metal tongs and fastened to theirs, and simply taped it in place. A couple of metal screws would definitely be better, but its still an easy and inexpensive solution. Thanks for posting this video!!

@PraxisAdventures

7 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found this video helpful! If you add a guide, you might consider adding it a wee bit lower than I showed mine in the video. I suppose I placed it at that height with a bit of "aspirational exuberance" in regard to how fluffy and tall my loafs would always come out. Sometimes I'll bake a loaf and it's a bit on the squat side, so the guide (as I attached it) is a little too high to help. So just something to keep in mind when you design and place yours. As far as the slicer itself, it has got to be one of my top 2 or 3 kitchen tools that I'm SO glad I bought. It's got a big price tag, but given that I haven't had to buy a single loaf of sliced bread since I got it, it's definitely paid for itself. Good luck!

Great detailed video. Definitely helped in deciding which model to purchase.

@PraxisAdventures

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad it helped. When I bought mine I felt like it was a bit of a leap of faith. It's always nice to see someone else who's used something first to get a real sense of how it operates. Mine's still going strong... though I wish I had placed my guard a little lower on the unit. That height was a bit "aspirational"; my bread ain't always that high and fluffy! ;)

@stitcherscottage

6 ай бұрын

@@PraxisAdventures Thank you. After reading some of the reviews on Amazon, the one and two star, it appears there might be quality problems with the handles and also no additional blades available if necessary. They do have one now with a bar design and folds up but more costly. I’m going to have to really give this more thought. Glad it works for you.

@PraxisAdventures

6 ай бұрын

I'm a big fan of always checking out the 1 and 2 star reviews too. To the points you referenced about the handle and the blade replacements, I'd suggest that one of the things I like about this device is that it's easy to disassemble and reassemble to service parts. So if you DID have some sort of an issue with the handle, it should be easy to just go in and tighten something and get it working. That said, I haven't had any issues w my handle. As for the blade, I'm exactly like you too. When I buy something with a part that can wear out, I often buy the replacement part right then when I make the initial purchase (in case the product gets discontinued and parts are no longer sold years later when I need them). The blade on this isn't something I think would require a replacement part because the blade is really easy to sharper. It has a bit of a wave to it, but it's not serrated or anything, so a simple disassembly and metal file to sharpen would be what I'd do (someday) if it ever gets dull. From how it feels to me, the blade is VERY sharp and made of hard steel, so I think it might never get to a point where I'd feel I'd need to sharpen it. I hope that helps a bit. And I know it sounds like I'm a salesman for these things. I hope it's obvious that I'm not, but I AM a big fan of products that I think are well made (they're rare these days), and this (IMO) is definitely one of them... with the exception of the fact that they should ALL come with a guide pre-attached! ;)@@stitcherscottage

Very nice fix sir. If I end up buying one of these could you make and send me one. For a price of course. We are still shopping around. Bread looks good!

@PraxisAdventures

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind making one for you - but the issue would be that a fair bit of the work put into this fix was put into modifications to the triangular piece that the finger was attached to . Two holes needed to be drilled and then tapped out on it. That said, I think using silicone glue to glue a finger on would work just fine too. My dad and I were just being over-engineers when we were doing the work. The fix really doesn't need to be as involved as what we did here. literally, bending a wire clothes hanger into a long loop and gluing one end to the machine's "fin" would work just fine. In fact, I noticed when I made the link to the machine on amazon where people could purchase one, that the company has a version of this machine WITH a finger made out of a wire loop now. As for why they don't put it on all their versions of the machine, and why they change an extra 90 dollars or something like that for the silver version of the machine with the wire loop, I can't say - but clearly, the company is suddenly now aware that a loop is needed.

@lshwadchuck5643

10 ай бұрын

@@PraxisAdventures I just looked it up. The one with the loop is also chrome-finished and the base has a countertop surface, plus the base folds up, reducing the footprint. Oh, and a more sophisticated thickness adjuster. None of which I'd be willing to pay so much more for.

I enjoyed you video. Have you had experience with the nut coming apart from the adjusting knob and trying to get it back in place to work?

@PraxisAdventures

10 ай бұрын

I haven't had any issues with that. I had to disassemble that part in order to do the fix that I describe in this video and (as I recall... which isn't a 100% guarantee of anything these days) that nut was one of those nuts with the plastic element built in that prevents it from loosening. If there ever WERE an issue, the nut could easily be replaced with a new one or maybe Loctite could be applied. That's one of the things I like about devices like this, people can actually service them ourselves. So many tools today are made in a way where if they stop working, servicing them is difficult or impossible.

When you added the guide that keeps the slice from falling over, did you tap a thread into the body and use a short screw, or are the screws protruding? I was thinking of using a pop rivet to keep the profile down.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I tapped the hole that I drilled right in the machine, and then filed them down so they wouldn't protrude at all. I bet pop rivets wouldn't be much a problem if you did it that way though. Bread should probably slide right over them.

What is the make and model of your wood stove? Youf bread looks like it taste great!

@PraxisPrepper

11 ай бұрын

It's an Encore made by Vermont Castings. It's a great all around stove for cooking over.

What about turning the crank in the other direction? You were turning it clockwise, what about turning it counter clockwise? Is the blade directional? Could it be reversed? Otherwise great vid and very clean solution.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I see what you mean. Turning the crank in the opposite direction swaps the direction of the blade's rotation. So it'd pull up on the loaf as it cut. I feel that cutting down offers better control. Even with a tweak like that though, the crank would still tap the bread with every rotation. But your right that it'd be a less problematic strike direction.

Interesting bread slicer review, but what I'm most interested in is your oven. Can you give a bit more information on it, please.

@PraxisAdventures

7 ай бұрын

I sure can, but I'm not sure what you're asking about. When I open the oven in this video, the silver rack is visible, but I don't think that would require much explanation. Can you let me know what you were curious about so I can answer better?

@barbevans5318

7 ай бұрын

@@PraxisAdventures wanting to know what brand it is and how it works . Seems like a brilliant idea, but I've never seen one. I'm in Australia.

@PraxisAdventures

7 ай бұрын

Oh, the oven itself. YES it's wonderful! And somewhat hard to get a hold of one. It's an incredibly obvious and brilliant idea - an oven that's "on" all the time as long as there's a fire going (which is most of the winter... although not THIS winter it's been super warm so far). I made a video about that oven and it's on my other channel. Here's a link to it. It has all the info. I made the video pretty soon after installing it to go over the features. It's continued to work great. The only downside is a reduction in the draft of the stove during startup. My pipe is super straight right out of the woodstove, so I have a really strong draft to begin with. But installing this over a stove without a preexisting great draft might present a little challenge in lighting the stove. But other than that, this oven is all upsides and no downsides. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYCcqqibfaWzh9Y.html@@barbevans5318

might have been a more effective video if you had actually sliced bread.They already have a bracket..you bought the cheap one

@PraxisAdventures

6 ай бұрын

I hate comments like this. Not because they're negative. I frequently learn a lot from comments offering critiques. Comments like this are the worst because they're just windows into the empty unhappiness of the writer. You complained about the video not showing bread be sliced. I have no recollection of whether that's true or not, but if it is, who the heck (that matters) can't imagine what bread being sliced looks like. You then commented that if people buy the (WAY) more expensive one, they can get the (totally necessary) guide attached for them. This video is for people clever enough to buy the much cheaper version, but still achieve the function of the expensive one. I don't mean to harsh on you too terribly much. But I would suggest you think to yourself why you waste your time writing comments like this complaining about the trifles you focused on here... to say nothing of you complaining about some video someone made for you for free. Again, i'm not rying to harsh on you and (to your credit) your comment wasnt inflamatory or particularly impolitely written or anything. But it's just so negative and pessimistic. I wish people like you were less prone to complain and more prone to create your own videos and share your ideas with the world instead of just nit picking. Again, i'm not trying to give you a hard time for the sake of giving you a hard time. I'm only trying to give you a window on how your comments are percieved by others.