and apparently threw away the box too soon, because for the life of me, I can't figure out how to open it out to get to and switch out the blades, so I'm stuck using the straight cut when I use it.

(Edit: and, btw, Happy Birthday

...which is why I decided spending $50 for something that just slices and dices was a good idea. And that's why I have a Cusinart coffeemaker (I got fed up with Mr. Coffee's leaking every single time I poured a cup). I also had a cheapo mandoline ten years ago...was more of a pain to use and didn't do a good job. I also bought a cheap spiral cutter recently that is a ridiculous piece of junk. Finding reviews of stuff you're interested in is one of the best uses of the internet in my opinion (as long as you read enough of them and make sure they're 'real' reviews.

and "angel hair" slaws and the blade is not removable. It set me back about six bucks 20 years ago and I don't think the price has come up. I also have a large plastic mandoline with several blades, including a coarse grating blade. I use the two of them much more than the food processor because cleanup is such a relative breeze.

However, special gloves won't protect you unless they're made of chain mail. Use that finger guard. I learned about that the hard way when I made slaw with thumb and still have a very interesting scar.

Erich,
You can probably go online and look for the manual for this product, or post the model and the name and someone may have one and can tell you how to take it apart.
I look online for manuals all the time because I buy things from yard sales and estate sales and thrift stores and always, the instruction manual is missing. I usually PDF the manuals into my computer and print out the pages I need.
Good luck.

I don't know that I know the model, but I can probably find it through google image search, and go looking for a manual from that.

I looked it up on Google images and must say, a very attractive kitchen device. What color is yours?



Cher

i thought about the green, but the white will kind of blend in with everything else in my kitchen.
I find myself planning meals now around anything sliced!

I've had my OXO for 15 years and it has held up amazingly well.