Exploded View of a Bron Classic Mandoline
After a season of heavy use, I disassembled my Bron mandoline today to clean it. I took it *all* the way apart as food bits had gotten everywhere. Unfortunately, I did not think before doing so and now i have all the pieces clean and dry on the towel and no idea how they go back together.
Most of it is quite intuitive (side rails, stand, input table, main plate, crinkle cutter plate) but the order of assembly for the vertical slicer (julienne) blades has defeated me. Does anyone have an exploded view of the order of assembly for all the washers? The cutter section is easy (but tedious... long blade, washer, short blade, washer, lather, rinse, repeat) but the washers on the ends and where it goes thru the side plates are a mystery. Help! Does anyone have an exploded view that would show this order?
TIA, Steve
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Bron sent me an email that attaches a .pdf file with a description. I will try to convert that file to pictures and post them later tonight. It makes assembly much clearer, but is still not a complete description. As yayadave suggested, I ill be looking for a display model I can take pictures of and if I find one, I will be posting pictures.
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scubadoo97
Jan 4, 2010 12:48 PM
I've taken mine apart to sharpen the blade and to remove the row of curved cutting blades that never seemed to work as well as my cheap Japanese Benriner. That rod of curved blades quickly fell apart when I pulled the rod out that holds it together. Not to difficult to figure how it want back but I just found one of those blades in the garage. How did I miss one?
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yayadave
Jan 3, 2010 08:45 PM
Maybe you could take your digital camera to a store that has a Bron on display and take a lot of pictures. When you print them blown up, things get pretty clear. Usually works for me when I have something apart. Of course, it's nice if you think of taking lots of pictures before taking something apart.
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re: yayadave
Good idea! I'll go looking for a kittchen store near me with one on display (which should not be too hard here in DC).
I *should* have thoe pictures before disassembling it. It's SOP for me when I am working on complex mechanical things, but this seemed so simple... silly boy that I am :-(
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tim irvine
Jan 3, 2010 01:53 PM
This is likley not enough detail, but it shows you how to reach the company:
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re: tim irvine
Thank you, Tim, but you are right, not enough detail. I went to the Bron web site and submitted the same request for information as I did here. We shall see. If I do receive a response I will post it here (for my future reference if nothing else).
My failure to find a diagram on their web site or anywhere else on the web implies that I am the first to have this problem (thanks, world, for making me feel so smart! :-)
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