Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

WOW! Defect after defect after defect! I bought this after completely disregarding all the negative reviews. I'm in the restaurant business and know that often times people misuse kitchen tools then mistake them for faulty products. Now, having written that, I AM A FOOL! I read all I could about grinding and sausage making for 2 days before pulling this out of the box. Excited to get started, I washed it then tried to assemble it. 1st problem- the grind plate did not fit on the shaft. The shaft was slightly oval and the hole in the grind plate was perfectly round. I decided to try the other plate and it fit on just enough to assemble the entire unit. 2nd problem- I was screwing it to the counter and the small round part of the clamp that actually meets the underside of the counter- BROKE OFF! I decided to screw it into the underside of the counter anyway. I situated my small cubes of nearly frozen beef and with crossed fingers and hopes high put them in the feeder, gave it a good 10 or 12 cranks then heard an awful grinding noise followed by a snap. Upon further investigation I found the meat that did actually make it out of the grind end was full of metal shavings and the grind plate (which is supposed to remain stationary) was spinning. Apparently the snap sound was the small pin that holds the plate in place. Upon dis-assemblage I noticed the other end of the round screw shaft (opposite the end which I wrote was oval earlier) that runs down the center of the unit was completely round but nested into a semi-oval opening. Shame on you Weston for wasting my time, money and meat!