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Family Heirloom

By Rich Siegel Posted on June 27, 2021 Posted in History, Repair Stories, Vintage
Family Heirloom

Every so often I encounter someone with a really old machine that needs repair, or even just long-overdue maintenance. The owner is very reluctant to let the machine out of their sight, because it was a treasured gift, or handed …

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Plastic Mythology

By Rich Siegel Posted on March 11, 2021 Posted in History, Tech Tips
Plastic Mythology

There seems to be a trope going around that modern KitchenAid mixers are specifically inferior to vintage ones because their “gears are made of plastic” (or a similarly phrased complaint). This is categorically not true. All of the gears in …

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You Never Forget Your First…

By Rich Siegel Posted on February 8, 2021 Posted in History
You Never Forget Your First…

I don’t remember exactly how old I was when it arrived; I was just a kid. (Maybe ten or so.) Avocado green, because that’s how it was done in the 1970s. Our old Sunbeam Mixmaster had gone to the great …

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