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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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It’s Never The Motor Brushes

By Rich Siegel Posted on February 27, 2021 Posted in Repair Stories, Tech Tips

So, in “Hard Luck Cases“, I mentioned learning a valuable lesson. When I got the mixer on the bench, I didn’t even plug it in to see if it ran. Once I saw its overall condition, with the corroded power …

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Keep The Spring In Your Spring

By Rich Siegel Posted on February 14, 2021 Posted in Tech Tips
Keep The Spring In Your Spring

Do you have a “bowl-lift” mixer, like a K5, KSM5, or any of the “Professional” series? Here’s a tip: when you’re not using the mixer, let the bowl rest gently on the bowl spring — don’t snap it in. (You …

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