And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I have an ancient KitchenAid stand mixer (30+ years) that is still working well. But I see that they have put some limits on dough handling with the new machines. One of my friends, who makes a lot of bread, recently bought an Ankarsrum mixer. He says it really shades the KitchenAid he had....and it has a 7 year warranty. As I often joke with him, it's pretty sad when guys like us are talking about mixers instead of cars, guns and girls. Plus ça change. Eh, that's my French-Canadian side! Steve_in_Ottawa
Looked em up. Holy Kow! They start at $800. Way too rich for my blood. I've read the Kitchenaid now has nylon gears and they strip out easily. And they've cheapened other aspects as well.
Best bet is to find a 30+ year old one at a garage sale.
Get a used (broken) ksm55, ksm60, ksm70, then have mr mixer do the dc conversion. This gives you a proline 7 with a 1.3hp motor and a commercial quality gears. You can just about mix concrete with it. Yes it’s a bigger mixer than a tilt head. And you will spend on the project. You wind up with a whisper quiet tank of a mixer that will last forever.
If you insist on a smaller tilt head you want an Artisan. It has a much stronger motor. You can find second hand (functional) ones everywhere. A grease job and a new sacrificial gear and the spring holder for the beaters will set you back $50 or less. Always buy the factory part and make sure you get the proper kind of white grease.
Another tip: get the glass bowl. The steel bowls are made in India and don’t fully engage the locking ring.
On Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/@MrMixer316/shorts , Mr. Mixer, he's into Kitchen aid mixers, he shows you how to fix them, sells parts, does rebuilds & he's a entertaining. I've had one for years, different ones, but I get one when I have a kitchen for it.
I have an ancient KitchenAid stand mixer (30+ years) that is still working well. But I see that they have put some limits on dough handling with the new machines. One of my friends, who makes a lot of bread, recently bought an Ankarsrum mixer. He says it really shades the KitchenAid he had....and it has a 7 year warranty. As I often joke with him, it's pretty sad when guys like us are talking about mixers instead of cars, guns and girls. Plus ça change. Eh, that's my French-Canadian side! Steve_in_Ottawa
ReplyDeleteLooked em up. Holy Kow! They start at $800. Way too rich for my blood. I've read the Kitchenaid now has nylon gears and they strip out easily. And they've cheapened other aspects as well.
DeleteBest bet is to find a 30+ year old one at a garage sale.
Get a used (broken) ksm55, ksm60, ksm70, then have mr mixer do the dc conversion. This gives you a proline 7 with a 1.3hp motor and a commercial quality gears. You can just about mix concrete with it. Yes it’s a bigger mixer than a tilt head. And you will spend on the project. You wind up with a whisper quiet tank of a mixer that will last forever.
DeleteIf you insist on a smaller tilt head you want an Artisan. It has a much stronger motor. You can find second hand (functional) ones everywhere. A grease job and a new sacrificial gear and the spring holder for the beaters will set you back $50 or less. Always buy the factory part and make sure you get the proper kind of white grease.
Another tip: get the glass bowl. The steel bowls are made in India and don’t fully engage the locking ring.
On Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/@MrMixer316/shorts , Mr. Mixer, he's into Kitchen aid mixers, he shows you how to fix them, sells parts, does rebuilds & he's a entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI've had one for years, different ones, but I get one when I have a kitchen for it.