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PENMART01 wrote:
>
> In article >,
> writes:
>
> >The plastic gear are there to protect the remainder of the transmission
> >should
> >the user try to mix something that is just too heavy for the mixer, usually a
> >heavy dough. There are warnings on the manuals that state you should not try
> >to mix more than a certain amount of dough. Mine says 6 cups of flour, I
> >think. At the 63% hydration I use that is about 48 ounces of dough, enough
> >for
> >two loaves.
> >
> >I understand that this (a plastic gear in the power train) is a common design
> >feature of most stand mixers, not just KA. It is like a fuse.
>
> Idiot. Why engineer a machine to self-destruct rather than incorporating a
> basic friction clutch... because the KA stand mixer is an extremely poorly
> designed cheaply made piece of crap.

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