On Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:41:33 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:



>>>
>>>My FP has been in regular heavy duty use for well over 30 years
>>>and I've had no blade problem, but better safe with the new blade
>>>than sorry with the old one.
>>
>> I think I bought mine about 1977 - I did replace the blade maybe
>> sometime in the early 90s. Thinking about it, I give it top
>> points. Doubt one can buy anything that would last as long these
>> days!
>>
>
>I checked my file folder of small appliance books, receipts, and
>warantees a sort while ago. I purchsed both my KA 5 qt. stand mixer
>and my Chisinart Professional PRo 14 cup FP in the mid-1970s. I
>doubt that the current models of either of these are as good as the
>originals, as both have seen really heavy duty use. I know that KA
>had some gear problemts some years ago when they tried to switch from
>metal gears to either nylon or plastic. My KA was made by Hobart,
>but the newer ones are not.
>
>I have kneaded almost everything in one or the other machines,
>depending on quantity. I've never had really good arm strengh for
>hand kneading, except for a short finish.

I have a Kenwood stand mixer I bought about 1969, still going strong.
I do give the works a feed of oil every few years. It's a bit on the
noisy side now, but I don't really mind that.