In article >,
says...
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> On Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:41:33 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
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> >>>
> >>>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.

My 1969 Kenwood Chefette hand mixer died earlier this year. Heart
attack; it just dropped dead, no time to say goodbye. It was my first
ever kitchen toy. (sob>

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Beaters-for...Chefette-A375-
Mixer/1523289189?iid=322460712975

The "liquidiser" attachment broke decades ago but the variable speed
motor and beaters lasted 48 years. I need it for meringue so I hotfooted
off to buy another.

To my amazement Kenwood still make an almost identical handmixer and
the price hasn't changed. Though in 1969, £20 was a week's pay :-)

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/...ers--mixers---
food-processors-44/kenwood-hm520-hand-mixer-125130562-p-44

Janet UK