On Sun, 06 Aug 2017 21:21:43 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Sun 06 Aug 2017 03:33:10a, told us...
>
>> 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.
>
>Once you buy one of these powerful stand mixers, you seldom need to
>by another one. Where I lived at the time I never saw a Kenwood for
>sale, although I had read about them. Do you take your Kenwood apart
>to oil it? The KA has no oiling hole, so I'd have to disassemble it
>to do so. My KA has always made a bit of noise, espcially on high
>speed, but I have nothing to compare ot to.

There used to be a poster on the bread group who regularly took his KA
apart to service it. He wrote up the instructions and I believe
posted them. I can't remember his name (Barry?) Maybe if Graham
reads this he can help or perhaps Ophelia.
Janet US