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On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:51:41 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 11:47:11 AM UTC-5, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> I hope I never have to replace a part on my vintage large KitchenAid
>> stand mixer that was made by Hobart. It's been in regular use for
>> decades.
>>
> They use the same parts as when the company started in the early 1920's.
> What fit an early model will fit a modern model and vice versa.

Kitchenaid switched to plastic gears in most of the machines in the
early 2000's - they used to be metal. And the food grinder
attachment (at least) used to be all metal. Now it's mostly
plastic.

So while the parts may be interchangeable, they're not of the same
materials.

-sw