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Graham

On 2018-09-19 10:22 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> 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.

I think that they have gone back to metal.