danemodsandy
Well-known member
Hello:
I cannot believe someone would do this for me, but our own Kelly sent me a gift, something I've been looking for for a long time.
It's a Dormeyer Model 5700 Princess stand mixer. I grew up with a Dormeyer, a Model 5100 Mixwell. The Mixwell was a white-painted machine with milk glass bowls.
This Princess is exactly like the Mixwell, except that it is chrome-plated instead of the painted finish and has a black handle instead of the Mixwell's grey one. It was available with stainless bowls, although the milk-glass ones were standard.
The one Kelly sent me is a terrific machine. To begin with, its chrome is in good shape, which is not always the case with chrome-plated pot-metal mixers that are about 53 years old (the Princess was introduced in '57). And it has the little slide-off cover for the power take-off (the port where the meat grinder attaches), which is a huge plus, because it's an impossible-to-find part. The mixer has also been correctly updated to a heavy-duty three-wire cord, in a proper black colour.
I am looking for some parts to make this dream machine complete:
1) I am looking for a set of Dormeyer stainless bowls, both the large and the small size. Despite what one sees on certain Internet appliance parts sites, Sunbeam bowls do not work properly with Dormeyers.
2) I am looking for a turntable, the part the bowl sits on. These were available in chrome, black and white, and I am hoping to find a chrome one. However, one of the other colours would be fine, since one could be sprayed black and would match the machine's handle.
3) There is rubber stripping on the base of the stand, to prevent the stand scratching your counters. This has deteriorated a bit since '57 (as have I, come to think of it), and if anyone knows of a source, I'd be very grateful to know of it.
If anyone has any of these needs in their parts stash, I'd be very interested. I can be reached at [email protected] . I have also alerted the Yahoo! mixer group, WACEM (We Actually Collect Electric Mixers), and have also set up an eBay alert, so those bases are already covered.
I will do anything legal or moral to obtain these parts!
Here's a picture of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Dormeyer, in "as-sent" condition from the seller (not Kelly; Kelly had this drop-shipped to me):
I cannot believe someone would do this for me, but our own Kelly sent me a gift, something I've been looking for for a long time.
It's a Dormeyer Model 5700 Princess stand mixer. I grew up with a Dormeyer, a Model 5100 Mixwell. The Mixwell was a white-painted machine with milk glass bowls.
This Princess is exactly like the Mixwell, except that it is chrome-plated instead of the painted finish and has a black handle instead of the Mixwell's grey one. It was available with stainless bowls, although the milk-glass ones were standard.
The one Kelly sent me is a terrific machine. To begin with, its chrome is in good shape, which is not always the case with chrome-plated pot-metal mixers that are about 53 years old (the Princess was introduced in '57). And it has the little slide-off cover for the power take-off (the port where the meat grinder attaches), which is a huge plus, because it's an impossible-to-find part. The mixer has also been correctly updated to a heavy-duty three-wire cord, in a proper black colour.
I am looking for some parts to make this dream machine complete:
1) I am looking for a set of Dormeyer stainless bowls, both the large and the small size. Despite what one sees on certain Internet appliance parts sites, Sunbeam bowls do not work properly with Dormeyers.
2) I am looking for a turntable, the part the bowl sits on. These were available in chrome, black and white, and I am hoping to find a chrome one. However, one of the other colours would be fine, since one could be sprayed black and would match the machine's handle.
3) There is rubber stripping on the base of the stand, to prevent the stand scratching your counters. This has deteriorated a bit since '57 (as have I, come to think of it), and if anyone knows of a source, I'd be very grateful to know of it.
If anyone has any of these needs in their parts stash, I'd be very interested. I can be reached at [email protected] . I have also alerted the Yahoo! mixer group, WACEM (We Actually Collect Electric Mixers), and have also set up an eBay alert, so those bases are already covered.
I will do anything legal or moral to obtain these parts!
Here's a picture of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Dormeyer, in "as-sent" condition from the seller (not Kelly; Kelly had this drop-shipped to me):
