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Chris is correct, the mixer was an Australian design and spawned the power plant in all future Sunbeam Mixmasters. They are extremely quiet and very powerful. Unlike most governor controlled mixers this one will increase in speed regardless of the load. It gets pretty wild when you have a bowl of cookie dough and crank it up to speed 6. Its one of those critical thinking excercises when you ask yourself, "should I use both hands to hold the bowl, let loose and try to turn down the speed or just grab for the plug." The mixer makes great bread and it doesn't seem to be any problem for the motor to spin through the tackiest of batters. The same motor was used in the Classic rerelease for the anniversary model and is still used in the 4 quart models on the market today. They are non repairable, have a two year over the counter warrantee and have oneweakness, a fuseable link that burns through if the mixer is overtaxed for a long period of mixing. I have never understood why the fuse is there to save the motor if its not made to be repaired. I bought one new to see how it worked and then gave it my sister who is still using it as her daily driver. A slightly larger wattage version of the same motor is used in the Sunbeam Heritage series which are also quiet but seem to have lots of issues with the motorized bowl drive.
