Need Help Finding Beaters

[xraytech]

I have these two very nice General Electric hand mixers I'd like to use, but unfortunately neither one has beaters.

I was hoping someone here has a spare set or two they could sell me.

Sam

 

[mixguy]

GE M 47 Hand Mixers

Something I noticed these mixers. GE had two "runs" of this model. It was first introduced 1960, looking like the while model pictured. It had a hole in the rear vent to accept a knife sharpener attachment, which turned at actual motor speed. The mixer was available in white, canary yellow, aqua (turquoise) petal pink, and sandlewood (beige). The later run of the same model did not have the hole to allow the knife sharpener to attach and also had a mix guide printed on the body (esclutcheon plate) like the harvest gold model pictured. Other colors of the model include flame (red-orange) and avocado. I have never seen one in coppertone or chocolate brown. CR in the 1960s downrated this model for not having a mix guide printed on the mixer as on earlier GE models (M 17, 27) This was one of the most successful portable mixer models sold by GE.

 

[xraytech]

While I'm sure these will be quite nice when I can get beaters, I'm really fond of my M-68 10 speed model

 

[ovrphil]

M47

So that's what the hole is for!? I have the light yellow...and think only one set of beaters, but I'll look to see if I have a duplicate and let you know.

Love the design, easy to use, and wouldn't mind having two more in other colors.

(This is mine, after the thrift store purchase, cleaning it up)

 

[rp2813]

That's the same light yellow that I have. 

 

I saw the knife sharpener attachment on eBay recently. 

 

[mixguy]

GE Hand Mixer Beaters

GE during the 1960s also changed beater designs. and are not interchangeable. Early GE beaters wobbled a bit and sometimes "clanged" during use. GE mixers of the 50s and 60s had only about an inch of the shaft inserted in the motor. Later mixers had a longer beater shaft in which about 2" were inserted into the mixer body.

 

[danemodsandy]

Would Somebody....

....Do Sam a favor and post a photo of the correct beaters alongside a ruler?

The reason I ask is that beaters are probably as close as Sam's nearest thrift store, if only he knew what to look for. I have found some really rare beaters (like an early set for my Dormeyer Princess) in thrifts because I knew what I was looking at. Many thrifts have big baskets of loose beaters going begging, because only a few shoppers have any idea what the beaters they want look like.

A good-sized, sharp photo with a ruler for scale would probably help Sam as much as anything. I don't have a GE mixer, or I'd do this myself.

Sam: If someone posts a photo, you need to pay very close attention to the small details of the beaters and get an exact match. Two beaters can look similar, and one will be all wrong.

Thanks!

 

[petek]

Here they are

Note the beaters are wider at the bottom than at the top. However I have numerous of these mixers and some of them have beaters which are the same width at the top as at the bottom.

 

[petek]

Here is the mixer with the optional knife sharpener attached and the tater masher. Some came with a drink mixer instead of a masher.

 

[ovrphil]

I had no idea that this mixer came with so many attachments ; I have one pair only, and they are more parallel in shape vs. trapezoidal.