Poor Mixer

[mixedup]

What's wrong with this picture?

Ok I'm having a little too much fun with mixed up mixers on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-CHROME-...276272514QQcategoryZ11653QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[mixfinder]

Model 1-7A

This is a 1-7A, marketed in 1975 with a 225 watt motor and a year later with a 235 watt motor. It could have been an excellent machine. Loud because of vents cut into the motor housing to move more air for cooling it shared a similar housing to the previous model. The switch, from the previous MM model run, was used on the 1-7A. Sadly, it was not up to the challenge and failed due to overheating rather quickly. The MM series had 175 watt motors in the roll out in 67-68 and then 220 watts in 1970. Not the most stellar performer Sunbeam made, but hands down, far and away the most maintence free and dependable. The model 12 was revered, amoung the majority of collectors as Sunbeam's best work. They needed regular oiling, which most homemakers never did and the bearings scored and the spindles froze. Properly cared for they quiet and powerful.
There is more Sunbeams mixers, from 1957 to 1990, than you ever cared to know.
Kelly

 

[mixedup]

Well...

That's a lot of great info, but what I was trying to point out was that the seller had a dough hook attached at the top! An interesting way to try to make bread indeed. Anyway, I thought it was good for a laugh.
Virginia

 

[tolivac]

Was the 1928 theater you worked as a projectionist the Byrd?I have several pipe organ recordings of their Organ!Glad the place is still maintained and USED.On polyester film-I had the same problem with reel-reel tape recorders at the radio stations I worked in.when standard acetate tape breaks-its a clean break and can be easily spliced--and the spliced won't be noticed on future playback.On the "Mylar" or polyester tape-like the polyester motion picture film-the "stretched" section is impossible to splice without loosing program-and in the case of the film-several frames of the program and sound.Some projectionist that I knew commented that "you could practically tow a car with polyester film"Another commented that his projector was slowly being pulled off its mounts from a jammed film before he stopped it.That I would have liked to have seen.I have seen tape machine parts BENT from tapes breaking from fast winding.Tension arms are vulnerable from that.I haven't tried those experimants-have sevral film trailers in my movie media collection.Trying to keep them intact.Just need to get a film winder so I can play some of those on my Holmes Portable 35MM projector.I have a small projector collection.Got the Holmes from someone that had it sitting in his garage.Was built in the early 40's-The mechanism works flawlessly.Also it needs the sound amp.that was missing. In the Holmes "package" they had the projector,an amplifier,and a speaker.The amp provided the power for the soundhead photo tube and amplified its signal to drive the speaker.The Holmes systems were used by the Navy at one time to play training and entertainment films aboard ships.The Navy Holmes and Devry projectors are prized by movie equipment collectors.

 

[toggleswitch]

Still and her armatures are still tightly wound.

LOL oh Kelly. You KILL me.

 

[mixfinder]

Still Tightly Wound

I am slowly learning to offer myself escape from absolute statements. My mom used to say, "You can't be convicted for what you think. Its when you open your mouth you get in trouble!"
On the WACEM site, a VP of Marketing, with a popular appliance manufacturer jumped in a thread and began to challenge many member opinions and beliefs about the value and quality of new appliances as well as the origin of their manufacturer. Some of us challenged him. I had to be really careful, as much of my information came from 2 owners of factory authorized service centers, who were friends. It would'nt take much to figure out the association and who they were. I pulled back and steamed, but a few die hards went for the throat. Nancy acquiesed to the VP, strongly encourgaed each of us to delete our posts and later was treated to a tour and VIP handling at the company in question. Many of those pictures now reside on the WACEM site.
Once in a while, when I can't resist, I respond to assist someone in repairing our sourcing Sunbeam parts, but delete the post after the info is shared.
It was really hurtful to me. Many of you who share passions about collecting and using vintage appliance can understand what it felt like to finally find a forum and voice to all the passion and then be shunned for being honest.
I want to be circumspect (what else could I be!) on this site but hope to be honest and accepted as well.
Thrilled and scared, like a Virgin at a Prison Rodeo!
Kelly

 

[petek]

The popular appliance manufacturer was KitchenAid I believe. I don't go on that site much but remember seeing some of it.

 

[mixfinder]

Outed

OMG!! You just outed me! Now I will in live fear of the WACEM group, lead by Nancy and bunch of torch bearing KitchenAid employees, coming to my house and ripping out my computer! Help me!! Quick, I need a new member identity. Alas, I'll have to go underground and join a Dodge Ram group like the one in Maytag finds a New Home!
Kelly

 

[Maytagmom]

More whining from Moi

The kitchen aid website (forum) is the one I referred to in my above post.

I'm familiar with the WACEM site, but I'm not a member.

I get ticked everytime I go to KA. I know....don't go there...but I do, and I keep trying to get them to (nicely, until the other day) respond to my request for the list.
I have been trying to get this parts list 6 months!!!
And after so many emails, posts, etc.. I have given up. I will put them up there on the Crappy Customer Service Pedestal, along with Dell, and Southwestern
Bell *cough* AT & T, and Conn's Appliances.

KitchenaidRita, or KitchenaidLeah, or whoever the hell is moderator, at the time, don't steer members who ask question about their vintage mixers in the right direction. It almost seems to me as the moderators are saying. "Ahh, that's an old mixer, forget that and buy one of these new ones".

As far as finding a parts list. I will keep searching.

Sorry for the rant (AGAIN!).
It's a sore spot with me, that won't go away. (until I get that parts list)
C

 

[DADoES]

I think KA hires their moderators off the street.

 

[petek]

Actually they're are probably over in Bombay and never even seen a KA Mixer

 

[mixfinder]

All home grown

The story on WACEM went:
Every piece of raw material, part and concept is from US soil.
Every employee and their function, in the big picture, takes place on US soil.
Everything manufactured now is vastly superior to the older products.
It is safer for the poeple using them at home to get rid of the old and embrace the new.
There is a two year, over the phone replacement policy, answered in the US, by US citizens, on many appliances rendering repair and parts obsolete.
UPS picks up the broken and delivers the operational.
If you don't believe and agree with that, please delete any posts you have made that challenge the new belief system.
See the nice pictures of my tour.
That was how I remember the chain of posts, in my own, unbiased and un opinionated memory.
Kelly