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Although his choices in color for the paint job is a bit silly, at least he did a good job with it. The paint is nice and smooth.
 
Who would put it out in their kitchen?

Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies!
 
The paint may be smooth, but the decals are all crooked & the stripes on the bowls are terrible! Oh well, different strokes I guess.
 
Oh-no--What a good butcher job on a HB mixer!Wonder what HB has to say about this?Now are we going to see a JD tractor painted to look like a HB mixer in a future EBay auction??This is shocking.The perfect mixer for the farmer who has a JD tractor-hope he doesn't try to share the attachments!!Imagine the JD tractor with the HB juicer on it and the mixer with the bush hog?
 
That Poor-poor Sunbeam made up to look like a HD motorcycle--I am afraid that EBay seller needs to go to the funny farm.She or he is BUTCHERING beautiful machines.Please leave them orig.They forgot the saddlebags!!!Now we need a Sunbeam Motorcycle!This is ridiculus as the Hoover vac with the "Sparklies "in the other thread.How NOT to "Restore" or sell vintage appliances!!
 
Hey, that is pretty cool. A very good friend of mine collects John Deere memoribilia, and I know that if his wife would allow it to be displayed in the kitchen he would bid on it in a heartbeat.
 
Think that is bad, check this out - WARNING RANT

And sorry, but I am going to "rant" for a moment. Maybe I can get, no, take that back, I KNOW I will get a better more intelligent response from this forum. :-)

This photo was snatched from another forum I TRY to participate in, but, they keep rejecting my posts, because I got pissy with the forum moderators, after they kept rejecting my posts, for the most stupid reasons. Evidentally being nice, doesn't work.

All I wanted was a parts list for my K4-B. They had it, I sent my address, then they lost it, and I reposted, they said send it again, I did, they rejected my post, and this went on 2-3 more times. Oh I just left a REALLY nasty one this morning, and told them with a bunch of hateful devil face icons that I just didn't give a **&^%$** if they reject THAT post. Immature? Probably, but I don't **see above**. I'm sick of stupid people.

All I need is a parts list, so I can refurbish this KA. All I am missing is the set screw on her.

Instead, I think I am going to go to HD, or Lowes today and buy some braided hoses for the Maytag, and take the agitator off. I just hope and pray that in my heated "pissiness" I don't break something on her....

Thanks to Robert for a place to vent, rant, rage and stomp your feet, without serious reprimand and moderation.

This place will always rawk, all the others can take a flying leap up my @$$.

Thanks and good day to all.

C
 
WACEM

I belong to a yahoo group dedicated to mixers, hence WACEM, we actually collect electric mixers. The moderator is opinionated and overly cautious. The members are warm and supportive and off the site support and help each other. Kitchen Aid has an unbelievable telephone support system and you may find answers there. If the mixer isn't mixing, there is a shear pin designed to shear (concept) under heavy loads or jams. It is easy to replace and does not have to be KA issue. I had a disapointing experience with a new Kitchen Aid Pro 5 and shared it on line. Turns out there was a VP of market from Kitchen Aid, who was a lurker. He began to get too aggressive in spouting party line and trying to make us all believe the product was imroved with the Whirlpool merger and that every nut, part and screw turn was an American origin. As soon as members began holding his feet to the fire, we were all made to remove any post on the thread and agree to talk nice. AutomaticWashers is an amazing group because of the bond and the fact I am in the first place in my life I don't have to defend of explain myself. You make my heart warm and my eyes moist, guys!
Kelly
 
Wow Kelly, is this still Nancy we're talking about? I used to participate in that group years ago when it first formed, but haven't in a long time. It's too bad that sort of thing is going on.
 
Besides Kitchen aid mixers having a shear pin,there are also theatre projectors made in the 1940's & 1950's having a shear pin necessary for use with polyester film which are the 35 millimeter projectors made by Brenkert.
 
Aaah, another theater buff here! I used to run the Simplex XL projectors at a local theater here that was built in 1928. They are still running the Peerless Magnarc's and changeovers. They too, have the shear pins becasue that polyester can S-T-R-E-T-C-H! Luckily, I never experienced a jam. They built projectors much more reliable when they also had to be designed to run with nitrate films!

We also have one of those old Brenograph slide projectors there too!
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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
 

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