Vintage hand held electric mixers...like 'em?

[rp2813]

Jetsons

Todd, I agree that Pete's "top shelf" GE's look like they were designed by Jane Jetson's hairdresser.

I picked one up recently and it included the single drink mixer attachment, so it lives in a drawer of the wet bar in the den.

 

[ronhic]

I can only agree....

....I've one of the GE's too. Made in Australia, runs on 240V with box and the single drink mixer blade....

I also think they look very 'Star Trek'....

 

[circlew]

The design of those GE mixers reminds me of the Ford Thunderbird of the early 60's.

 

[rp2813]

Hey Mixer Guys!

If you ever come across a pair of beaters for this type, let me know.

 

[mixfinder]

Knee Action

The Oster knee action beaters are tear drop shape with long slots in the top of the beater spindle. Greg Gansky has one so maybe he can show you a picture so you have an idea what you're looking for. I will keep my eyes peeled.

 

[austinado16]

The Oster is fantastic!

I like Oster stuff alot....it's always unique looking. That mixer is very cool and I hope you find beaters for it.

 

[rp2813]

Todd, you can find more info and pix of the "Knee Action" mixer in the thread link below (#30425 in Super).

Kelly, thanks for keeping an eye out. I've been looking, but am kind of amazed at how few loose beaters I'm finding to fish through at the thrift stores.

A Google/ebay search doesn't turn up anything "Knee Action" related other than an advertisement and owner's manual or two.

Oster "Knee Action" Hand Mixer (and a Toastmaster)

I just picked up this Oster mixer today at Salvation Army. I'm completely unfamiliar with it and would like to know more about it (vintage for sure) if anyone has information. The beaters are missing. It's very solid, and also very compact at only 6.5 inches from end to end. Perhaps a good...

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[ksdaddy]

Pink Jane Jetson GE

Picked this up at a thrift shop for a buck. It works but will need a massive cleaning and the switch is muddy. like it got cake mix spilled in it in 1960.

Any idea of the year? (I'm guessing 1960!)

 

[petek]

Not sure when the GE model debuted but it was still selling in 1974
73/74 Consumers Distributing catalog

 

[norgeway]

GE!

I think that model came out in 59, the first ones had a port in the back for a knife sharpener1

 

[austinado16]

A happy mixer day...

Scored a set of correct beaters for my turquois Jane Jetson GE today, so now my eject button works!

 

[mixfinder]

Longer

The beater ejectors on the handle require beaters with a slightly longer stem. Earlier model had a plastic lever under the beaters and you moved it to the side to pry the beaters out.

 

[austinado16]

Affirmative!

The new-to-me beaters are the right shaft length, and they are open at the business end (no shaft down the middle between the 4 beater blades).

 

[austinado16]

So there I was in the Goodwill..

Minding my own business....of course.

When I found this little 12 speed Model 91-3 Hamilton Beach mixer w/ cabinet, from July 1976.

 

[mixfinder]

Hamilton Beachiness

Another good performer but not quite as durable as the GE. These mixers tend to strip gears when mixing cold butter or lumps of brown sugar. Over time the windings loosen but all that said, a normal user would never have issues unbless it was the only mixer in the house. This model was also made as a stand model and in later years Scoville sold it with a bread hook.

 

[lordkenmore]

"a normal user would never have issues unbless it was the only mixer in the house."

Well, Kelly, I think many normal users in years gone by had only one hand mixer. My mother, for example, only had a single hand mixer to handle all mixing needs for many years. Plus very limited selection of other small appliances.

It is her lunatic son, better known here as Lord Kenmore, who insists on having countless small appliances, including a full shelf of coffee pots!

 

[lordkenmore]

This is only a guess...

but I think the style of Hamilton-Beach mixer (with plastic case/cabinet) shown above might also have been sold by Sears. At least, I've seen Sears mixers with plastic cases that look very similar. From what I know they had other companies do the actual manufacturing of small appliances. (Just like big appliances!)

 

[mixfinder]

Sears Clone

Through the 70's Hamilton Beach made hand mixers for Sears. LordK you have supported my opinion. I know lots of houses had only a hand mixer and if their only hand mixer was a Hamilton Beach of this design it might fail sooner than another brand. For us on this site having collections, some of them are never used.

 

[austinado16]

We were a 1 mixer household too

Mom had a Jane Jetson GE forever until she finally burned it up mixing Italian Wedding Cookie ("Pizzelle") Batter. That was a sad day.

 

[paulg]

Mom's mixers

My mom got a Sunbeam mixmaster in 1958 when she married. It never failed. Well, except for that little rubber thingy on the bottom of the beater that moves the bowl. It fell off in the batter and someone ate it but we don't know who. However she did get a small green and white GE portable mixer in about 1970 after I went to Dad and said "Mom needs new appliances!" He bought her a GE mixer and a GE coffeemaker to replace the Sunbeam vacuum coffeemaker that she hated (too messy). Sorry Sunbeam fans.
Well that little GE mixer plowed through everything for decades. I still have it but just keep it for sentimental reasons.
It's funny, since about 1970 every time I take a crap the toilet bowl spins. Perhaps I ate the part.