Hans!
You find the best stuff!! Love the mixers (all of them!)
You find the best stuff!! Love the mixers (all of them!)
Yard Estate sales...Goodwill Finds!
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thor
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Used books
Hans, when buying used books always put them inside a plastic bag and toss them inside the freezer for a couple of days, or even longer. That way you'll be sure to kill all guest mites and avoid cross-infecting your entire book collection or library!
Emilio
Hans, when buying used books always put them inside a plastic bag and toss them inside the freezer for a couple of days, or even longer. That way you'll be sure to kill all guest mites and avoid cross-infecting your entire book collection or library!
Emilio
Neat finds!!!Alas out my way Sat AM-NO good yardsales-just old clothes dumpted on a tarp and Baby clothes and other baby junk.
mixguy
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Mixers
With Sears mixer, the "Achillies heel" is the bowl which is fragile, "Melamine" plastics tend to get brittle with age. Have you ever tried this mixer to make cookie dough? Also how does the beater attach? does it have "nibs" like most two beater mixers? could that beater 'strip" the nibs off when mixing a heavy load? like a fruitcake or cookie dough. One has to wonder about useful capacity? Could one double a standard cake recipe and not have batter flying out the spinning bowl? How effective is the breaking mechanism?
In 1950, a Mixmaster sold for 39.50 and the price included a juicer and two glass bowls.
With Sears mixer, the "Achillies heel" is the bowl which is fragile, "Melamine" plastics tend to get brittle with age. Have you ever tried this mixer to make cookie dough? Also how does the beater attach? does it have "nibs" like most two beater mixers? could that beater 'strip" the nibs off when mixing a heavy load? like a fruitcake or cookie dough. One has to wonder about useful capacity? Could one double a standard cake recipe and not have batter flying out the spinning bowl? How effective is the breaking mechanism?
In 1950, a Mixmaster sold for 39.50 and the price included a juicer and two glass bowls.
retromania
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Kenmore Mixer
Cool!!
Cool!!
ronhic
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In 1950, a Mixmaster sold for 39.50
I find that amazing.
The mixmaster was the equivalent of 6 weeks wages when production started in Australia in 1948....Average wages were equivalent to AUD $21.80. So that's well north of AUD$120 or 3 times the cost of the same machine in the US.
However 6 weeks average wages today, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is approximately $9000!
www.abs.gov.au
I find that amazing.
The mixmaster was the equivalent of 6 weeks wages when production started in Australia in 1948....Average wages were equivalent to AUD $21.80. So that's well north of AUD$120 or 3 times the cost of the same machine in the US.
However 6 weeks average wages today, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is approximately $9000!
6302.0 - Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, Nov 2013
norgeway
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Re Kenmore..
The beater attaches somewhat like a Sunbeam,a slot in the end of the shaft, the bowl is about 3 quarts, and yep//it will plow thru cookie dough like a knife thru butter.
The beater attaches somewhat like a Sunbeam,a slot in the end of the shaft, the bowl is about 3 quarts, and yep//it will plow thru cookie dough like a knife thru butter.
So Hans
the Kenmore mixer bowl turns slowly under the beater? Slower than a Mixmaster because of the breaking?
Neat looking machine!
Why did Kelly like those pie plates better than glass? I always meant to ask him.
the Kenmore mixer bowl turns slowly under the beater? Slower than a Mixmaster because of the breaking?
Neat looking machine!
Why did Kelly like those pie plates better than glass? I always meant to ask him.
norgeway
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Kenmore bowl....
The bowl locks onto a turntable that has a geared braking mechanism, it only lets the bowl turn at a slow speed, I will post some detailed pictures.
The bowl locks onto a turntable that has a geared braking mechanism, it only lets the bowl turn at a slow speed, I will post some detailed pictures.
mixguy
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Baking cake in glass or ceramic "pans"
Baking cakes in heatproof glass or ceramic pans I usually reduce the temperature 25 degrees F. The reduction in temperature & heat retention of the pan allows for a more even rise for the cake. I have baked cake layers using pyrex cake pans for yrs.
Baking cakes in heatproof glass or ceramic pans I usually reduce the temperature 25 degrees F. The reduction in temperature & heat retention of the pan allows for a more even rise for the cake. I have baked cake layers using pyrex cake pans for yrs.
mixguy
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Fostoria Mixer
McGraw-Edison was not known for making a very durable mixer. The mixer was featured in an Alden or Spiegal catalog around 1964-1966. Consumer Reports test models failed the durability test.
McGraw-Edison was not known for making a very durable mixer. The mixer was featured in an Alden or Spiegal catalog around 1964-1966. Consumer Reports test models failed the durability test.
norgeway
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You are right!!
It was just strange looking, thats why I wanted it!
It was just strange looking, thats why I wanted it!
