Yesterdays thrifting find

[petek]

Turned out to be a good day and a bad one.

First off I was in Goodwill and spotted a Westinghouse roaster oven only to find that the glass insert in the lid had been smashed to smithereens inside along with the racks.. How disappointing is that so I left it..

Then I ran across a vintage Sony reel to reel Tapecorder model 102 at Value Village, minus the cord so I couldn't test it. The mic was also missing as well.. So I left that. If someone wants one desperately I could go get it and mail it but I don't even know if it works and it looks quite dirty. THey're asking $17 and shipping would be a fair bit.

So over to Bibles For Missions and I'm not seeing anything really and turn to leave taking one last look and spot something I'd missed.. Well of all things it's another Braun KM32 mixer for $20.. Of course I grab it and when I get to the register it's 50% off day.. Happy day after all. I'ts only got a slight crack in the green knob but works beautifully.. I have a parts machine I can replace that with whenever. Also got a vintage Waring blendor jar, always good to have spares $1.50

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations! What does it do when you turn the dial to the orange mark?

 

[swestoyz]

Pete - congrats! I've always thought the design of the Braun mixers was stunning. How old would something like this be?

Ben

 

[ronhic]

I'm so jealous of that Braun mixer.

I believe that the orange mark is a 'pulse'

 

[retropia]

That is a sleek and stylish mixer.

 

[ovrphil]

Nice! I nearly bought one that looked like the Braun, but it was a different brand - I can't remember the brand, for sure. It was missing the bowl..so I decided to pass.

How does it sound - smooth? Is it your first Braun?

 

[petek]

It's 3 speeds with a pulse (orange mark) . They came out in 1957 until the early 80's. They're nice mixers and they had a lot of attachments available like a blender jar, slicer, juicer etc. Not my first. I've had quite a few of them. It could have been the 80's Sunbeam Euromixer you saw that was a modern shape and white.. They're actually good mixers too .

 

[ovrphil]

Sunbeam Euromixer - that was it.

(should have nabbed it)

 

[retromania]

Congratulations!

I've never seen a Braun mixer. It looks heavy-duty.