CTFW and a new addiction

[luvmy40]

Kris and I have a new addiction and it's pursuit led to a 6 hour CTFW therapy session yesterday.

I had been wanting to get Kris a Kitchenaid stand mixer for a while. I found the Kitchenaid Factory Refurbished page on eBay, and the Mr. Mixer channel on youTube. Once I realized how easy and inexpensive it is to repair/refurbish these mixers, I went on a reconnaissance mission perusing eBay, FB Market Place and Craig's list for bench fodder. 

Kris want's to rent a table at a local indoor flea market and sell refurbs and offer repair service. We'll see how it goes.

 

Anyway, we set out yesterday morning on the '06 and chased down garage sales and estate sales till 5:00pm. We ended up with our sixth tilt head mixer, some bowls and attachments, a set of Devilbliss air tools, and a RoboVac. 

Here's the Kitchenaid herd: 

And our "keeper"

We'll probably gift the kids with refurbished mixers for birthdays this year. 

It's a surprisingly satisfying endeavor to tear one of these down, clean/repair/re grease/re assemble it back to like new condition. 

[Freebird]

Never owned one and really we don't cook enough now to need one.  They look good though.  

[Marcarl]

We discovered that the same model is built different depending on where it is purchased. We bought ours at CTC but discovered that ordering parts or additions from Amazon weren't compatible. So caution. Good machine though, either way.

[PastorCurt]

The lower powered mixers have issues. You might find a ton of those since people use them for jobs they aren’t built for. We have had our 525 watt mixer for over 20 years now with no problems.