Gramaisc
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Well, this started on Sunday.
The beekeeper's Kenwood Chef failed. the K beater was stuck in and the drive didn't get that far. I suspected the belt, the usual weak point in a jam situation, but it was the plastic planetary gear. Also, the beater mounting was the very early form and was solid, preventing the removal of the beater. With everything in bits, the broken gear could be seen and the beater mount was dismantled and found to have the sixty-year-old grease in a very solid form, like the scale in a kettle.
I have a dead Chef, with a motor failure, so parts could be scavenged from that - it wasn't a simple exchange, as the 'spare' one has the later beater mounting which is not compatible with his beaters, so further dismantling and swapping around was necessary, but all is back together and running now.
I do just need to reset the beater to suit his bowl, after having taken the drive shaft out of it, but that is a 30 second job.
The replacement gear is a metal one, probably another modification after initial problems with the plastic gears. The light blue/grey colour of the covers and knob suggest that this is pre-1965 (later ones would be the more familiar deep blue) and the early beater mounting probably means it's even earlier than that.
Eagle-eyed mad-cat-women might spot 'my' cat in the top right corner.
The beekeeper's Kenwood Chef failed. the K beater was stuck in and the drive didn't get that far. I suspected the belt, the usual weak point in a jam situation, but it was the plastic planetary gear. Also, the beater mounting was the very early form and was solid, preventing the removal of the beater. With everything in bits, the broken gear could be seen and the beater mount was dismantled and found to have the sixty-year-old grease in a very solid form, like the scale in a kettle.
I have a dead Chef, with a motor failure, so parts could be scavenged from that - it wasn't a simple exchange, as the 'spare' one has the later beater mounting which is not compatible with his beaters, so further dismantling and swapping around was necessary, but all is back together and running now.
I do just need to reset the beater to suit his bowl, after having taken the drive shaft out of it, but that is a 30 second job.
The replacement gear is a metal one, probably another modification after initial problems with the plastic gears. The light blue/grey colour of the covers and knob suggest that this is pre-1965 (later ones would be the more familiar deep blue) and the early beater mounting probably means it's even earlier than that.
Eagle-eyed mad-cat-women might spot 'my' cat in the top right corner.
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