Saturday, March 1, 2014

My Mixer is Back

A week and a half ago my stand mixer made a loud noise, and then stopped working. Daddy's like, "I can take it apart, and see if we can replace a gear, or something?" It was that, or not have a mixer, or spend an arm and a leg on a new one.

 So he took it apart:


I said a few times, "Are you sure you can get that thing back together?"

He said, "Of course! I used to take apart old copy machines that my Dad would bring home."

The $12 part was order from KitchenAid's site. Just so you know shipping isn't cheap. It was $12 shipping cost for a gear that was stripped. Again it was that, or not having a machine at all, or paying $300 for a new one. To be honest I was surprised they had extra parts on their site to order at all.

It only took half a week to get the gear.

Daddy put it together today.

 Bam it works!

He kept saying, "Why are you so surprised I got it working again?" I think I'm surprised because I know I wouldn't be able to take that apart, and put it together again. He said, "It was a piece of cake."
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10 comments:

  1. Harry FlashmanMarch 2, 2014 at 1:20 AM

    I admire people who can repair equipment like that.

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  2. Optimistic ExistentialistMarch 2, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    I would like to say that I could do that too. But that would be a lie :)

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  3. ~ NoelleMarch 2, 2014 at 1:46 PM

    glad he was able to fix it for you - marc probably could have too..i would have looked at all the pieces and then had to have thrown it away. ha ha ha

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  4. Eat To LiveMarch 2, 2014 at 2:54 PM

    Yay!!! Glad to see your mixer is back and working.

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  5. Masshole MommyMarch 3, 2014 at 5:13 AM

    Now that is impressive. Chris wouldn't have even tried - he would have just handed over the credit card :)

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  6. Lisa @ Two Bears FarmMarch 3, 2014 at 1:37 PM

    Oh this is good to know! I inherited my grandmother's Kitchenaid, and I'd be so bummed if it stopped working. Nice to know you can order parts.

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  7. Cascia TalbertMarch 3, 2014 at 4:47 PM

    Wow, I bet you are glad that he was able to fix it. My husband hates fixing things. I am not very good at repairing things when they break so I usually make him do it anyway. Have a great day!

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  8. mail4roseyMarch 3, 2014 at 6:00 PM

    Hurrah for handy husbands!!! I wouldn't have been able to do it, and neither would have my husband.

    I bet my oldest could though, he's handy like that (and his wife is very happy about it). :)

    Glad you got your mixer working!

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  9. Theresa MahoneyMarch 3, 2014 at 8:17 PM

    Piece of cake? I would have attempted it, then realized I was way in over my head, then trashed the whole mixer lol. Glad it's working again!

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  10. Terra HeckMarch 4, 2014 at 4:28 AM

    I wouldn't have the first clue how to fix a mixer by replacing parts. How cool that your hubby was able to get it fixed.

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