This item is barely 20years old. What are you fixing, really? These Kitchen Aid appliances are made to last -- pretty much! This is a Kitchen Aid table mixer made in, approx., 1997, Oct-Nov. Not saying this is not a good job of making a good product look spanking new, but does not look like there was any real restoration involved.
It clearly wasn't working properly in the beginning. One of the arms needed "fixing", the speed controller needed "fixing" and the aesthetics needed "fixing".
I have a 1941 Kitchenaid that I dearly love. It was a wedding gift to my mother from her father. It has chipped paint, some rust but otherwise is in perfect condition, and now I know how to restore it, and also know that I can do it. Thank You. Getting my mother's wedding gift back to original condition is going to mean so much to me
I wouldn’t do anything at all to it, Bluebelle. As long as it is in perfect working condition, there is no need to fix it. Some basic maintenance is all that is needed to keep it working right for many years, but other than that… Think of it this way: if you take it apart and repair all of the cosmetic faults, it will be indistinguishable from one that has sat in a box since the 1940s. But your mother opened the box. She USED her mixer, probably a great deal. She baked birthday cakes with it. She made holiday cookies with it. She made more dinner rolls and loaves of bread with it than you can even begin to count. Every scratch, every ding, every stain… each one marks a memory. Each one loudly proclaims the love that your mother channeled through it into each and every thing she baked with it. Don’t erase those defects, preserve them! Celebrate them! Add to them, and someday pass them on to your own children.
@@mrimmortal1579 To be honest, if I could get away with leaving it as is, I would, for the reasons you stated. However, the rust on the base where the bowl sits is BADLY rusting and I have fear that to do nothing to stop it will end up in disaster sooner rather than later. Mechanically, she's a stout little beast and has given me no trouble at all (I did have to replace the bowl when the original one developed a tiny hole on the side)
Great work! It makes me happy to see “garbage” given new life and reused. Less landfill for all of us. Keep it going! I was wondering where did you get all the wearable parts (brushes, gear, grease, etc…)?
It used to be better, but then people hardly bought new stuff and business had a hard time keeping afloat, at least is what I have heard, not to mention that competition makes people try to undercut one another and to make things cheaper quality takes a minor hit here and another there... They are small decrements, but over time we end up with the level of crap we are dealing with...
@@zehph Buy quality stuff, ie: instead of the grater they sell at the grocery store made of cheap metal that rusts, get a good one out of stainless steel. Instead of the cheap $10 hand mixer, spend the money and get the pro model Kitchen aid. Sure it costs about $250 but it will last forever. They usually go on sale before Christmas and sell out. Got mine for $150 about 10 years ago, still going strong. Cleaning it right after using it and not letting powdered sugar or flour dust up out of the bowl is key. Both of those will clog up a motor. Add gradually and at slow speed until moistened is the proper way to do that and avoid the dust up.
@@VangoghsDoggo I am making the shift to this way of thinking. I was raised through some financial hardship and got ingrained into my brain that cheaper is better because we couldn't pay for better stuff then, but now things got better and slowly but surely I'm making better investments in all areas, clothing was one that I struggle with a lot! 😅
It's impressive how serviceable this is. A quality product that was designed to be repaired, not replaced. I'm sure the engineer who made this is long gone but you've done their grandchildren very proud with your work 👍
Yes, because it's an obsolete tech ... that's sold at an outrageous high price. Literally biggest scam ever. Like apple products being the most expensive but at the same time being several years behind the competition. They knew how to abuse the limited IQ people into buying them. It's appalling how these mixers are made with 50 year old technology. Yes, is simple and robust, but this means they should be dirt cheap, because there is no actual innovation worthy of 2022. What innovation?! Well, they should have advanced functionality scales included so you know how much you add in ingredients for one. Then using brushless motors instead of the utter garbage electric motor tech employed. All accessories should be stainless steel as standard included, and not coated aluminum ones. This was ok in the 1970s but not in the 2020s. This is an old model, but is the same with the new models they sell. That is the problem.
@@ElGoogKO you dont know what you are talkin about, yes its expensive but you can give this to you grandchildren and it will still work fine. why complicate something when this is perfection, more electronics more things to brake.
@@ElGoogKO they are not cheap because we know why we buy them. At the pastry school I work, we have around 200 of those and half are 20+ years old. The maintenance guys just the do the work to clean and grease them every 3-4 years and done. The huge point with those products is the parts are very easy and affordable to find, because they didn’t change them every years as others shiny brands. So yeah, it is costly to buy but it is a very strong product you will keep for decades and cheap to maintain. People are just to lazy to do basic maintenance and prefers to come on social media to cry.
I bought a kitchen aid for my mom when I was 16 it was for Christmas that year. I’m 51 and my mom has passed and my daughter uses the kitchen aid daily 35 years later these are built to last amazing craftsmanship
I've got a new one that I use infrequently and I was surprised to hear how smoothly this machine ran compared to mine. I have a feeling that if that machines aren't run that often, it can lead to problems, but this is my opinion only.
Gentlemen, I would love to tell you that you are wrong. But you are not. So where do women who have a man who is not handy go to get things like this reconditioned with good grease?
"I'm going to fix this and give it to my girlfriend who loves to bake." Note to your GF: He's a keeper. He can fix stuff, AND he gives you a badass stand mixer.
PS: I would suggest this stand mixer stays out on a countertop or shelf where it is always visible. First, it will turn knowledgeable women green. Second, it will tell him you appreciate the gift. And if you use it frequently your girl friends will forgive the green moment and your man will smile a lot.
I really enjoyed watching this restoration. 25 years ago I was a machinist working for the company that machined many of the components for the KitchenAid mixer. A part I personally produced was the hub of the wire whisk. It was something to see how the components we made all fit together on the inside.
Don't worry, as soon as civilization starts breaking down, people will begin to realize just how critical people with * actual * skills are; one of my kids is an aircraft mechanic, the other one an electrician. Both in their 20's and already bought their own homes and comfortably middle class.
The women ARE unicorns! I have met a lot of women carpenters (like me), but I only met one Mechanic so far in my age (55). And I mean by Trade, not self taught. I guess they are much more now. But a mechatronic is not the same like the common car geeks used to be, I guess..
You are a brilliant restorer. The purple color and your homemade knob caps make this look like a very expensive "special edition" Kitchen Aid. If it were in the show window of a Williams Sonoma store, it would probably have a price tag of $900. Superb workmanship and extraordinary attention to detail!
Came from 9gag. I really love videos like these that have no irrelevant background music, all you can hear are just tinkering. You earned a new sub, sir! Keep it up!
You turned something beaten, broken and "standard" into a one-of-a-kind fully functional stand mixer. Your girlfriend is a VERY lucky lady, indeed!!! The purple color was an excellent choice!
I just received my KitchenAid mixer back from KitchenAid after they repaired (or should I say rebuilt!) the machine. These older mixers are worth repairing. They are much better built than the machines be sold today. Bravo on a job well done and keeping that beautiful piece of machinery out of the landfill.
I always wanted one but never had a good reason to get one until I got involved with a groupe where I had an opportunity to bake cakes once in a while. Got on Ebay and paid something like $80 for a 50 year old home appliance. The thing works great, I can get parts for it if it breaks, and can still get accessories for it. The only problem with it is that the plug is non-polarized, so if it's plugged in wrong and I touch it and the sink at the same time I get a little tingle.
@@JeffDeWitt That isn't polarization. It's a short in it and you are running current from the mixer case, through you, to the sink. A live wire is touching the case inside or current is jumping to it and you are grounding it out on the sink. It needs to be fixed before you make the wrong connection and someone finds you on the floor dead.
@@VangoghsDoggo The tickle is probably conduction from the capacitors, not a hard short. A bare wire to the case and the user touching the mixer and the grounded sink would be thrown across the room. This should be upgraded to a polarized plug and Jeff should get a GFI installed in his kitchen (it's code anyway).
Current production Kitchen Aid stand mixers are still built the way they always have been. Even a new one is a lifetime item, but I agree that even antique Kitchen Aids should be restored like this one.
Having the disassembly on camera helps! One can always go back and review. One nice thing about KitchenAid mixers is that they are designed so that when parts fail it’s fairly easy to repair. Wish more companies would do the same.
@@jaykneegarner2479 we have a large commercial one at our bar/grill that's older than some of our staff and still by far the best workhorse in the kitchen. I don't even have a clue how old it is but I remember it as a kid coming in here and I'm 56.
Going by the serial # @20:43 looks like its a mixer from 2000. The amount of damage shows it was either worked quite literally to death, which is unlikely being its the small 300W model, or it was simply one that the owner didn't care for properly. My grandma had one from the mid 80s, that ran perfectly fine into the mid 2000's till my aunt burnt up the motor trying to knead an over size batch of bread. The motors are high torque but aren't designed for sustained load, KitchnAid only wants you to run them about 10 min per cycle. Says so next to the wattage rating on the side band @22:13.
@@NTRprojects Not likely. KitchenAid was a division of Hobart until 1986 when they sold the division to Whirlpool. People seek out the machines made by Hobart because they were better made. Look at the Hobart made meat grinders, they are cast iron. Whirlpool meat grinders for the KitchenAid are made of plastic.
I think your girlfriend is incredibly lucky Not only did you get her a kitchenaid you got her one you restored yourself and personalized so its perfect for her. I couldn't think of a better birthday gift
I worked for KitchenAid warehouse in Belgium :) They have their own Factory Service department and believe me, one scratch deeper than can be polished and mixer part goes straight to the bin. They just switch either whole base with electrical parts or the head half. They fix the electronic/mechanic parts but they do not restore body scratched/deformations. I saw there one big container and believe me, this one from video would go straight to the bin - unless it's out of warranty fix and you pay for it, still the paint coat is not being fixed, they only offer changing half of the machine :)
@@NTRprojects shipping overseas to cheap labor countries or paying locally for fixing the paint coat would be too expensive. I saw one that was deeply scratched on both halves and only with some minor parts to change... Went to bin. Paying person to dismount parts and moving them to new body is too much expense. A worker is a cost of €40/hour for company + spare main body parts (production + shipping + storage) where retail price and production cost are something completely different from each other especially with KitchenAid, premium brand. As a result it's cheaper to ship new mixer / main part of mixer for customer rather than going for fixing expenses.
The work you did is beyond belief. The unit appears as if it were brand new, factory manufactured. I feel certain when you presented this to your girlfriend she was amazed. Excellent video, thank you!
This channel is what Sunday afternoons were made for. I was very glad to see that the beer was a worthy refreshment for all the work you put into this restoration.
Inspiring while entertaining. I awarded you the resto MVP for saving the production tag. Beautiful job and a beautiful gesture; that must be quite a girl. Thanks for a post worth remembering.
Beautiful work. Something I really respect about KitchenAid is that they don't cheap out on construction, even on their lowest-end products. Close tolerances, metal parts, and mechanical fasteners instead of glue make them a joy to work on.
I purchased a Kitchen Aid mixer for my wife the first year we were married. (32 years ago) My wife like nothing on her counter tops except her Kitchen Aid. These are wonderful machines. Your girlfriend will love it. Well done sir.
Hey Michael. We realized that we need to have it on the counter, otherwise we wouldn't use it. But it's such a pretty and helpful machine. Incredible versatile as well
A beautiful restoration. Kitchenaid mixers are so well built that even a brutally used one such as this can be restored to near-new condition. Well done on giving it a second life.
What a beautiful gift, you're a very thoughtful person. You chose a beautiful colour too, and the finished project is something to keep forever. Thank you for sharing this restoration with us, this was obviously a deeply personal work, and an insight into your personal life that many might hide.
Just beautiful, bet your girlfriend just loved it too. Best custom color . When she gets the paddle one, get the one with the bowl scraper. Tell her belated birthday. It the same day as my 42 year old son’s.
Your gf is a very lucky lady. This turned out beautifully. I love the color. I wish mine was that color, but I'm not gonna look a gift hourse in the mouth. These are a dream to have and own. I love mine.
Wow! At first I was a bit skeptical since I thought "isn't the effort you need to put into restoring a bog standard item greater than just buying another?" but what you've transformed this mixer into at the end is truly beautiful.
I love this so much! This is build quality you don’t see these days. And this restoration is quickly becoming a lost art! This was so wholesome to watch! Thank you sir, your girlfriend is blessed!!
That's not correct. The quality is still available, but such a tool starts from €6000 and is used professionally most of the time. Everything most people buy today is made in China, to last few years only.
@@alanpotter8680not true I have a modern one made in like 2015 or something that's is almost identical except the thing the attachments go onto. It was 150$
Beautiful restoration. I live 35 miles south of Saint Joseph, Michigan. Whirlpool Corp. is the parent company of Kitchen Aid. I bought my wife one two years ago for Christmas. She loves it. Thank you for sharing this video and your beer reviews too!
I was watching this and toward the end I thought "but will this whip meringue?" Then you brought out the egg whites! So glad to see that mixer brought back to life. I'm sure your girlfriend will take much better care of this than the original owner.
Well done, it turned out beautifully! I have had a KitchenAid Pro 600 mixer for 15 years now and have repaired it myself, twice. They're pretty straight forward to fix, even more-so than the model you repaired. It's very empowering to be able to breathe new life into something and make it usable again! Funny enough my mixer is in the colour "Boysenberry" which I don't think they make anymore, but it's identical to the colour you chose!
Wow never see anything so so perfect you are a master of restoration, you can tell them is brand new and they will believe it. Thank you for not playing stupid music I like it like this.
Beautiful result. I hope with this tool your girlfriend was able to prepare you one of the best meals ever. Thank you for both sharing and your beer assessment !
I saw the German writing on the sandblasting machine and thought, "hmmm, this bloke may be German". Then when I saw the beer review in the middle, I thought "Er ist Deutch!"
@@NTRprojects In den USA wanderte meine Familie um 1865 hierher aus. My German isn't quite that good, I was cheating a bit using Google translate. I'm German on my father's side, I think my great grandfather was the first to be born in the US.
Came from 9gag, stayed for the satisfying content. Good job! Btw, you must be very patient and indifferent to unpleasant things while handling this nasty boi. Also, your girlfriend is a lucky one.
I love my KitchenAid. I have had it for 36 years and use it regularly. It was fun to see this restoration. Many times I have wondered what the inside of mine looks like.
@@NTRprojects Well, you never go wrong with a Carlsberg. If you want to into some of the micro brewery stuff, Humlefryd from Skands and New York Lager from Nørrebro Bryghus are great :)
@@NTRprojects I would recommend a Tuborg classic or Tuborg gold for standard beers, and an Ale no. 16 for something a bit more fancy. ( I'm often frustrated by the fact that the basic Carlsberg pilsner is the only Danish beer you see abroad, since it is quite inferior in my opinion, compared to eg. a Tuborg Classic )
Budweiser USA actually lost that case and as part of the settlement, if they wanted to keep using the name, were allowed to make only the worst beer they could while still legally being classified as beer.
We’ll that was a very satisfying video to watch. Launched the video thinking it would be a quick exit but stayed for the whole thing. Very nice restoration job!
You definitely take down time. Family, friends always come first. I waited 2 years for a novel from one of my favorite authors, I'm a very patient person 👍
This is a really beautiful restoration. That poor beat up mixer is now a reclaimed gem. I happen to have a KitchenAid mixer and it is also very nice to see the inner workings. I've watched this video many times. Your girlfriend got a great birthday gift. Thanks for sharing the refurb!
Came here from 9gag. You sir just got a new subscriber. Excellent work and i like how well you explain things. Keep up the good work. Wasn't expecting a beer review in a restoration video but it was a pleasant surprise. Now i'm in the mood for a cold one. Cheers
What a superb restoration! I am so glad your girlfriend loved it. I would be “over the moon” if I was gifted something like that! She is a lucky lady! I also like her choice of colour.
I've always wondered why these are expensive. Now I know - also, it held up quite well considering the state you found it in. I really hope your girlfriend was appreciative of all the effort you put in to making this possible.
One of the great things about KitchenAid mixers is that the size of the front accessory attachment hasn't changed since the 1930s so any old attachments still work! Love my KitchenAid so very much!
Absolutely beautiful restoration. I think this is one of the best I've seen. I LOVE the color! I love KitchenAid mixers and dream of owning one of my own some day. Do you put labels on your restorations detailing when you restored it? I don't know about your other restorations, but this one is worth of having something right next to the manufacturers label.
Him giving her a Kitchen-Aid standing mixer on her birthday. It doesn't matter if it's rebuilt I bet you could hear her excited screaming three states away. I know you would hear mine if I got something like that.
Thanks for a beautiful video. I grew up with one of these. Inherited it from my mom, and now my daughter has it to feed her family. So much joy from that machine. God bless the people who designed and built it.
Great job! Not many people would have bothered to restore that mixer. You've shown it was possible and will enjoy many years of service from it. Not to mention the pride of your restoration abilities. Thank for sharing.
it always makes me wonder how people manage to destroy even the most sturdy things. so it's all just the more satisfying to see someone with the completely opposite energy to undo such neglect and destruction. love it!🤩 also good to know that these devices are really repairable. that's not a given anymore.
The reason computers and other electronic devices have a short lifespan is because, in the words of an IT guy I know, "They are not done inventing it yet". Once they reach a level of certainty that nothing can be improved, then you will see things slow down. A good example is televisions. They have been through several transformations and actually became really cheap by the 1970's. Then when flat screens were invented, they were expensive again. Now they have become cheap again because there isn't much else they can do.
@@VangoghsDoggo Yes I understand your point, there is merit to what your saying, but TV like all other electronic devices today use internet connected computers, all computers should be kept up to date if they access the internet, even the best OS out there is a very large bloated tower of Babel so many computer language and frameworks, Hacker's are always looking for treasure in this vast landscape. The cost to maintain the software stack would cut into profitability, that why you can end up buying something new off the shelf that no longer supported by the manufacturer. Next problem. Electronics devices are going to be short life by design because of the ever decreasing in size of the circuit traces on the silicon substrate, there deleting there redundancy in the form of atoms.
This item is barely 20years old. What are you fixing, really? These Kitchen Aid appliances are made to last -- pretty much!
This is a Kitchen Aid table mixer made in, approx., 1997, Oct-Nov.
Not saying this is not a good job of making a good product look spanking new, but does not look like there was any real restoration involved.
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There always has to be an a-hole
It clearly wasn't working properly in the beginning. One of the arms needed "fixing", the speed controller needed "fixing" and the aesthetics needed "fixing".
Obviously this one was used hard and was ready for the trash bin. Restoring it is actually very eco friendly. Good job.
Lol what a crass comment.
I have a 1941 Kitchenaid that I dearly love. It was a wedding gift to my mother from her father. It has chipped paint, some rust but otherwise is in perfect condition, and now I know how to restore it, and also know that I can do it.
Thank You. Getting my mother's wedding gift back to original condition is going to mean so much to me
That sounds amazing. All the best for your lovely project!!!!
That's awesome. I hope it went well! Old machines are really cool, including little kitchen appliances.
I wouldn’t do anything at all to it, Bluebelle. As long as it is in perfect working condition, there is no need to fix it. Some basic maintenance is all that is needed to keep it working right for many years, but other than that… Think of it this way: if you take it apart and repair all of the cosmetic faults, it will be indistinguishable from one that has sat in a box since the 1940s. But your mother opened the box. She USED her mixer, probably a great deal. She baked birthday cakes with it. She made holiday cookies with it. She made more dinner rolls and loaves of bread with it than you can even begin to count.
Every scratch, every ding, every stain… each one marks a memory. Each one loudly proclaims the love that your mother channeled through it into each and every thing she baked with it. Don’t erase those defects, preserve them! Celebrate them! Add to them, and someday pass them on to your own children.
@@mrimmortal1579 To be honest, if I could get away with leaving it as is, I would, for the reasons you stated. However, the rust on the base where the bowl sits is BADLY rusting and I have fear that to do nothing to stop it will end up in disaster sooner rather than later.
Mechanically, she's a stout little beast and has given me no trouble at all (I did have to replace the bowl when the original one developed a tiny hole on the side)
Great work! It makes me happy to see “garbage” given new life and reused. Less landfill for all of us. Keep it going!
I was wondering where did you get all the wearable parts (brushes, gear, grease, etc…)?
I’d like to see more repair and reuse in this world. More quality, less crap.
I agree 100%
It used to be better, but then people hardly bought new stuff and business had a hard time keeping afloat, at least is what I have heard, not to mention that competition makes people try to undercut one another and to make things cheaper quality takes a minor hit here and another there... They are small decrements, but over time we end up with the level of crap we are dealing with...
Here are some serious quality for you.
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@@zehph Buy quality stuff, ie: instead of the grater they sell at the grocery store made of cheap metal that rusts, get a good one out of stainless steel. Instead of the cheap $10 hand mixer, spend the money and get the pro model Kitchen aid. Sure it costs about $250 but it will last forever. They usually go on sale before Christmas and sell out. Got mine for $150 about 10 years ago, still going strong. Cleaning it right after using it and not letting powdered sugar or flour dust up out of the bowl is key. Both of those will clog up a motor. Add gradually and at slow speed until moistened is the proper way to do that and avoid the dust up.
@@VangoghsDoggo I am making the shift to this way of thinking. I was raised through some financial hardship and got ingrained into my brain that cheaper is better because we couldn't pay for better stuff then, but now things got better and slowly but surely I'm making better investments in all areas, clothing was one that I struggle with a lot! 😅
It's impressive how serviceable this is. A quality product that was designed to be repaired, not replaced. I'm sure the engineer who made this is long gone but you've done their grandchildren very proud with your work 👍
Yes, because it's an obsolete tech ... that's sold at an outrageous high price.
Literally biggest scam ever. Like apple products being the most expensive but at the same time being several years behind the competition.
They knew how to abuse the limited IQ people into buying them.
It's appalling how these mixers are made with 50 year old technology.
Yes, is simple and robust, but this means they should be dirt cheap, because there is no actual innovation worthy of 2022.
What innovation?! Well, they should have advanced functionality scales included so you know how much you add in ingredients for one.
Then using brushless motors instead of the utter garbage electric motor tech employed. All accessories should be stainless steel as standard included, and not coated aluminum ones.
This was ok in the 1970s but not in the 2020s. This is an old model, but is the same with the new models they sell. That is the problem.
@@ElGoogKO you dont know what you are talkin about, yes its expensive but you can give this to you grandchildren and it will still work fine. why complicate something when this is perfection, more electronics more things to brake.
@@ElGoogKO That's not how manufacturing works, but go off, king.
@@ElGoogKO they are not cheap because we know why we buy them. At the pastry school I work, we have around 200 of those and half are 20+ years old. The maintenance guys just the do the work to clean and grease them every 3-4 years and done. The huge point with those products is the parts are very easy and affordable to find, because they didn’t change them every years as others shiny brands. So yeah, it is costly to buy but it is a very strong product you will keep for decades and cheap to maintain. People are just to lazy to do basic maintenance and prefers to come on social media to cry.
I bought a kitchen aid for my mom when I was 16 it was for Christmas that year. I’m 51 and my mom has passed and my daughter uses the kitchen aid daily 35 years later these are built to last amazing craftsmanship
This is more wholesome than just buying a new mixer for your girl. Memorable and sincere.
I thnk she appreciated this a lot. Thank you!
@@NTRprojects did you show her how much work it was?
@@NTRprojects I am so glad for that!
And how many gift receivers get their gift in their favorite *custom!* color?!
Never heard a Kitchenaid run that smoothly, as this one does at the end. Outstanding work. I'm jealous of your girlfriend!
Thank you very much!
I've got a new one that I use infrequently and I was surprised to hear how smoothly this machine ran compared to mine. I have a feeling that if that machines aren't run that often, it can lead to problems, but this is my opinion only.
Yeah. Maybe he installed a silencer😜
It really looks great
@Andy Ruse I didn't even think of this possiblity, but you are probably right!
Gentlemen, I would love to tell you that you are wrong. But you are not. So where do women who have a man who is not handy go to get things like this reconditioned with good grease?
"I'm going to fix this and give it to my girlfriend who loves to bake."
Note to your GF: He's a keeper. He can fix stuff, AND he gives you a badass stand mixer.
Thanks for the support 👍👍👍
PS: I would suggest this stand mixer stays out on a countertop or shelf where it is always visible. First, it will turn knowledgeable women green. Second, it will tell him you appreciate the gift. And if you use it frequently your girl friends will forgive the green moment and your man will smile a lot.
Note to him: She's one, too. She will bake stuff.
As a women: I absolutely agree 😊
I really enjoyed watching this restoration. 25 years ago I was a machinist working for the company that machined many of the components for the KitchenAid mixer. A part I personally produced was the hub of the wire whisk. It was something to see how the components we made all fit together on the inside.
Nice someone else in the comments also produced parts in former days. Very nice how this comes together here
Truly satisfying. I love you’re restoring such special items in perfection! Keep it up!
Thanks a lot Mister P. I think you will get a pizza from a dough out of this very machine quite soon
@@NTRprojects sounds good! 😘
Thanks for bringing me here, Mister Patina.
@@Vickie-Bligh yes thanks for bringing vickie. really nice of you bro
@@NTRprojects treat her well 😄
The men who can fix broken things like this are getting rarer than a unicorn.
Maybe the channel helps to grow that number a little
@@NTRprojects That would be great! :-) Keep doing, please!
@@NTRprojectswhat was making the motor run rough?
Don't worry, as soon as civilization starts breaking down, people will begin to realize just how critical people with * actual * skills are; one of my kids is an aircraft mechanic, the other one an electrician. Both in their 20's and already bought their own homes and comfortably middle class.
The women ARE unicorns!
I have met a lot of women carpenters (like me), but I only met one Mechanic so far in my age (55). And I mean by Trade, not self taught.
I guess they are much more now. But a mechatronic is not the same like the common car geeks used to be, I guess..
You are a brilliant restorer. The purple color and your homemade knob caps make this look like a very expensive "special edition" Kitchen Aid. If it were in the show window of a Williams Sonoma store, it would probably have a price tag of $900. Superb workmanship and extraordinary attention to detail!
Thanks so much 😊
Yes, LOVED the caps! 😊
For real, he should find more "trash" kitchen aids and resell them as refurbished.
Too much work really. 2 days just to disassemble clean all the parts@@JOSHT901
Came from 9gag. I really love videos like these that have no irrelevant background music, all you can hear are just tinkering. You earned a new sub, sir! Keep it up!
M2!
@@TQSunrise4711 >8
Same here!
Here are no tinkering but I bet you will like it.
ruclips.net/video/enuOArEfqGo/видео.html
Was I right?
You turned something beaten, broken and "standard" into a one-of-a-kind fully functional stand mixer. Your girlfriend is a VERY lucky lady, indeed!!! The purple color was an excellent choice!
Now she has the ONLY purple Kitchenaid on her block!👍
I just received my KitchenAid mixer back from KitchenAid after they repaired (or should I say rebuilt!) the machine. These older mixers are worth repairing. They are much better built than the machines be sold today. Bravo on a job well done and keeping that beautiful piece of machinery out of the landfill.
Thank you Catherine and a lot of fun with yours. Best regards
I always wanted one but never had a good reason to get one until I got involved with a groupe where I had an opportunity to bake cakes once in a while. Got on Ebay and paid something like $80 for a 50 year old home appliance. The thing works great, I can get parts for it if it breaks, and can still get accessories for it. The only problem with it is that the plug is non-polarized, so if it's plugged in wrong and I touch it and the sink at the same time I get a little tingle.
@@JeffDeWitt That isn't polarization. It's a short in it and you are running current from the mixer case, through you, to the sink. A live wire is touching the case inside or current is jumping to it and you are grounding it out on the sink. It needs to be fixed before you make the wrong connection and someone finds you on the floor dead.
@@VangoghsDoggo The tickle is probably conduction from the capacitors, not a hard short. A bare wire to the case and the user touching the mixer and the grounded sink would be thrown across the room. This should be upgraded to a polarized plug and Jeff should get a GFI installed in his kitchen (it's code anyway).
Current production Kitchen Aid stand mixers are still built the way they always have been. Even a new one is a lifetime item, but I agree that even antique Kitchen Aids should be restored like this one.
I never understand how you can reassemble something like this and remeber and strugge with fitting everything back together, it is truly a skill
Having the disassembly on camera helps! One can always go back and review.
One nice thing about KitchenAid mixers is that they are designed so that when parts fail it’s fairly easy to repair. Wish more companies would do the same.
Commercial versions hold their value for at least 40 years. They are "overbuilt" compared to others available. Parts are not cheap but are quality
Thank you zipur. I order the parts in assembly groups, so its easier to get it back together
@@jaykneegarner2479 we have a large commercial one at our bar/grill that's older than some of our staff and still by far the best workhorse in the kitchen. I don't even have a clue how old it is but I remember it as a kid coming in here and I'm 56.
@@jaykneegarner2479 Repairability should be mandatory.
Wow, some people do not deserve nice things. Thank you for rescuing this machine
It was a pleasure. Thank you for watching
Beautiful! You gave that machine back its dignity. What a lovely gift.
My Mom got one as a wedding gift in 1947. It stopped working in the 80’s. I took it in for repairs and they fixed for free.
wow I wonder if they would still do it
Going by the serial # @20:43 looks like its a mixer from 2000. The amount of damage shows it was either worked quite literally to death, which is unlikely being its the small 300W model, or it was simply one that the owner didn't care for properly. My grandma had one from the mid 80s, that ran perfectly fine into the mid 2000's till my aunt burnt up the motor trying to knead an over size batch of bread. The motors are high torque but aren't designed for sustained load, KitchnAid only wants you to run them about 10 min per cycle. Says so next to the wattage rating on the side band @22:13.
@@NTRprojects kitchen aide offers a lifetime guarantee. Those machines get past down generation to generation.
@@NTRprojects Not likely. KitchenAid was a division of Hobart until 1986 when they sold the division to Whirlpool. People seek out the machines made by Hobart because they were better made. Look at the Hobart made meat grinders, they are cast iron. Whirlpool meat grinders for the KitchenAid are made of plastic.
@@bflogal18 Quality are just more satisfying...
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In whatever shape and form it comes in, right?
You cannot beat the quality of an old machine, outstanding job on the detail, color and the upgraded knobs!
Really glad you liked it. Appreciated comment
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I think your girlfriend is incredibly lucky
Not only did you get her a kitchenaid you got her one you restored yourself and personalized so its perfect for her.
I couldn't think of a better birthday gift
If KitchenAid hasn’t contacted you and offered you a bunch of free attachments for the restoration of this beauty, then shame on them.
I worked for KitchenAid warehouse in Belgium :) They have their own Factory Service department and believe me, one scratch deeper than can be polished and mixer part goes straight to the bin. They just switch either whole base with electrical parts or the head half. They fix the electronic/mechanic parts but they do not restore body scratched/deformations. I saw there one big container and believe me, this one from video would go straight to the bin - unless it's out of warranty fix and you pay for it, still the paint coat is not being fixed, they only offer changing half of the machine :)
This is very interesting. would have thought they are way to expensive to just replace everything
no one called so far :D:D
@@NTRprojects shipping overseas to cheap labor countries or paying locally for fixing the paint coat would be too expensive. I saw one that was deeply scratched on both halves and only with some minor parts to change... Went to bin. Paying person to dismount parts and moving them to new body is too much expense. A worker is a cost of €40/hour for company + spare main body parts (production + shipping + storage) where retail price and production cost are something completely different from each other especially with KitchenAid, premium brand. As a result it's cheaper to ship new mixer / main part of mixer for customer rather than going for fixing expenses.
@@TapChanek I'd buy all the parts they throw out and put together a scratch and dent.. "Frankenstein"
The work you did is beyond belief. The unit appears as if it were brand new, factory manufactured. I feel certain when you presented this to your girlfriend she was amazed. Excellent video, thank you!
I think this is the most precious kitchen aid in the whole wide world and I just wonder how you will ever top this present.
Good point Sandra, maybe I build myself a trap here....
The detail you put in to every part is amazing. Truly wonderful. Loved every second
Finally you are back from your visit at Mister Patina :D
@@NTRprojects XD
It’s a real pleasure to watch a true artisan at work 👍.
Thank you
This channel is what Sunday afternoons were made for. I was very glad to see that the beer was a worthy refreshment for all the work you put into this restoration.
It sure was. One of my most favorite beers now. I hope we will share many sundays in the future. Best regards Pete
Wow what a transformation! I love that you gifted it to your girlfriend and now this beauty has many more years of baking ahead of it :)
Yes yes yes that's exactly what I mean for the things I restore. I want to make them usable and to be used again
Inspiring while entertaining. I awarded you the resto MVP for saving the production tag. Beautiful job and a beautiful gesture; that must be quite a girl. Thanks for a post worth remembering.
Beautiful work. Something I really respect about KitchenAid is that they don't cheap out on construction, even on their lowest-end products. Close tolerances, metal parts, and mechanical fasteners instead of glue make them a joy to work on.
100% agree. Its a great product
So satisfying to watch. Your restoration skill is very impressive. Would have loved to see the reaction from the girlfriend on a separate video.
Shes to shy for that :D
I purchased a Kitchen Aid mixer for my wife the first year we were married. (32 years ago) My wife like nothing on her counter tops except her Kitchen Aid. These are wonderful machines. Your girlfriend will love it. Well done sir.
Hey Michael. We realized that we need to have it on the counter, otherwise we wouldn't use it. But it's such a pretty and helpful machine. Incredible versatile as well
A beautiful restoration. Kitchenaid mixers are so well built that even a brutally used one such as this can be restored to near-new condition. Well done on giving it a second life.
Well said Ian. Thank you for watching
They used to be well built before 1986!
Now they are junk compared to then!
What a beautiful gift, you're a very thoughtful person. You chose a beautiful colour too, and the finished project is something to keep forever.
Thank you for sharing this restoration with us, this was obviously a deeply personal work, and an insight into your personal life that many might hide.
I can only send back the compliments. This is a very thoughtful comment, that was really appreciated
Just beautiful, bet your girlfriend just loved it too. Best custom color . When she gets the paddle one, get the one with the bowl scraper. Tell her belated birthday. It the same day as my 42 year old son’s.
I think so. Thank you gayle
Oh man, this must have been real double love: for your girlfriend and the technics and aesthetic of this machine.
Absolutely marvellous!
Couldn't agree more!
Discovered the channel today. If I continue at this rate, I've watched all videos by 3 a.m. tomorrow. HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. Thanks so much.
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This guy put a beer review right in the middle. THATS what I'm talking about!
:D glad you like it so much Steven
We've had our KitchenAid for almost 20 years. Best wedding present ever, still works perfectly to this day!
Nice restoration!
I gave both my nieces a kitchen aid for their weddings
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Your gf is a very lucky lady. This turned out beautifully. I love the color. I wish mine was that color, but I'm not gonna look a gift hourse in the mouth. These are a dream to have and own. I love mine.
Wow! At first I was a bit skeptical since I thought "isn't the effort you need to put into restoring a bog standard item greater than just buying another?" but what you've transformed this mixer into at the end is truly beautiful.
I love this so much! This is build quality you don’t see these days. And this restoration is quickly becoming a lost art! This was so wholesome to watch! Thank you sir, your girlfriend is blessed!!
That's not correct. The quality is still available, but such a tool starts from €6000 and is used professionally most of the time. Everything most people buy today is made in China, to last few years only.
Also you find the quality that last in Kenwood mixers!
@@alanpotter8680not true I have a modern one made in like 2015 or something that's is almost identical except the thing the attachments go onto. It was 150$
Beautiful restoration. I live 35 miles south of Saint Joseph, Michigan. Whirlpool Corp. is the parent company of Kitchen Aid. I bought my wife one two years ago for Christmas. She loves it. Thank you for sharing this video and your beer reviews too!
Hey best regards to Michigan and thanks for the comment. I hope your wife will have a lot of fun with your nice present
Your restoration is stunning. Any baker would be thrilled to own this.
It was so good to watch a thorough dismantling,cleaning,repainting and reassembly - I really enjoyed seeing the project completed. Thanks
Thank you Hugh
I loved watching this. It looks beautiful. Not everyone can tear down a project and completely restore it.
Hardly anyone I imagine. Only a select few, ones with patientce an a sand blaster
I restored my girlfriend's lawnmower, welder, band saw, electric drill and angle grinder. Hope you got more thanks than I did!
Wrong girlfriend. Get a new one.
@@Willy_Tepes : Right Answer !!
It’s hard to image anyone treating a Kitchen Aid mixer that poorly! 😲 You did a fantastic restoration on it! Your girlfriend is very lucky! 😁👍
Yes, who owned this mixer before your girlfriend? It looked as if it were used to mix cement.
Totally agree. And it looked like it never has been cleaned before ;(
you never know peoples values and loves. the old saying "one mans trash, an other mans treasure is very true here!
I'm really impressed that they have such easy access to the brushes, they obviously intended for people to be able to fix the product.
Yes everything was easy to disassemble no special tools needed
I was watching this and toward the end I thought "but will this whip meringue?" Then you brought out the egg whites! So glad to see that mixer brought back to life. I'm sure your girlfriend will take much better care of this than the original owner.
Never saw your comment. Sorry and thank you
Well done, it turned out beautifully! I have had a KitchenAid Pro 600 mixer for 15 years now and have repaired it myself, twice. They're pretty straight forward to fix, even more-so than the model you repaired. It's very empowering to be able to breathe new life into something and make it usable again! Funny enough my mixer is in the colour "Boysenberry" which I don't think they make anymore, but it's identical to the colour you chose!
It sparkels. The best restoration job I have ever seen on anything I have ever watched, and it ran so smooth and quiet.
how wonderful. I never thought the motor was so complex! I loved this whole video.
I was really amazed by the quality parts that are inside this whole thing
The amount of love and care to your craft... this is simply the peak of passion. I hope you keep restoring things for many years to come!
WOW! Stunning restoration! No one else will have a Kitchaid like hers!
How on earth do you remember what goes where afterwards? Do you watch the way you took it out again??? This is impressive!! Thank you
Wow never see anything so so perfect you are a master of restoration, you can tell them is brand new and they will believe it. Thank you for not playing stupid music I like it like this.
Thank you Luis I will keep it this way
Beautiful result. I hope with this tool your girlfriend was able to prepare you one of the best meals ever. Thank you for both sharing and your beer assessment !
Wow! That is an absolutely beautiful restoration! Your work never ceases to amaze, impress, and inspire me.
This comment is a real motivation to go on. Thank you isaac
I saw the German writing on the sandblasting machine and thought, "hmmm, this bloke may be German". Then when I saw the beer review in the middle, I thought "Er ist Deutch!"
Bist du?
@@mannshaft nein, aber meine familie kam ursprünglich aus deutschland
und wo wohnst du nun?
@@NTRprojects In den USA wanderte meine Familie um 1865 hierher aus.
My German isn't quite that good, I was cheating a bit using Google translate. I'm German on my father's side, I think my great grandfather was the first to be born in the US.
Mir fiel sofort das TÜV Rheinland Siegel auf! ;-)
Top Arbeit übrigens!
That did my heart good watching this come back to life. A good mixer is the heart of the kitchen. And what a beauty
Glad you enjoyed it
Turned out great!
Wow you watched my video :D thanks a lot. I'm flattered you liked it.
Waouh !!! Splendide restauration et bien joli cadeau d’anniversaire 😋 !!
Super couleur et ça brille 🤩 !
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My goodness! This is amazing! You're truly an artist! What an amazing gift! Wish things were made to be repaired rather than throw away.
Fantastic job, absolutely love the color, looks like best present ever.
Thank you Gabriele
Came from 9gag, stayed for the satisfying content. Good job!
Btw, you must be very patient and indifferent to unpleasant things while handling this nasty boi. Also, your girlfriend is a lucky one.
Hey Betül. Thank you very much. This project was though but in the end I'm very pleased with the result
You have done a wonderful restoration to this machine. I would be happy to receive it knowing the effort that was put into restoring it.
Thank you Ken!
I loved how you saved this wonderful machine!!💜💜💜💜
Thank you Deana
AWESOME! I’m sure your girlfriend was thrilled. Feels good seeing things saved and given a rebirth instead of just throwing it away.
Man, would have loved to see the reaction of your girlfriend!!
Happy Girlfriend = good life
I love my KitchenAid. I have had it for 36 years and use it regularly. It was fun to see this restoration. Many times I have wondered what the inside of mine looks like.
Gorgeous work :)
Budvar is one of my favorite beers! :) As a Dane I do like my lager :)
Yeah Danish beer is on my list. Any recommendations
@@NTRprojects Well, you never go wrong with a Carlsberg. If you want to into some of the micro brewery stuff, Humlefryd from Skands and New York Lager from Nørrebro Bryghus are great :)
@@NTRprojects I would recommend a Tuborg classic or Tuborg gold for standard beers, and an Ale no. 16 for something a bit more fancy.
( I'm often frustrated by the fact that the basic Carlsberg pilsner is the only Danish beer you see abroad, since it is quite inferior in my opinion, compared to eg. a Tuborg Classic )
Budweiser USA actually lost that case and as part of the settlement, if they wanted to keep using the name, were allowed to make only the worst beer they could while still legally being classified as beer.
Heh, I sort of laughed when I saw the Budweiser label. I figured Dr. Beers spent all his money on parts for his girlfriends gift, and now he was poor.
I think the definition for beer that was used in the case was tinted water.
Somehow, it was coronated as the King of Beers?!?
We’ll that was a very satisfying video to watch. Launched the video thinking it would be a quick exit but stayed for the whole thing. Very nice restoration job!
I'm glad I found this channel from 9gag. I watched the whole, completely made my isolation more bearable. Thanks bro.
Hey Prince. Thanks for coming and all the best for the remaining time of isolation
That was just FREAKING AWESOME
I know your girlfriend will love it.
I can't wait for your next video 😊
Thank you so much Pamela. I will see what the next video will be about in the next days. For now I need one day off :D
You definitely take down time.
Family, friends always come first.
I waited 2 years for a novel from one of my favorite authors, I'm a very patient person 👍
@@pamelabraman7217 I promise it wont be that long :D
How nice to have that kind of skill and get it all back together again.
I'm glad I managed to do so Peggy
If she doesn’t realize how much she means to you after doing all this, I don’t know what to tell you.
Yea, she sees your a cheapskate and didn’t buy her a new one…
@@wayneguy6043 Dumbass. It's a labour of love.
@@avishjha4030 what a waste of life….
The new ones are junk compared to that!!
You are so sweet and talented. She is lucky to have you.
This is a really beautiful restoration. That poor beat up mixer is now a reclaimed gem. I happen to have a KitchenAid mixer and it is also very nice to see the inner workings. I've watched this video many times. Your girlfriend got a great birthday gift. Thanks for sharing the refurb!
Das ist ja mal ein sensationelles Projekt. Toll umgesetzt! :)
I think I know what you mean
Came here from 9gag. You sir just got a new subscriber. Excellent work and i like how well you explain things. Keep up the good work. Wasn't expecting a beer review in a restoration video but it was a pleasant surprise. Now i'm in the mood for a cold one. Cheers
Hey nektarios. Welcome to the channel. And enjoy the cold one
What a superb restoration! I am so glad your girlfriend loved it. I would be “over the moon” if I was gifted something like that! She is a lucky lady! I also like her choice of colour.
I've always wondered why these are expensive. Now I know - also, it held up quite well considering the state you found it in. I really hope your girlfriend was appreciative of all the effort you put in to making this possible.
She really was and is appreciating the kitchenaid
They’re not worth the money for the new ones!!
They’re not built like that anymore!
Thanks! Got the little lady one recently, and she wouldn't let me take it apart to take a look inside for some weird reason...
:D:D:D
One of the great things about KitchenAid mixers is that the size of the front accessory attachment hasn't changed since the 1930s so any old attachments still work! Love my KitchenAid so very much!
Honestly good to know lol
10:00 if somebody ask: I'm sure it's "Isopropanol"
We use it to clean boards after soldering
Yes you are completely right. Thank you for clarification
Absolutely beautiful restoration. I think this is one of the best I've seen. I LOVE the color! I love KitchenAid mixers and dream of owning one of my own some day. Do you put labels on your restorations detailing when you restored it? I don't know about your other restorations, but this one is worth of having something right next to the manufacturers label.
I have a special place in my heart for these Kitchen Aid mixers. Thank you for making it new again!
"Subscription button red" haha I see what you did there! Subscribed!
You got me :D
As a passionate baker myself, I have to say you are a very good boyfriend! A very good job sir.
I get a lot back in return, but this project was quite intense...so maybe I gathered some bonus points.
@@NTRprojects I was going to add you are also a very lucky boyfriend who has baker girlfriend.
Him giving her a Kitchen-Aid standing mixer on her birthday. It doesn't matter if it's rebuilt I bet you could hear her excited screaming three states away. I know you would hear mine if I got something like that.
@@elizabethkizzar5489 ohww how well you described the feeling of gifting
Thanks for a beautiful video. I grew up with one of these. Inherited it from my mom, and now my daughter has it to feed her family. So much joy from that machine. God bless the people who designed and built it.
Great job! Not many people would have bothered to restore that mixer. You've shown it was possible and will enjoy many years of service from it. Not to mention the pride of your restoration abilities. Thank for sharing.
You should rename the channel to, "Pretty Bloody Good Restorations" 😳😎
Hahaha thank you mate
it always makes me wonder how people manage to destroy even the most sturdy things.
so it's all just the more satisfying to see someone with the completely opposite energy to undo such neglect and destruction. love it!🤩
also good to know that these devices are really repairable. that's not a given anymore.
Thanks a lot for watching and commenting mia solala
In a world of short life expensive gadgets, it's nice to see something just keeps going! It's a shame about or personal computer devices.
I'm glad I could save it. Best regards
The reason computers and other electronic devices have a short lifespan is because, in the words of an IT guy I know, "They are not done inventing it yet". Once they reach a level of certainty that nothing can be improved, then you will see things slow down. A good example is televisions. They have been through several transformations and actually became really cheap by the 1970's. Then when flat screens were invented, they were expensive again. Now they have become cheap again because there isn't much else they can do.
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Yes I understand your point, there is merit to what your saying, but TV like all other electronic devices today use internet connected computers, all computers should be kept up to date if they access the internet, even the best OS out there is a very large bloated tower of Babel so many computer language and frameworks, Hacker's are always looking for treasure in this vast landscape. The cost to maintain the software stack would cut into profitability, that why you can end up buying something new off the shelf that no longer supported by the manufacturer.
Next problem.
Electronics devices are going to be short life by design because of the ever decreasing in size of the circuit traces on the silicon substrate, there deleting there redundancy in the form of atoms.
girls: it's autumn plum.
guys: it's RAL 4007: purple violet
Clearly love your girlfriend. You put a great deal of work into this. Hope she appreciated this gift.
I hope this gift helps to bring many cookies and cakes into your life!
Came here from 9gag!
Hello Tania. Have a look around and hopefully come back again and again
@@NTRprojects I will!
A dear friend of mine had her 1940-something kitchenaid restored for her birthday a few years ago. It's a beautiful thing to see