I can't tell if you're bragging or complaining.

Hang in there, this too shall pass. 🫂

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It’ll be a near thing, but there’s a chance as long as she’s not flying.

The odds are not in your favor that it’ll finish before she gets home.

Look, I understand that the only way out is through. But could we at least stop adding more for me to get through.

"1/2" speed is very slow - about 15rpm, though I didn't specifically check. The old "Stir" speed of 60rpm on older mixers lands at the speed "2" setting. Top speed is about 280rpm, which tracks with the other models.

Because the fluorescent light (which strobes at 60Hz for the wheel) isn't phase-locked to the phone's camera shutter, unfortunately the wheel doesn't show anything helpful in the video, but it's still neat.

Artisan Plus Speed Run YouTube video by Ocean State Mixer Repair

Here’s a run through the speeds on the Artisan Plus. There’s no speed adjustment on it, but I put the tachometer on it because I was curious to see how the speed calibration differed from the previous models.

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#Mixerology

The newer design is surely less costly to manufacture.

Done and back together! The bowl light does look kind of cool. Here too are some comparison photos of the new and old stainless flat beaters. #mixerology

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I'm sure vendor support would only tell you to do all the things you already tried, too. :-(

There are sellers on eBay with used replacement print heads. (example: www.ebay.com/itm/30449152...). Your call whether if it's worth $30 and your time to replace it. :-)

Indeed, it has.

I'm curious now. :-) What's the brand and model?

Artisan Plus Teardown YouTube video by Ocean State Mixer Repair

I made a video documenting the disassembly. It has a little more detail, if you feel like sitting through it. youtu.be/5DfvAXKM51U

After fifty years of electromechanical speed controls, the K45 model type gets an electronic speed control. This is the underside; the bowl light LEDs are on the other side. The speed control slider is at the top; you can twist the knob to switch between continuous and stepped speed control.

Here's the motor unit, after removal from the housing. Behind the inlet board there's a fan shroud, and at the top (bottom, when the mixer is upright) is the fan exhaust which lines up with the vents in the rear cover.

Under that rear cover, instead of the old speed control plate, there's a board mounted on the back of the motor. There's an MOV for surge suppression, a fuse, a power inlet for the mains cord, and outputs to the motor and speed control board (not visible, inside).

In back, the rear cover has a change to the design of the vent. (We'll see why in a minute.)

The molding for the power cord strain relief is changed slightly, and the ground is anchored inside the lower housing. (The light diffuser is visible to the right.)

Inside, the gear train mechanics are identical to the current Artisan. It's light on grease and uses the same cost-reduced plastic bushings in the pinion drive.

That bowl light is pretty slick. There's a new casting for the lower gear housing to accommodate the hole and diffuser for the LEDs.

I bought and took apart one of those new "Artisan Plus" mixers that KitchenAid shipped the other day, mostly because I was curious to see what the internal differences were from the not-Plus Artisan.

First, here's a short video showing the thing running. #mixerology

Are you the guy in those insurance company commercials about young people turning into their parents?

Bill Kurtis: still sexy as hell. 😍

🎯

It’s a good word to describe living with two pairs of sentient tin snips. :-)

This is definitely a thing; I have two African Greys and one of them is *always* up to something shady. The other has a noise that I call her "narc squeak" because she only makes it when the primary miscreant is misbehaving.

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