B wrote:
I have a 50 year old Sunbeam electric cake mixer, and I suspect it was
working when my mother made a cake with it 25 years ago. I'd like to test it
out and maybe use it for light-duty mixing. Is there some kind of
maintenance I should do to the motor before firing it up? Could it have gone
bad just sitting in the closet, or is it likely to work as well as it did
last time it was turned on? Thx.



if you can open it up and see it you can give the moving parts a lube.
Stuff was made to be fixed back then so its probably easy to open it.
You might give the coils a blow off with some air, or a vacuum cleaner
if they are dusty.

I bet that mixer was actually working when your mother made that cake too!

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Respectfully,


CL Gilbert


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