Finally found a working KitchenAid mixer at a garage sale for $20

I was driving through Elmwood last Saturday and spotted a garage sale sign with a blurry picture that looked like a mixer body. Turned out to be a 1980s KitchenAid that just needed a new grease job, which I did myself after watching a quick video. Has anyone else scored an old appliance fixer-upper that turned out way better than expected?

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the_elliot15d ago

My buddy found an old Kenmore sewing machine at a thrift store for ten bucks, cleaned it up, and now sews full canvas duffel bags on it like it's nothing.

emmag2214d ago

Hold up, is sewing a canvas duffel bag really that big of a deal? I've got a 90s Brother machine that cost me like forty bucks and it goes through denim just fine, no problem. I feel like people act like old machines are these magical beasts, but honestly it's just a motor and some metal parts. My friend tried to fix a vintage Singer and ended up stripping a screw and yelling at it for an hour. Maybe some of those old ones are just good for mending jeans, not making full on luggage.

lucasw8215d ago

That Kenmore sewing machine story reminds me of something. It's funny how stuff built before the 2000s just has that heft to it, like they actually expected you to hand it down to your kids. You see it in washers, vacuum cleaners, you name it. We've traded built-to-last for built-to-be-replaced, and a lot of folks are figuring out you can buy an old workhorse for pocket change and fix it with a screwdriver and a YouTube video.