DennisCA
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I posted about this in the Stuff you have made today thread, but someone thought it should be in it's own thread, so here are the two original posts
The project stalled because the paint I bought didn't work, the producer had problems with a batch of cans that were polluted with water, ruining the product. I wasn't able to get a replacement that worked from the dealer, so I got two 1k cans of paint instead, same color RAL 9010. So last night I was able to paint the upper casting. I started reassembling the circuit board and controls as well, they have been sitting in the sun covered in hydrogen peroxide solution to remove any yellowing, though one hardly sees a difference on the grey toned stuff. I did see a big difference on the white scraper which was severely yellowed though.
Loosely reassembled to get an idea of what it'll look like.
Still waiting for the new capacitor and drive belt, then it can be reassembled and is done.
I bought a mixer, a swedish Electrolux Assistent from the 1980s. These are great for bread baking. I have a conventional mixer (Kenwood major) that does all the usual stuff well enough, but I've never been entirely happy with the dough hook kneading so when I found this for 20 euros I decided to make it a project.
First thing to do is take it apart. I'm going for as complete a renovation here. I'm also going to bleach the plastic parts using hydrogen peroxide and UV method. The design is pretty simple, a motor drives a gearbox via a flat belt and on top it's the bowl that rotates, not the tool.
Started polishing some of the parts, they had gotten a patina with the years, I am not sure what material this is, not aluminium anyway.
Polished the bowl as well
Motor starts without any problems though this old RIFA capacitor should be swapped on principle alone.
The "PTO" for various accessories looks like it has had a hard life. I am not sure if it will work or not like this. I think though I could repair this on the lathe and superglue in a new part, or some other method of fastening.
Project will continue later.
Disassembly of the Electrolux Assistent continued today and I polished the support for the arm. I found that the top cover was some unknown cast metal and painted, not plastic. I am planning to respray it with white 2-component paint. I don't know if you got it in the UK but a finnish company makes 2C spray paint cans that you don't need to puncture a separate hardener for and the spray-can can be used, left and used again like normal 1C paint.
https://www.maston.fi/en/front-page/product-information/spray-paints/2k-two-spray#products-content
I wonder why the machine isn't grounded, this type of three legged capacitor from what I understand is meant to connect to earth. I wonder if I can replace the cable and plug with a grounded one and earth the metal chassis without affecting the working on the capacitor.
Replacement capacitor has been ordered.
The project stalled because the paint I bought didn't work, the producer had problems with a batch of cans that were polluted with water, ruining the product. I wasn't able to get a replacement that worked from the dealer, so I got two 1k cans of paint instead, same color RAL 9010. So last night I was able to paint the upper casting. I started reassembling the circuit board and controls as well, they have been sitting in the sun covered in hydrogen peroxide solution to remove any yellowing, though one hardly sees a difference on the grey toned stuff. I did see a big difference on the white scraper which was severely yellowed though.
Loosely reassembled to get an idea of what it'll look like.
Still waiting for the new capacitor and drive belt, then it can be reassembled and is done.