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Mark Thorson
 
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Default Kitchenaid? Bah! Here's a serious dough mixer!

The standard Kitchenaid is a rotating paddle for which
its axis of rotation also rotates in a circle. The
technical term for this is a "planetary mixer".

If you have two rotating paddles on that circle,
that's a "double planetary mixer". There are no
consumer double planetary mixers, but one just showed
up on eBay (mistakenly described as "twin head"):

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....tem=7584328626

Double planetary is good, because the slug produced
by one paddle is continually intersected by the
other paddle.

This looks to be a somewhat old one. I would guess
it's 40 years old, plus or minus 10, but I'm not
really an expert on Charles Ross & Sons mixers.

Age is not a reason to avoid this unit. These
machines were built to last forever. If it was
in storage for 30 years or saw only occasional use,
it could be in very good shape. I don't
know this unit, so I just can't say.

I have no connection with the seller of this unit.
I won't bid on this unit, at the current price,
but I wouldn't say it's underpriced. If nobody
bids and it's relisted at $300, I'll be in there.
(And kicking myself for posting about it to rfc.)