I have never been happy with one aspect of my KA stand mixer: the flat
beater doesn't clean the sides or bottom of the bowl. I have to stop
it periodically and run a rubber spatula down the sides and bottom to
bring in the unincorporated ingredients. It also makes a clanging
noise, but I can't figure out what it could possibly be clanging
*against* if it's not cleaning the bottom or sides of the bowl. The
manual says it's "adjusted at the factory so that the flat beater just
clears the bottom of the bowl" and then gives instructions for
adjusting the clearance if it's too far away from the bowl, which it
appears to be, *but* what's making the clanging sound?

I will cheerfully admit that I am the least mechanically ept person I
know (my boss is ever alert to my occasional physical assaults on
various pieces of recalcitrant office equipment, as my "fix-it"
repertoire is limited to giving the offending equipment a good whack).
But given the "clanging," dare I use the suggested method of turning
the screw slightly to the right? And how "slight" is "slightly"? 1/4
turn? 1/2 turn? I have visions of getting it so utterly out of plumb
that I might as well throw it out and start over ;-D

TIA,
Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

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