James Alun

Joylynn, I thought that letter was called thorn in english and eth in scandinavia?

As for cursive, like many things I couldn't do it right up until I could. I hated practising reading, until I hit 6 and then I was off with a reading age of 18 at about 10-11.

My brother has always written in block despite having all the same input as me. The only difference being that he's left handed.

I'm sat in a work training session darning my socks.

Hey if it's socially acceptable for granny to knit pretty much anywhere, then is ok for a mid 30's guy to be extending the life of his socks.

I'm feeling slightly justified about my earlier post.

The door latch broke on mum and dad's dishwasher during the first load after christmas lunch. This then meant that Dad and I had to drag the dishwasher out, in order to take the top off, to get to the top of the latch.

Of course you can't just take the cover of the door off because they're all hidden when the door is closed because making something maintainable is "ugly".

Earlier today I washed up the mugs of 28 people from coffee time and it was a good time to stand there and sing to myself for 10 minutes.

Yep but we'd call it daub not cob.

(Daub is from wattle and daub, the wattle is the woven stave wood back the daub sticks to)

Great job! Well done everyone chipping in.

(Btw that gear with the chipped teeth is normally known as a helical gear, the smaller brass gear on the motor shaft is the worm gear.)

The one in mum and dad’s attic is 1898 from what I remember. Converted to electric, it’s great for heavier fabrics.

At some point I’d like to find a treadle for it but I’ll need to be in a different housing situation for that.

In my less than humble opinion, the options are proper industrial dishwashers or a washing up bowl.

I’ve spent too much time trying to fix “white goods”/ home appliances that are built to last the warranty period.

If you’re regularly cooking for less than 15 people, a dishwasher isn’t worth losing the cupboard space and time fixing the thing.

Real dishwashers in commercial kitchens that use a plastic rack to rinse, wash and store mugs, glasses and cutlery actually do save time, human energy and human backs. The type where you load up the rack, put it over the sink to rinse, slide the whole thing into the dish washer, wait 2 minutes and then slide it into a storage rack. The type of equipment that comes with a service contract. Those things are worth the space and expense for a business style setup.

(I’ll also make the same argument for printers, these types of machines should be owned by businesses, libraries or service companies. Private ownership is far too much like hard work)

Ahh ok, I glanced at the first video and that looks interesting!

Although please don’t copy him and use an uninsulated screwdriver with the power on, that’s not cool.

Amy Gardener wrote:I'm following this thread with interest due to a similar problem with the same KitchenAid mixer. The speed adjustment lever is not responding as I change speeds. Sometimes the mixer doesn't move as in the OP scenario. If I push the lever in or jiggle the knob, something registers and I can get 3 speeds eventually. After reading this post, I tried more forceful jiggling and was able to get all 10 speeds. It's probably  a matter of time until the jiggling and pushing approach fails. But maybe this data point could be of use?

Well that’s interesting. I had assumed that the speed controller was… actually I don’t know what I assumed. It looks like the lever goes under that cardboard/brown bit opposite to all the big gears. Are there smaller gears under that or something electrical looking?

G, in your 4th pic I can see that your neutral wire (white one) is disconnected, there may be a placed on the circuit board for that to plug onto. ( could be on the motor instead but I doubt it, I think those are the blue and brown wires)