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SirBinks t1_jea5803 wrote

I don't know about Cuisinart, but I know the first change to a plastic gear in KitchenAids was intentional to make it more durable.

They added it as a sacrificial part in case you jammed the mechanism. Without it, the motor would burn itself out, or multiple other parts could break; basically the whole machine was junk.

With the sacrificial gear, catastrophic failure could be fixed with a cheap, easily serviceable part.

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dinosaur-boner t1_jeba3lw wrote

Wish I could give this more TU. Serviceability matters when it comes to BIFL.

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psimian t1_jebjq83 wrote

Yeah, I think that happened in the early 70's?

There's a difference to having a single nylon worm gear, and having the entire drive train made of plastic.

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