I bet that mixer is a beast though. I just repaired my old silver chef. I have a fondness for older kitchen appliances due to the repairable nature of them.

There's a specific spanner type wrench to remove the agitator. As many here have stated, machines with minimal electronics are the better option for down the road repair.

I'm the current caretaker of a Maytag set from the late 70's that came with the house. They are decidedly not pretty, but I had zero issues finding affordable parts, and performing general maintenance on either of them. The dryer needed a new tension roller and belt, the washers main bearing was, for lack of a better descriptor, grenadeded. It cost around $90 for parts, and a few hours of my time. It also allowed me to deep clean both appliances, which both desperately needed. 😅

Yes, but it takes ages, and could potentially alter the structural integrity of the pot, depending on how bad the pitting is.

I wet sand the area with varying grits to level the surface , then polish. Give it a good scub with hot water and soap and it's good to go. If it's deeply pitted, i.e. more that 1/8th the total thickness of the parent metal, then unfortunately it can't be polished out.

My 5qt Magnalite took me about 6-7 hours using a mix of hand sanding and a drill with sanding disks. Looks fantastic now. 👌

I was struggling with it. From what I've learned, it's is a mixture of standard French, and ...something?I have an atrocious American accent with French. But I've always found Cajun very interesting.

And if you really want to go with silk, you can get a silk shirt or something similar from a thrift shop. I did this to make my own face masks to help with the contact acne I was getting. Got 2 yards off silk off a Lane Bryant blouse.