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BOLTR: KitchenAid Mixer. SURPRISE!

AvE · demo · Watch on YouTube

Repair, teardowns & right to repairMechanical & precision engineering

What it is

AvE tears down a high-end KitchenAid stand mixer, looking at its castings, large DC motor and gear train. He also picks apart some design trade-offs.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it as an entertaining teardown and as evidence that KitchenAid mixers are stoutly built.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend checking out AVE's channel on Youtube”

    One of the AvE teardowns showing how products are made cheaply

    WestCoastJustin, 2017-03 · Recommendation · in “Nintendo Switch Teardown”

  2. “I thought the BOLTR teardown of one was entertaining”

    Entertaining teardown of a KitchenAid mixer

    mumblemumble, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “How KitchenAid and Le Creuset Took over Kitchens”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: kitchenaid, teardown, ave, mechanical design, stand mixer

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