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Michelle: The best information I can come up with (vintage ads) indicates that your Mixwell and my Princess date from 1957 to 1960, a three-year production run. This is also the time frame when my mother acquired her Mixwell. Sadly, there is no resource for Dormeyer like there is for...

Michelle: You might be interested to know that Dormeyer's hand mixer - their competitor to the Mixmaster, Jr. - was actually NAMED "Dormey." Enameled Dormeys were Model 7500; the chrome version was Model 7600. Your Model 5100 Mixwell is exactly like the one I grew up with; it's the same as...

Forgot to Mention.... ....Dormeyer was famous for three things: 1) They had more models than Sunbeam. Sunbeam did not offer anything but the Mixmaster and Mixmaster, Jr. for a long, long time. They did eventually come up with the Vista series as a second-tier offering. Dormeyer had at least...

Dormeyer-Built! Camfield was a brand built by the Dormeyer Corporation of Chicago. Dormeyer was Sunbeam's main competitor; they built a very good machine. Your Camfield dates from the mid-1950s; it has a stand design that Dormeyer got away from by the later part of the decade. Yours has...

Another Morning Cleaner Here! Before leaving for work, I have to tidy the bedroom and make the bed, do up the breakfast dishes and clean the sink and run the vacuum a bit. Nothing worse than coming home after a lousy day at work (and you never know when you're going to have one these days)...

Cannot Stand: A dirty sink, dishes in a sink or use of a sink as a catch-all when cooking. I don't even like disposers, because food scraps dirty the sink and the rubber flange for the disposer tends to grow algae, making the sink an unsanitary place for its intended purpose - washing...

Even Easier Variation! Next time you make chicken pot pie filling, you can skip all the stuff about a crust or a biscuit topping if you don't want to bother or if you're out of time - because it's also very, very good over wide egg noodles. When my partner was alive, this was known around our...

The Home Stretch! Fred: As exciting and fascinating as all this has been, I know you're going to be glad when it's all done and there are no more installations to worry about. It has come a LOOOOOOOOOOONG way. I'll be interested to see the cabinets with mirrors, countertops and hardware...

Wheels vs. Glides I grew up with a Compact C-2, and I own a TriStar CXL, so I've experienced both glides and wheels. On the C-2, the wheels were at the rear, furthest away from the hose, so what you did was lift up on the hose a bit and that lifted the front off the glides, leaving the rear...

That Bathroom.... ....Is an amazing advance over its former "look." By the time it's due for another remodel, you're going to have to do this to make it any better!

Looks Like: A swellegant, elegant time was had by all. Did you give guided tours of Works in Progress, a.k.a. the master bath?

You Could.... Sell it to me if the price is right!

Oh, Ye Gods. It looks like a nice machine, but it would not be worth that if it had once been the personal property of Queen Elizabeth II and came with pictures of her in a pinny and kerchief, using it to vacuum the halls in Buckingham Palace.

Hans: Pretty range, but I think I'll let someone else be the one to keep those huge swaths of chrome free of schmutz and fingermarks!

Brad: If you're referring to Fred's set of 906s, those are the Holy Grail of Maytag collecting. 906s were not common even when new; they cost more than any other Maytags, and not everyone wanted that much automation; many users preferred the flexible cycles of the 806s like I own. Fred's...

Fred: The shower looks great! Very sleek and understated. Things have come a long, LONG way, haven't they? I'm sure you'll be grateful to have the use of the shower on Friday. I'm guessing you're using one of the other bathrooms for the moment and won't have to resort to dousing yourself in...

My Maytags.... Are the A806 washer and DE806 dryer, identical to Fred's (compactelectra) machines except for the controls. Fred's 906 pair is the ultimate in automation - you push one button and the machine does the rest. My 806 pair has user-selectable settings, so that you can tailor a...

Oh, I Forgot: And enough vintage Corningware in the Cornflower pattern to open a store! Each piece has its own handle, and there are buffet cradles for every piece that will fit on them. I pity anyone who buys stuff like this new - what's a buck or two in the thrifts and yard sales is very...

Richard: You're talking to another Farberware percolator owner here - the vintage ones, not the new copy. That perc is keeping company with vintage Farberware aluminum-clad pots and pans, vintage Pyrex, a 1957 Dormeyer Princess mixer, a 1972 GE 4-slice Toast-R-Oven, a set of 1957 West Bend...

Nathan: I think what you are doing for your mother is wonderful, and you are right that you need to consider it a full-time responsibility. But my background in senior care leads me to say that I hope you will find some ways to have a little time for yourself. It's very important to take...