Re: OT: Chrome plated brass shaft (blender)

Joerg wrote:
Martin Griffith wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:16:52 -0700, in sci.electronics.design Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ok, the shaft of a Hamilton Beach blender seized. No more margarita :-( Mfg said too bad, it's just out of warranty. Bought another one, of course from a different brand. Margaritas are back :-)

Took the old one apart and couldn't believe it: It looks like they chrome-plated the brass shaft, chrome flaked off in some areas and then it seized. Has anyone seen that? Is chrome-plating a shaft that becomes part of a fast-spinning bearing kosher? In the ME classes that I (clandestinely) attended back at the university that "technology" certainly was not taught.


http://sherline.com/lathes.htm


I know, I know. Don't make me drool here ;-)

My wife won't let me buy a lathe just to fix the blender. It'll go into the trash, we don't trust that brand anymore.

She doesn't understand.

You buy the lathe because you _want_ the lathe. Then you fix the blender because you _want_ to fix the blender.

Sensible economics has nothing to do with it.

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