Reply #8: stick blenders [View All]

[mopinko]

one of the things DH and i did this week, since we are on a staycation here in chicago, was to go nosing around in the restaurant supply stores. i bought myself a nice mandoline for $80. we were looking for a 10 qt. hobart, which we struck out on.
we saw a commercial stick blender for $200 that has been talking to me ever since. wouldn't be of all that much use in the kitchen, but it would sure be awesome in my studio. i mix casting slips and glazes with a mortar mixer, which doesn't really break up the clumps very well. and i have also been doing some cast paper sculpture, which really needs a tough blender. i think the accepted best machine for that is about $600. but that puppy would do the trick without a doubt.

i have had a few gizmos made by braun, and an not all that impressed with the brand. their stuff should either be cheaper or tougher. i think that i would kill that gizmo within a year. even without using it to mix cement.