kenwood mixer cream maker attachment

luckyduck58

Hi ,I have just bought a cream maker off ebay for my old kenwood A701a. Unfortunately the little valve was missing . I think a valve from any vintage cream maker would fit but neither the seller or myself can find one .
I`ve seen a picture of it and it looks just like a nail with a broad head. I was wondering if any one here has a cream maker ( not a ice cream maker ,I recall someone talking about theirs on here ) and if they could suggest something that could be used to improvise a valve or tell me what it actually does . could I just use a nail perhaps?
Any suggestions gratefully accepted .

joedenise

Just contact Kenwood and ask them to send you the part. They'll probably send it free of charge.

They replaced the lid of my food processor attachment when the little "nail" type thing came out.

Denise

luckyduck58

Thanks denise, but they havn`t made these cream makers for years and they don`t keep parts for it, can`t find anywhere that does, not ebay or the restore site and no reply from anyone on the WACEM site either . Anyone out there have one ?

alltrustgone

I have a cream maker A927 for the A900 and KM range Kenwoods. The valve dimensions for that model are:

Metal head, which is drawing pin thin, measures about 13mm diameter. It is curved slightly top and bottom, just like a standard drawing pin. In position, the curved upper face of the head spans the hole at the bottom of the piston cylinder, lower face curve spans the central and other 3 holes in the bottom of the grooved hand nut.

The metal spindle part is approx 23mm long, and about 3mm diameter for most of its length. It tapers very slightly for just a couple of mm at the lower end, before being cut straight across with a blunt end.

Imagine a large headed drawing pin stuck into the core of a 23mm long piece of matchstick.

The valve is seated: the spindle goes through the central hole in bottom of the screw on hand nut, maroon colour on mine. There is a raised rim around this hole inside the grooved nut, which raises the curved head of the valve slightly in the centre, and this lifts the (lower) perimeter of the head very very slightly away from the inside bottom of the nut. Assembled, the curved valve head fits inside the recess at the bottom of the piston cylinder

When all assembled the spindle protrudes about 16mm from the bottom of the nut.

The valve does not go up and down when the piston mechanism is turning. There is no "play" in the valve when in place.

I'm guessing the function is that the combination of the very very narrow gap under the perimiter of the seated valve head, and the three narrow "escape" holes in the bottom of the nut, combined with the pressure from the piston, creates a powerful squirt (that's as technical as I can get) which helps the cream form - I stress this is a guess!

Gawd, hope this makes some sense and helps a bit.

ATG

luckyduck58

Thank you very much couldn`t have had a better reply :j