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| moggins |
Bread Experiment was a SuccessI bought some fantastic flour direct from the mill but when I attempted to use it in the breadmaker it was a complete disaster.This morning I combined it half and half with ordinary bread flour and it's beautiful. I just wish I hadn't lost the second blade for my breadmaker or I could do them 2 at a time 
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| mrsnesbitt |
i am sure hubs could make a blade for you.
Give the model number etc and we'll see if we can find the specification drawing..Jon will be able to make one from that. Dx |
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| Treacodactyl |
If you post up the details someone may also have a spare from a broken machine. | ||||
| moggins |
You lot are wonderful, do you know that?
It's a Morphy Richards Twin Loaf Rapide - the model number is 48270, it's not really a blade as such, more like a little paddle thingy. It's just frustrating when I could be making 2 loaves at a time and the way we get through bread I could use it
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| Treacodactyl |
It may also be worth e-mailing or calling their customer line. You can get replacemnt tins for bread makers and paddles. They should be able to either give you a price or let you know a local shop that can get the parts. You may even be able to get a padle for free, tins may cost almost as much as a new bread maker. 
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| moggins |
I did try going on their website this morning but they have discontinued my model (the other half did get it as discontinued stock from Cash Converters).
I've found their helpline number so I'm going to give them a ring on Monday on the off chance that they may have a few left. I've already replaced one and as soon as I replaced that one, the other disappeared. I think there's something in this house that doesn't approve of my breadmaker 
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| moggins |
I'm such an idiot, I realised I had put the serial number in on the website instead of the model number.
I've found them online at £2.85 each with free delivery so I've ordered 3! |
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| mrsnesbitt |
Hubs would have made you one for double that price!!!!
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| moggins |
LOL, it's only a hard plasticy thing 
I've even found a replacement for the left hand lid which I melted slightly (don't ask) so I'll order one of those when my blades have arrived. Very strange that they don't do replacement right hand lids 
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| Bugs |
Where did you get the replacements from, Moggins? We tried to find a replacement pan and paddle for our Panasonic and like TD says the prices weren't far off a new machine, which is surely some sort of joke
Is it direct from the manufacturer or from a spares site? |
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| moggins |
I ordered them from the Morphy Richards website. I think a replacement pan was only a tenner. Perhaps I'd better stock up on a few spares whilst they still have them? | ||||
| wellington womble |
My experience with bread machines (which is pretty limited, as I only just got one for christmas!) is to ignore the manufacturers instructions and follow the recipe from the flour mill. Much better bread. I only check the bread recipes for rough dough quantites and things like baking times for rolls or buns. | ||||
| culpepper |
if you were looking on spares2go then all the prices seem well over the top. Some of the manufacturers sites are cheaper than them.
Ebay has a new wantit section ,its free to list what you want and someone might have the bits you need its here |
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| andy |
bread makersI must admit I've never been able to see the attraction in using breadmakers. Why not just use the oven, that's what I do - bakes anything, including nice huge round country loaves, and you don't have another bit of electrical equipment cluttering up the kitchen. In fact same goes for toasting and grilling machines. Aren't we just paying money for equipment that the manufacturers makes us think we need?Anyway, happy baking. Andy |
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| tahir |
Re: bread makers
Me neither but I must admit she's quite handy round the house and keeps the bed warm too
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| sean |
Re: bread makers
Yours is obviously designed differently from mine. I thought they all had cold feet. |
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| Behemoth |
One day she'll work this interweb thingy out and you'll be nailed to the wall 
As for bread makers I think the perceived advantage is that you just bung all the ingredients in and walk away. |
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| tahir |
Her sisters been looking in, she's trying to stir but my missus knows I'd never say anything derogatory about her. You're probably right though |
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| moggins |
Andy I would love to bake bread the proper way, unfortunately I have arthritis in my fingers (too many years of typing I think) so any gadget that helps me to still make things from scratch is a godsend to me.
If my food processor died no one in my family would ever eat a pie again as I can't rub the fat into the flour either
It's lovely to be able to make things from scratch but unfortunately if I didn't have some of these 'gadgets' then it would have be all supermarket junk
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| mrsnesbitt |
Hey moggins chuck.......believe me my family too are glad I have a breadmaker, and a food processor, microwave etc etc..............I do not have arthritis (virtual hug to you here) just the inability to do anything bread making related....I can paint, draw etc etc but make bread..forget it!! Tried and tried.................same as pastry! I get responses like
"You DO do a good dinner denise...but frozen pastry is so cheap! Geese enjoy all my experiments however!!!!( Now where did I read that geese like bread????) |
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| Andy |
Hi again,
If you bake your own bread, one way or the other, good on you. I wouldn't want anyone to eat the supermarket stuff. If kitchen gadgets helps out. Great!. I'll probably have to buy one myself at some point. Until then though I'm more than happy to do without. Happy baking. Andy |
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| tahir |
My In Laws have just bought a Kenwood bread machine, they brought over a loaf on saturday and i must admit it was most impressive, much better than supermarket stuff. | ||||
| Northern_Lad |
Let's face it, that's not exactly difficult, is it? |
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| tahir |
True, but I was still surprised as I'd never tasted a bread machine one. | ||||
| bagpuss |
while I don't have a bread machine I know cabd gets a lot of use out of his.
while I am tempted I have never bought because of both space issues and because we actually don't eat that much bread. That being said I see the advantages. With a bread machine as someone has said its put it all in and done you can return to a ready loaf but if you are going to make bread yourself from scratch its a slightly more time consuming and interactive process for example the bread I made on sunday to go with the soup I was making I had to make the dough and kneed for 10 minutes, leave for an hour, knock back leave for another 1/2hr then baking. A bread machine under those terms in much more convenient |
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| andy |
I bake from scratch because I enjoy it. And maybe also because I'm a bit of a luddite at home. I work all day doing computer animation and its great making something real with no machines involved. Unless I am forced to, I'm not going to put the ingredients into a machine and let it have all the fun
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| tahir |
Sign up and tell us more about your animation Andy 
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| Guest |
making bread is great fun but surely you can appreciate why if you want fresh bread on a daily basis most people don't have the time to do it themselves |
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| alison |
I love my bread machine. I can make it from scratach, if I really had to but I have enough other things to do. It takes less than 5 minutes to set both machines, and they both make a great loaf. | ||||
| culpepper |
we make a loaf every day(well I do) in our machine.It is just enough.I used to buy about 8 loaves of bread in asda and put it in the freezer.Now I have room in my freezer for more important things and home made bread and enough crumbs and offcuts to make bread pud about once a month. They do need a bit of room though,I got mine from ebuyer and so didnt see how big it was till it was delivered but its definitely worth it.When we made bread when the kids were small, I used to have to dedicate a whole morning to it and have bread all over the house proving. | ||||
| andy |
Guest:
I only bake about once a week, that is probably why I don't mind the work. Heavy type breads with rye in them, they last very well. Tahir: I do 3D creature (animal) animation for BBC television progs. Its good fun, but you do spend all your time sitting down and a lot of time in front of the computer. Cheers all, Andy |