i just bought a used magic mill 9000 the other day and immediately put it to use making the apple walnut bread from this site, it was freaking delicious.  however,  i did find that the kneading roller would not hold to the rim of the bowl which is what causes it to rotate.  if any one feels their tension arm is not tight enough i have found it very easy to fix.  you will need two 8mm 1.25 thread twist nuts.  if you take the locking knob off the threaded shaft you can put the two nuts on, just until they are both on the shaft but not much further (rotating the arm toward the inside will expose more shaft threads).  use two wrenches to tighten the nuts together then put a wrench on the back nut and turn counter clockwise, the shaft should back out.  once the shaft is out i rotated the tension arm 1 revolution and put the threaded shaft back in place.  a note here,  when i first rotated the tension arm it acted as though it was rising up from the body and the holes didn't line up, this was just the increased tension on the inner spring, push down on the handle and the hole will line up again.  this will make sense once you get into it, it really was simple.

I finally got tired of making my Kitchen Aid mixer smoke, and ordered a Magic Mill DLX 2000 (Electrolux Assistent). I made a variation on the New York Deli Rye from _Breadmaker's Apprentice_ (I didn't use the onion or caraway), using 100% of a mixed rye/white flour barm instead of the sponge. Based on what I'd read online, I started with the liquid ingredients in the mixer, then added dry slowly. It did a beautiful job of kneading, I think I'm in love.

I got it from Pleasant Hill, along with 150 pounds of wheat and rye. Now I just have to wait for my Mill-Rite to get here :(

Loyd

I inherited an old Magic Mill with the grain adjuster on the front (although just missing a knob?) and lots of old wheat flour in a old sponge next to the stone.  I have no instruction booklet but it seems that the motor turns on but the stones must be too close together to turn.  I am not exactly sure how to adjust it.  Would it be okay to get rid of the sponge material---I am actually very surprised that I don't have bugs all over as there is some very old flour there.  What would be the purpose of the sponge?  It's also missing the pan underneath and the metal funnel device for the top but those won't prevent it from running.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!   

I have the Electrolux Magic Mill and am in need of a food processor.  Has anyone tried the food processor attachments for it? I've been looking through the attachment list and can't for the life of me figure out what is used for what both in terms of what the individual shredding disks are used for but also how one would go about making something that needs to be more puréed than shredded: hummus or nut butter, for instance.  With a traditional food processor, I'd use the blade attachment, but with this I'm not sure.

Does anyone have these? Can you comment on how useful they are?

Thanks,

Jonathan