Milkshake Willy

04/18/2026

Just another look at that Hamilton Beach model 18. The true color is difficulty to see. When I bought it, I thought it was just a light shade of cream. When I received it, that is actually a 🤍 white 🤍 base which is best seen next to the Jadeite Green mixer. Still difficult to photograph the true color. 🫥👇🏻

04/17/2026

FRIDAY FEATURE:

What a show-stopper! 😯 Yes, this mixer has a unique shape and style. It was also Hamilton Beach’s first heavy duty mixer and commonly found in bars. They learned that it could easily go through ice cream, since it was strong enough to “chip” 🧊 ice pieces and mix drinks behind the bar.
So we know it’s a strong mixer, but I feel that it’s that label on the front that makes it such a show-stopper. Look at the detail and design. It almost looks like a trophy. 🏆 With the HAMILTON BEACH No 18 🏆✨etched as the winner. 😎

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04/16/2026

We are very excited for this incredible family with 9 children, who are going to have fun making memories the old fashioned way. Their Hamilton Beach model 30 will have no trouble handling the malts & shakes needed, even though it is between 😳 70 to 86 years old. These cast iron mixers are hard workers and meant to be handed down to the next generation.

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04/09/2026

This beautiful triple head had its share of making malts and milkshakes through the last 70+ years. She is really ready to go on the inside, and looks better than she has in decades. Production for this model started in 1940 and was marketed to businesses only.
These days you can have them in your home. These are great for large families, celebrations, youth groups, reunions, fund raising, pool parties, teacher or employee appreciation events and so much more.
Check out this beauty. 🤩✨🌟

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04/03/2026

FRIDAY FEATURE: These smaller in stature mixers encase a medium duty mixer that won’t hesitate to make great malt or milkshake. In the 1950s and early 60s, these mixers came out as an option for making malts and shakes at home. They are cast aluminum with metal parts. They were the only mixers that Hamilton Beach consistently dated on the base. You don’t have to 🧐 settle for the plastic mixers since these model 51s are still making great shakes 60 and 70 + years later. Amazing! 🤩 mixers!

04/02/2026

This is an early Hamilton Beach, model 5. In this 1918 photo of a Confectionery, how many mixers can you find?
What was unique about the model 5 and those before it, was that when you wanted to make a malt, the cup sits on the stone base and the head moves down in order for the mixer to start.
This mixer at over 105 years old still works. 😲🌟
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03/30/2026

Having friends over earlier today was so much fun. They wanted to create malts since it took them back in time. So after he made an amazing strawberry malt, there was some left over in the metal cup to share with his wife. Then she shared an incredible combination of a chocolate peanut butter cheese cake malt with him. 😋 I of course, had my “go to” Orange 🍊 cream ice cream with 🍊 orange soda.
I would highly recommend all of the above…friends, fun, flavors, malts and shakes. 😎
We used the Hamilton Beach model 30 which began production in 1940.

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03/25/2026

😎👍🏻 Line them up. These porcelain covered cast-iron mixers from Hamilton Beach were built to keep making malts and milkshakes.  All of these started production in 1940. 😳

03/25/2026

My shelves were bare for a while, but I know how to fix that (pun intended). Now I’m not going to rush into anything in my retirement, I’m sure you know by now that I enjoy seeing them come back to life.
At this point in time, of reconditioning mixers, I have revived hundreds of mixers. The latest ones I’ve been working on are going to need a new home.

03/25/2026

I hear people say: “😳What are those?”, or “I remember going down to the pharmacy to get a milkshake as a special treat!”, or “I used to run one of those at my first job 75 years ago.”, or “If I came home with a good report card, I would get a malt from the Ice Cream Shoppe.”
When people ask how I got started working with these mixers, this is my retirement story. Sorry, if you’ve heard me before. 🫤

https://www.kltv.com/2024/07/01/webxtra-longview-man-wants-help-create-memories-he-restores-antique-milkshake-machines/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQwJr9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6DTTJb1mYnpkIDZOFiBBzOk2L9oupk6KoI3mNXKie_AFmxVjV-W76OD0RZ4Q_aem_zr5UXTGi2kSExbDtd8v06w

When the temperature heats up, there’s nothing like a milkshake to cool you down, while also maybe giving you a taste of nostalgia.