In May of 2008 we were travelling in our newly acquired 1982 Newell to Yosemite along HWY 41. We stopped in Oakhurst, CA for lunch. Across the street from where we parked we saw there was some sort of church run 2nd hand store having a "sale". After lunch we went in to browse, and Elaine stumbled across a complete Nutone food processing center complete with power unit, and all the accessories (blender, food processor, ice crusher, knife sharpener, juicer, mixer, etc.) for $75. When we purchased our Newell we only had the blender, and the power unit was a little flaky. Ultimately the switch broke.
Thankfully we had the foresight to purchase the used unit and accessories. As Michael notes, it takes about 30 minutes to figure out how the little metal tabs retract. Once that is figured out the replacement is pretty intuitive. I did have to widen the "notch" cut in the rear of one of the drawers so it would fit around the replacement unit which was slightly wider at the base than the old one.
As Michael said you can find a lot of the accessories on Ebay if you are patient. Elaine has used the ice crusher, knife sharpener, blender, and mixer accessories on a regular basis and loves the unit. We also recently acquired an after market coffee bean grinder that works wonderfully, and is used on a daily basis when we are travelling.
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