Is it fairly easy to control the speed of the wheel? I was considering buying one to make frosting round cakes easier.
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That won't work. Just a little bit of pressure and the wheel greatly slows down. It's definitely not a strong enough motor to handle a cake. I'm actually a pastry chef, so I have just the right experience to answer your question! I would stick to a hand turned cake stand.
1890777
no unfortunately you can not control that. There is speed settings but the settings on mine are all the same. It may just be a defect on mine however, I enjoy mine a lot and it doesn't create too much of a 'whirlwind'.
511554
H-E double hockey sticks YEAH, it does. This bad boy has some MEGA torque. I mangle the beaters all the time and this thing will just keep on trucking. I've had it doing so much work that I had it on 9 and it was going to speed of 1, I do a sugar cookie recipe that's basically (not giving away any secrets!) 1 cup of sugar a stick and a half of butter and 2.5 cups of flour. You can beat it all the way to the end. I always mix in chocolate chunks with it, but that bends the wires sometimes.
1644975
It's pretty good at turning but the bushings are really soft so if you want to it to be tighter for speed runs, go out and get some harder ones. That said, the board is great, rides like a dream and is great for cruising around and having a good ride. Also, the wheels are pretty good for slides if your into that.
2224627
You can control the speed somewhat. My dog doesn't like it. My granddaughter chases him with it.
278705
Nope this is not real controllable like a drill but if you play with it you can somewhat control the speed just fine.
2120203
I've been pleased with the velocity control on mine. Each person is different, though. What I like might not be your cup-of-tea.
1018555
I think the main issue is that some finesse is required to control the throttle. You have to open it almost all the way up to get moving from a dead stand still and then back off. Once you are rolling, half throttle, or about 8-10 mph is comfortably stable.
1835298
As far as I know you can only go faster by turing the speed control knob all the way to the right. Hope that world for you.
1171146
this thing isn't intended to go very fast. It's pretty hard to learn to make it move, so stopping won't be the very first thing you'd think about and when you learn how to move you'd know how to stop also.
1481288
I had no trouble with it since I mostly make the round cakes. I do wait until it has sufficiently cooled before I slice into it which I did anyway before I got the Slicer. As always make sure the wire is level and you have a level surface to place your cake on and that it does not move then push or pull it slowly. I've done this on 3 cakes and the only time I had trouble was when I did not let it cool enough. Good luck
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Not especially. In fact, when you first turn it on, while already in the bowl with the ingredients, it seemed to give a sudden burst, instead of starting up slowly as I was led to believe it would. But, at it's Slow speed, it did NOT have very much power at all, which led me to crank up the speed in order to get anything mixed (usually cookie dough or cake batters).I was quite surprised and disappointed with this mixer in general. I thought a super-duper "powerful" Cuisinart hand mixer would be great, but I guess I was wrong, and have since purchased another Kitchenaid hand mixer, which is what I had, and was happy with, for lots and lots of years before I switched. Not especially. In fact, when you first turn it on, while already in the bowl with the ingredients, it seemed to give a sudden burst, instead of starting up slowly as I was led to believe it would. But, at it's Slow speed, it did NOT have very much power at all, which led me to crank up the speed in order to get anything mixed (usually cookie dough or cake batters).I was quite surprised and disappointed with this mixer in general. I thought a super-duper "powerful" Cuisinart hand mixer would be great, but I guess I was wrong, and have since purchased another Kitchenaid hand... » Read More Not especially. In fact, when you first turn it on, while already in the bowl with the ingredients, it seemed to give a sudden burst, instead of starting up slowly as I was led to believe it would. But, at it's Slow speed, it did NOT have very much power at all, which led me to crank up the speed in order to get anything mixed (usually cookie dough or cake batters).I was quite surprised and disappointed with this mixer in general. I thought a super-duper "powerful" Cuisinart hand mixer would be great, but I guess I was wrong, and have since purchased another Kitchenaid hand mixer, which is what I had, and was happy with, for lots and lots of years before I switched. « Show Less
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I use it strictly for free motion quilting. I could not use the foot pedal and keep a consistent speed. My thread kept breaking. Now , I am able to control the speed as I am quilting and getting better results.
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Not really; the trigger does vary the speed some but is not controllable. Great little grinder though.
81965
there IS a tension control knob that works really well, as far as I can tell. when you ask if it can move by gravity alone do you mean when its positioned for vertical movement? i assume you could put a little tension in it and let it fall slowly with gravity, but controlling it manually would still be more precise. when i tried it just now, it did move down, but not at a consistent rate of movement. so i'd suggest just doing it manually. and can it ease in and out at the ends? again, only manually. there is no automated speed control.
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DITTO....I would not.....the RPM s (revolutions per minute), are different... the wheel would heat up...the grinder is way too fast
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If you adjust the tension knob down it will be easier. If still too hard, I loosened the strap on the front wheel. That helped more. It will move freely and go as fast as you make it.