VINTAGE Sunbeam Mixmaster Ice Cream Freezer Drive Adapter with Interchangeable Hubs

Think you’ve got every attachment Sunbeam made for the early Mixmaster? Here’s one you might still be looking for. This geared ice cream freezer adapter, which I’d date to the 1930s or 1940s, was designed to let a Mixmaster do the cranking on a separate hand-crank ice cream freezer.

✨ Why It’s Special

Sunbeam found a way to give the old ice cream freezer a motor without making you buy a whole new freezer. The adapter clamps to the rim of the tub and supports the Mixmaster motor head. The mixer powers the adapter through its beater hub, and the gears inside turn the freezer’s horizontal drive shaft where the hand crank normally goes.

📦 What’s Included

You’ll receive the drive adapter and the interchangeable hubs shown in the actual photos. The mixer and freezer are shown for demonstration and are not included. The labeled AI illustration shows how the pieces go together.

📏 Fit & Details
To use the adapter, you’ll need a compatible early Sunbeam Mixmaster (Model 8 or prior) and an ice cream freezer with a removable side crank that turns like a bicycle pedal. A top crank that sweeps around like a helicopter won’t work with this setup. The interchangeable hubs were designed to fit different freezer shafts, so compare the shape and size of your shaft with the hubs pictured. There are 2 reversible hubs, giving 4 different screw sizes for shaft compatibility.

💛 Condition

I’ve photographed the adapter mounted on a Mixmaster. I don’t have a compatible freezer to try it on, so I haven’t tested the complete setup. Please see the close-up photos for the condition of the adapter and hubs.

🌿 Why You’ll Love It

If you’ve been trying to collect every early Mixmaster attachment, this may be the one that’s kept you from saying you have them all. Set it next to your Mixmaster with the old Sunbeam booklet open to the ice cream freezer page, and see how long it takes somebody to ask, “What on earth does that thing do?”

🚚 Shipping

Shipping included in the US.