I have several kitchen aid mixer accessories. When using my vegetable strainer to strain the seeds from blackberries, the main housing unit broke and the auger got stuck so tightly, I could not disassemble it.
I looked online and hurriedly ordered a replacement strainer attachment because I have bushels of tomatoes to process. Today, I had several big bowls of tomatoes ready to process. I opened the new attachment and to my sad surprise, I learned I could not use it without the main housing unit — sold separately! I also had a meat grinder attachment, so tried using the main housing unit from it, but it would not fit it— a fraction of an inch difference in size. I called my son who has a newer meat grinder attachment than mine, and his was also not the right size. I am pretty disappointed in this whole expensive mess. Now I have a bunch of parts that I cannot use.