Olli,
As it happens, my Cuisinart food processor recently developed the same problem a lot of Cuisinarts do after a few years. The central spindle started swelling so I could no longer get the blades detached easily. So I gave up on that a few months ago and had been using the Ninja as a food processor, which was less than satisfactory, I must admit. While the Vitamix has now replaced many of those food processor functions, I find I no longer need a dedicated processor for the few tasks that remain, such as slicing items thinly or making long shreds of veggies such as potatoes. I have a sharp knives and a hand shredder and I know how to use them. For kneading dough I just use my Cuisinart stand mixer, which has turned out to be much more reliable than any Cuisinart food processor I've owned over the years. Much easier to clean, too. :-)
An added note on the Vitamix, unlike the Ninja, the Vitamix easily processes whole fruits, seeds and all, into utter smoothness within seconds, adding nutrition to my diet. And I've made many types of nut butters and non-dairy milks with it, as well. Not many of these blending jobs take more than a minute or so. But the machine can get noisy, just like the Ninja, so I always wear earplugs when blending on the higher speeds.
Dragonkist
