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  1. gansky1

    Heads Up! SQ Washer

    First of the perforated washbasket Speed Queen design. About 1980-81
  2. gansky1

    Machine/Parts to a good home; KUDS25

    Sorry to hear about the demise of your 25 series, I have the flat front panel (Architect Series) version and it's one of my all-time favorite dishwashers. I'd really like to see the new top wash arm you printed. What did you think of the change in performance? The 23 series you re-installed...
  3. gansky1

    Maytag's 12-Millionth Appliance - 16mm Film

    Hotel Maytag! Great video, I've had a couple of 12 mil's sister-dryers go through my hands over the years and familiar with lots of them in homes. I wonder what the piglet was named?
  4. gansky1

    CU's Very First Dishwasher Issue - 1952

    Great report - thanks Robert. Other than a couple of the models listed, most families would need a new dishwasher by the turn of the decade if they used them daily. Interesting to see the numerous out-of-the-box defects they encountered. In the early 90's I had a 70's Westinghouse portable...
  5. gansky1

    CU's Very First Dishwasher Issue - 1952

    This a great issue, lots to read. I wonder if reading the ratings in the early-days of dishwashers would have discouraged potential buyers from investing in these. Growing up, there were more than a few older dishwashers that were never used, I'm sure most would have gladly had the money spent...
  6. gansky1

    New Cascade commercial and Cascade Platinum Plus massively oversudsing dishwasher

    Have been using Cascade pods (on sale at Costco) for a while now, in my dishwashers (KDS-17 daily-driver, KDS-18, Maytag WU600 and previously a KA/WP PowerClean) and they definitely foam more than the Finish tablets w/red ball. Both have cleaned satisfactorily, but with the shorter wash periods...
  7. gansky1

    I now own a Wascomat washer

    This is so cool, love the styles of all of them. You nay have to research the 10 atu rating for steam and determine the BTU output to correlate that to a new heat source. The electric elements might be more efficient and easier (?) to do.
  8. gansky1

    Whirlpool Washer Rant!

    I uploaded a quick video of the WTW8127 washing a big load of towels on Max Fill setting. It did a great job on the towels, bringing down groundwater levels in the area noticeably but a sacrifice I'm willing to make for now.
  9. gansky1

    Rear-control induction stoves rise from the dead.

    Looks like good results from the convection baking, I tend to like the cheese and crust a little more browned than directions allow time for. I had a Viking (made by Hamilton Beach) counter-top oven that was pretty uneven standard bake or convection. Small oven, 120v, large glass door, etc...
  10. gansky1

    1955 GE Filter-flo

    If you look closely at the filter-mount on the Activator, you can see notches (?) around the mount. I don't think I've ever seen that in-real-life either. Perhaps that is another instance of the "Marketing Dept. needs photo/illustration guidance..." before the product was ready for production.
  11. gansky1

    Electric mowers

    I love the E Go blower and line trimmer - would never go back to corded (or gas) versions. I need to get another battery as only have one that came in the two-tool set. Love their products. A neighbor of mine just got a robotic mower this season and really likes it. The only thing he would...
  12. gansky1

    Unusual refrigerator

    Grandparents bought a very similar unit in the early 80's at Gambles store to replace a 20 year-old Sears Coldspot. It was a basic model but suited their needs just fine. We moved it to the basement of my parent's house a couple of years later, as a second refrigerator in the basement. Was...
  13. gansky1

    Whirlpool Washer Rant!

    Some friends bought a GE gas dryer last year to replace a 6 year old WP top-filter dryer. A plastic zipper pull got caught in between the drum and front of the machine. I opened it up to remove the offending bit of plastic, easy enough, but that was one of the cheapest-built machines I've ever...
  14. gansky1

    Whirlpool Washer Rant!

    Recently brought home a 2023 set of WP TOL top load washer and (electric) dryer. The washer had a broken impeller, the collar that holds the all-but-useless spiral-shaped removable 'agitator' had broken when a stiff door-mat was washed. Rather than waiting for repair, parts, etc. the owners...
  15. gansky1

    WP Space Kitchen on The Today Show 1961 - 16mm Film

    2001 A Space Odyssey (1968): RCA Whirlpool badge prominently affixed to the food service unit in the shuttle capsule. I didn't realize WP was contracted to develop food management applications in the space program IRL, another good day to learn something new. Thanks, Cory.
  16. gansky1

    Whirlpool / Kenmore Washer Production 1969 - 16mm

    What a great look into assembly back then. I'm always curious how many units were shipped from WP, Frigidaire, GE, etc. per day. Thank you again, Cory, I look forward to these restored films. What a great historical archive you're building.
  17. gansky1

    1956 Kenmore Cycla Fabric washer restore completed

    Beautiful work, Tom. This is one of the iconic Kenmore washer styles, congrats on getting it looking and running like new again.
  18. gansky1

    Help! HoH mystery spring

    That's a spring (1 of 2) that holds the air filter on the inside of the back panel.
  19. gansky1

    And some more 'new' toys....

    You'll get attached to the green, it's unavoidable.. avocado fever begins! Great finds, Paul, you have a knack for sniffing out some nice things.
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