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Hi everyone, so about a year and a half ago I had mentioned in thread postings on both aw and Vacuumland that I was thinking about retiring from running the websites. I first launched Automaticwasher in 2001 (originally as classicappliances.com, renamed to automaticwasher.org in 2004)...

So I was doing a load of wash early last week in my Apex and when the load was done I noticed there was a stream of water was running out the bottom of the machine. So I took off the machine's lower skirt panel to investigate and sure enough water is leaking out of the safety valve. The Apex...

I've had numerous members over the years ask me to do a full cycle video of my 1947 Frigidaire Unimatic washer, the very first washer that GM Frigidaire ever produced. Well I finally got around to doing this! The first 10 minutes of the video Betty helps me do a complete overview of the...

Looks like after years of waiting the US is about to get a real 240 volt vented combo washer/dryer...

I have no comment to make on this video I stumbled upon on Facebook, except are getting 3 lemon near BOL appliances possible?

I had no idea these ever existed, it appears these early 1970s top-loaders were made by Blackstone! I just accidently ran across these two images on Pinterest.

While this is no where near ready to make really good washer videos and it is limited to making 5 second videos but AI technology is rapidly advancing so fast that I expect within the next few years it will follow commands to the point of being almost perfect. We will really be able to be super...

Just saw this video which is super cool. These guys found a never opened 1957 Philco Predicta Television Set. The video is a bit long so if you advance to the 16:30 minute mark they show the box being opened and removed...

I'm not ready to start shipping parts but yet I want to take a general count of how much I need to make in advance. I'm going to offer these parts again like the last time at $75 a piece. The choices are: 1958-1962 Yellow Lint Chaser Rings 1958-1962 Coral Pink Circulator Rings 1958 Detergent...

Just as a test I asked the ChatGPT image creator the following: create an image of a top loading washing machine running with the lid open washing clothes... Then I asked adjust previous image to have an agitator in turquoise This is very cool and has lots of possibilities for the future...

I am now taking reservations for rubber reproduction Kenmore Scrubber Caps and 1955-1959 GE Filter-Flo rubber mounts. I'm going to sell them for $75 + shipping. I have sold a few so far but want to gauge how much interest there is as next week the humidity is supposed to drop significantly...

Hi everyone, a few years back many of you may remember when Bud (sfh074) began making beautiful reproductions of Frigidaire rubber agitator parts. Then John E. (gyromatic) reproduced the rubber bladder for the Whirlpool combo transmission, enabling them to spin again. I knew that, at some point...

Just a few hours away from home I just found a 1949 Frigidaire Unimatic which was posted on Facebook Marketplace. Went up there to pick it up and was thrilled to see it has the original tub with the harmonizer balance ring mounted on springs below the tub. These harmonizer machines are...

contact [email protected] if interested. We moved to this mid-century home last May and are the second owners of the home. The home was built in 1957 and everything is original. We have a 50's Westinghouse Dishwasher and everyone who comes into our home thinks it's the coolest thing ever. The...

I found this by accident on YouTube. Interesting what they did but I like my see-thru dishwasher designs better considering they had to cut out a bit of the bottom rack. Also you can clearly see everything going on with a modern "lawn sprinkler" style dishwasher unlike the vintage machines...

So on Friday about 4pm Central Time the web server that runs AW, Vacuumland and Automatic Ephemera stopped responding. I gave it a couple of hours to see if it was a network issue and with the sites not coming back up I called technical support and entered a support ticket. All weekend long I...

I found this letter to the editor in a 1962 issue of Consumer Reports. Kind of shocking to think this reader thinks a 250-300 pound 1957 automatic washer is "tinny" lol. She should knock on the cabinets of the 2020s models. This letter sounds like it could have been written yesterday. I...

While I've seen plenty of suds-saver machines of all brands here in the Twin Cities, this one is a bit later than usual... https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/app/d/willernie-older-quality-recycles-water/7671017237.html

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