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Adjustments I think I've worked out the adjustment of the belt tension and centring for the wash wand. The wand gearbox is mounted on rubber grommets. The belt tension will tend to pull the gearbox round on the grommets, upsetting the centring of the wand, but the strut that runs from A to B...

That's right, spin rinsing isn't a problem. I have a free length of hose attached to the hot tap in the laundry sink, either for topping up the tub or rinsing in the spinner. This version of the machine has a single motor, and the spin clutch is activated by a separate control on the front panel...

Big Twin in regular use It's been four years, the Sanyo has given up the ghost, and the Lightburn is now in regular use in our laundry. There's a slow drip from the pump shaft seal, but that's not a problem when the pinch valve is closed for washing. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the wash...

Our Sanyo twin tub, bought new in 1989, and still running well. It's made mostly of plastic, except for the thin metal casing, and is very light. The wash tub's a decent size, but the spinner's a bit too small for it. What I like most about it is the Expo 70 style control panel. Very Japanese!

Mechanism Here's the insides of the Big Twin. At bottom right is the pump, with the wash wand gearbox behind it, and barely visible behind that the pinch valve wash tub drain. The wand and the pump run whenever the motor's switched on. Attached to the motor is the spinner clutch and brake. The...

Wash action My first impression is the wash is quicker with this system. As the paddle swings back and forth it pushes water through the fabric, rather than simply swooshing the water and clothes around. The clothes do rotate around the tub, but very slowly compared to the movement of the...

Toasters and Microwaves Toaster ovens are useful for adding a baked finish to food heated in a microwave. It's quicker than using a large oven go to whoa. The Breville sandwich toaster was considered a disappointing gadget because it was difficult to clean. If you don't use it every day and...

Spin Hi all! The spinner on this is amazing, it can dry three woollen blankets at once. That's three times the capacity of the spinner on my Sanyo SW170TPW twin tub, and it's also much faster. While I'm not set up for video, the action is exactly the same as the Easy Twin on Youtube. But I wish...

Here is my Lightburn Big Twin, circa 1967, back in action after sitting idle for fourteen years. It was a tip find brought home as a back-up for my Sanyo twin tub, but the Sanyo just keeps going! It caught my eye because I knew someone who had a 1968 Big Twin Special, which was two motor I...