1940s Apex wringer washer

[ksdaddy]

Half-load video uploaded

MickeyD, my real name is Scott. My main site is ksdaddy.com which deals mainly with musical instruments, although my boat and school bus is on there too. I plan to expand the site to show other stuff like my '55 GE Spacemaker in front line duty in the kitchen, my fetish for coffee pots, my lighter collection, maybe even the 130 or so transistor radios packed away in boxes because I have no place to display them. If I had any money I would be called eccentric but since I'm broke I'm just plain nuts.

Here's the link to the 'half-load' video. I swear, I didn't add any soap. The suds are either from my trial run or leftover from the clean towels.

 

[ksdaddy]

Apex wringer in action

Here's the old rotten rollers!

 

[ksdaddy]

The pump doing it's job.

Here's the pump. No issues there! Note Lowe's dishwasher hose grafted to the original sink hook.

 

[macboy91si]

Wow

That's a really neat washer, I bet the actual sounds that it make are nothing short of amazing. Nice find there!

-Tim

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Welcome ksdaddy.


Nice Apex Washer. It is really great to see this washer in action.

I recently bought an Apex Spiral Dasher agitator from Larry at Modern Parts House in Parma, Ohio.

He has a shelf of new Wringer Washer Rollers. I would give him a call and ask if he has any new rollers for your Apex. Since he had the agitator, it is certainly worth a phone call to inquire.

Modern Parts House
7719 Brookpark Road
Parma, Ohio 44129
Phone: 216-661-6966

Mike

 

[mickeyd]

Scott,

I see someone walking by during the pump out--very cool!

Agreed, the rollers are a bit bad, but hey, they work, and the crescendo of traffic sounds as the wringing gets intense is awesome and fun.

But oh my, the Spiral Dasher....better than I hoped for....just look at that thing go....reminds me of an Easy Spiralator but way more dramatic.

"If I had any money I would be called eccentric but since I'm broke I'm just plain nuts." All I can say to that is, "Join the club; you've found your home!"

Thank you, Scott, you've made many people happy today.

 

[mixfinder]

Before It's Time

In a closer look the agitator looks a bit lit a GE Activator with ramped action. It appears to move the water and its not especially messy so why did Apex quit using the design?

 

[ksdaddy]

Will call about rollers

Thanks for the info about the rollers. I'll give them a shout sometime today.

MickeyD, that was Buddy walking by, the 14 year old Golden I've had since he was 8 weeks old. Best friend, period.

 

[mickeyd]

He's beautiful!

Saw him "speaking" for a biscuit only yesterday! ;'D

What does he think of your new Apex? LOL

Have a new dog in my life, Athena, and understand, first hand, the concept of "best friend."

 

[tordemane]

woman 1940s Apex wringer washer

It would be good to wash a woman with the spinner for our memories of childhood
devrier you make a video I'd like to see, Thanks

 

[tomturbomatic]

Cool machine. Thanks for the videos. I did not see the "silk line" marking on the dasher in your photo, but when the tub was filled to either the lowest line or the next higher line, I don't remember exactly, the action was incredibly gentle for delicates.

Given the large surface area of the fins, even with the holes, the Spiral Dasher looks like it would be hard on transmissions, compared to, say, the Maytag Gyrator. Also, the Maytag's drive was at the base where the fins were and this, and most other agitators, used a high drive block needing an agitate tube and extra seals and such.