1960 Sears Roebuck & Co.

[mrboilwash]

Thanks for sharing with us !
It would be awsome to see some pages of the small appliances in the Sandbox Forum as well.
(If it doesen`t cause too much of a bother)

 

[appnut]

bump & grind to the top

 

[mickeyd]

I'm dumb and I cheated because Aworg Academy is back in

Something familiar in the exposed control panel in Gansky's new thread had me by the gonads. What machine is this? Why can't I figure it out? So I got in touch with Jons to see if he knew and he directed me to the Lady Kenmore in this thread. Bingo. As soon as you scroll up you'll recognize that short flat dense long control panel as belonging to the one-touch Lady.

Thanks to another genius, Glenn, I'm guessing that the air pump works the dosages (Hi Laundress) for the soap & softener dispensers.

 

[jmirawm]

......so I decided to sacrifice one for the greater good of

I started grinning when I read this .... I remembered spock saying as he was dying ( imagine Greg here as he was sacrificing his catalog for us ) <p>"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one." <p> Indeed, thank you for your sacrifice Greg. <p> sorry for the interruption, continue with your discussion!

 

[mickeyd]

Tom, he most likely knows how scan a catalog without sheddin

;'D

 

[gansky1]

You're exactly right, Mike, the air pump is for the dispensers. There is a valve on the timer that controls which dispenser is operated at the proper time in the cycles. It is the same system as Philco-Bendix used in their TOL combos in the early-mid 60's to run their dispensers. I won't have time to get pictures ready for posting tonight - but perhaps I can do that over the weekend. I haven't had the top up on the washer yet so I'm not sure what I'm going to find with the dispensers and how they're attached to the machine, etc.

All new, all different, all Kenmore!

(The catalog was only a small sacrifice as I bid on two accidentally on ebay with AuctionSniper.com so had to buy them both! I pulled apart the one that wasn't as nice.)

 

[danemodsandy]

How To Save 78 Boxes of Detergent:

Nurdlinger:

You wrote:

" Here's what you'll save the very first year

78 boxes of detergent

How could this possibly be true? That is more than one a week. How much detergent in a "box"?

The answer is not much- in the '50s and early '60s, most boxes of detergent were small by today's standards. I don't recall seeing really big boxes very often. I think the idea was not to tax Milady's delicate wristbones too much, or something. If you'll look at old detergent ads from this era, you'll see what I mean.

 

[mickeyd]

YAY for me--now, I'll pass--no Dunce cap indeed!

Thanks Greg

Greatly anticipating the next class.

 

[frigilux]

Veg--- Don't know if anyone answered your question from the post above. The 'cycle hold' switch is the equivalent of pushing the timer dial in on a regular washer. You flip the switch down and the washer stops (but console and interior lights stay on.) Flip it up and the cycle continues.

If you want to completely shut down the power (interior lights included), you'd engage any one of the cycle buttons, then immediately move it to the center (or neutral) position. The rapid advance timer would fast forward the timer to a full 'OFF'.

 

[mickeyd]

Eugene, you had this machine and let it go--Can't imagine the self-flagellations you're enduriing.

Cycle hold was replaced by CANCEL--or, rather evolved into it.

Gram used Wisk; that's the only liquid I remember. Wonder what other liquids existed back then.

 

[frigilux]

Hi mickeyd---I didn't have this exact machine; I grew up with a pushbutton Model 80 (pictured above). Then I had a 1959 LK (in yellow, and never used, no less) for a couple of years in the mid-90's. I sold the LK pair and a late 70's Frigidaire 1-18 washer in a fit of downsizing. I lived in a warehouse-style apartment downtown, across the street from an appliance store at the time. They were all rescued from the scrap heap.

But I still kick myself regularly for getting rid of them. Especially that sweet Lady K.;
Little did I know I'd become a part of the AW family only a few years later.

 

[appnut]

All

Was the only other liquid I remember back then too.

 

[frigilux]

All and Wisk were the only two liquids I can recall (from the early-to-mid 1960s, anyway). And I just don't remember many people using them. Nearly everyone in my sphere used powders.

 

[frigilux]

Greg, when you get this baby up-and-running, this is a question I'd like answered:

Is there a drain/spin after the SUPER WASH cycle, or does the main wash use the same tub of water, ala Whirlpool's super wash?

 

[mickeyd]

Eugene, you do know--and I'm betting the farm--that WP&#

The loaded Lady K's do this: Fill>soak for 30 min with intermittent agitation> pre-wash for 4 minutes> drain&spin> proceed to wash, all automatically, including soap dispension.

To accomplish you press these buttons SOAK + PRE-WASH + COTTONS, etc.

This machine is so unusual maybe it combines the usual Lady K Sequence, then does a Superwash, draining some of the water and then refilling.

The Whirlpools always remind you to use one and one-half doses of detergent for the super wash.

This machine is so unusual, who knows of its wonders?

Can't wait for Greg to tell us-- and the story of where it came from.

 

[gansky1]

Super Wash

That will be interesting to find out, we'll have to sit on pins and needles until we get the timer back and the one million wires reattached!

I had an electronic control Whirlpool that had a four or six minute agitation, partial drain and then advanced into the main wash. You could use 1 1/2 times the normal amount of detergent and end up with an adequate amount left for the main wash.

 

[launderess]

The Little Blue Jug Is Dynamo!

All and Wisk were pretty much all there was for liquid laundry detergents until Dynamo came along. Still remember the marketing: "Recommended by women who used to use powders". Dynamo was also billed as only needing 1/4 cup to get a full sized load "really clean".

When Dynamo was launched, they sent out people blanket every home in our area (and probably other places in the US as well), with a generous sample kit which included a nice measuring cup, which I STILL have and use to this day. Cup is so khwel, with it's clearly marked "1/4" line! Today you are lucky if you even get any sort of detergent scoop besides those ghastly green things. Will have to say if you contact P&G and ask nicely, they usually send some coupons your way.

 

[frigilux]

Well, actually I didn't realize the Whirlpool 'super wash' had a partial drain before the main wash. Again, we learn something new every day! Thanks for the clarification, guys.

 

[frigilux]

I'm trying to remember if my '85 WP had a super wash. If so, either I never used it or didn't stick around during the cycle to find out there was a partial drain before the main wash. I honestly don't remember a lot about that washer--didn't have it long before I moved and left the machine with the house--except that the agitator had the extra little 'wings' down at the skirt. I was doing a lot of drugs at the time, LOL.

 

[mickeyd]

I was doing a lot of drugs at the time, LOL.

You never fail to please, Eugene!

There are no separate gizmos for the Superwash Operation; it's just there, all humble, before the regular cycle. Ironically, the little WP portable, so powerful and fast spinning, actually has a 6 or 4 or 2 minute SW. You get to pick. The standard is 4. Checking the manual on the big WP, instructions call for a DOUBLE dose of detergent.

So won't this be quite the talk of town if Greg's new Lady combines the Soak&prewash with a superwash.