1963 Maytag Model N2LP

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Lawd, whatever you do, don't get your tit caught in the wringer! I can see it now. MAN gets tit caught in wringer.....I'm SURE SOMEONE will be offended! LOL!!! Mark
 
Now seriously!

That is a beautiful machine. I remember using one years ago but don't remember the details. Seeing you use that beauty is so refreshing. Always good to see someone that knows exactly how these babies are supposed to be used. Do you have an automatic or do you use your wringer exclusively? Mark
 
Tom ... I love your "red" joke!! :-) Oh my; it sounds like you and John worked yourselves to the bone ... that was a LOT of laundry to do this way!! I don't think I would have made it through all of that!!

The great thing is I don't have to wash this way; I want to. You were wondering about the bleach load. I drained the wash water after that ... that was load #3. I then rinsed that load in the tubs and emptied the washer. I refilled the washer with really nice warm water and did a "power" rinse in the machine without fabric softener. After rinsing, I added some more Tide and started to wash the two colored loads I had. That's how I do it if I'm bleaching. My clothes were hung outside that day until the rain came.

That's a sad story about the people the yard sale you went to. Yes, sometimes we're so lucky we forget!! Sometimes we need to be reminded of all that we have and how fortunate we are. :-)

Mark ... I'll remember your advice! :-) Actually, I'm extremely careful around that machine; I have a lot of respect for it!

No ... I have a nice Maytag automatic washer (LAT) and dryer (don't know model #!). I think around picture 38 shows the white clothes I stacked on the two. They aren't matched; I bought the dryer around 1994 and the washer when I moved in to my home in 1998. I don't use the wringer for dress slacks or shirts; I don't want to be ironing all of the time!! I use the wringer for my regular stuff ... bed linens, towels, blue jeans, sweatsuits ... you get the picture; stuff that can go through the wringer without setting deep wrinkles.

Geoff
 
I have done the same thing with my wringers, using the Frigidaire for rinsing and spinning, the timing is just about perfect. I cannot imagine having to do 12 or 14 loads and hang everything outside. I love sheets and bedding dried on the line, there is nothing better in the spring when the lilacs are in bloom, but I do it more for novelty than for energy savings. When you think about it though, the water and heating energy saved in the wringer washer plus hanging the wash out to dry would add up pretty quickly.
 
Greg ... oh, I agree with you; I would "flip" doing 12-14 loads in the wringer and hanging it all outside. That would be brutal ESPECIALLY if you really had to conserve on water because of a well situation or whatever. Can you imagine what that would be like week after week? No wonder our mothers and grandmothers were "tired" after homemaking for 25 years or more!

Actually, I like hanging my clothes outside not only for the novelty of it, but I agree that you do conserve energy in the good weather months. I also believe that water is one of the cheapest things to come into our homes. In my case, it's not the cost of the water when I get my water bills; it's the high cost of the sewer.
 
Wash Days

Geoff - many thanks for the offer of the decals, will email you with details, this machine still has the American 2 prong plug, hence the converter, his family moved here to work on an airbase etc...so everything came with them...

I love the turnover on this machine its so rythmical, it does look very stylish...

Last time I used them I set up a "Wringer Tunnel Wash" had four wringers in a row, one for washing + 3 rinsers....from one tub through the wringer into the next rinser washertub etc and finally into the Frigidaire spinner....now thats a Washday Experience.

Scott - a lot more to see and use next time, I think I had about five machines on your visit, Servis twinny, Hoover twinny, Hotpoint FilterFlow and a Servis Single Tub & spinner, now there are about 60...lol
 
Mike ... oh my; a "wringer tunnel"! That MUST have been something to see!!! Talk about a production line!

I've seen photos of different machines from your country; I wonder why the styles between America and England varied so much? The technology was the same, wasn't it?

Wow ... you've got about 60 machines in your collection? That's a lot!!

Geoff
 
Sixty

Geoff, the number relates to twinnies, wringers, spinners, autos, dryers and a couple of drying cabinets as well as washboilers...

The styles didnt vary much from your style in the early days, the first Servis machines where similar to the Maytag, round tub on legs, the fifties saw the quare cabinet design where you could store the wringer in the base...

Hotpoint Wringers had an Octagonal tub, Hoover then the small pulsator then the Servis with the 210d arc sweep at 60opm..now thats some undertow action...

Heres a pic of an early Servis I`ve just picked up, its ready for a TLC restore... Simple mechanism, lever at front to engage agitator, and the drain tap at the side...straight into bucket or drain or you could attach a hose to it..

These machines where a boom to grannies & mums after years of copper washboilers.


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Mike ... that Servis is a beauty!! Does she still run?

Storing the wringer in the base of the washer? Did that save room so you could have a flat surface?

I saw your photos ... thanks! I think I like that Hotpoint Countess! Does the wringer swing clear of the kitchen sink? How do you rinse? I know ... "wringer tunnel of power!!" :-)

Geoff
 
Servis SuperHeat

This is the same machine but with all enclosed cabinet, the front opens completely on this machine, the door even had a space for the washing tongs....

The Servis still runs, would benefit from a tune up, the wringers do swing over the sink, I usually wash all the clothes, ring once into the deep sink, wring again, then rinse with a hint of softener or dolly blue back in the machine..

Here is a link to the Servis SuperHeat video, this has the "Hi-Zone" wash action, 210d sweep at 60opm..the LH control turns to start motor and pulls up to engage agi, the RH control is for the pump , you can see the pump outlet in the rh corner of the washtub.

Will send you to sleep!!!



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Hi Geoff,

Thanks for posting...another fun wringer-washday! That '63 Maytag is a beauty and it looks like it washes sheets & towels very nicely!

Mike, AWESOME video, your Servis looks like an amazing machine! I can't believe it's 210 degrees at 60 OPM; no wonder the turnover appears to be so fast! What are the functions of the two knob controls on the top? I'm assuming they either rotate or pull up to engage/disengage the agitator and drain pump?

--Austin
 
Mike ... that's wonderful!! Thanks for sharing. You're right, it will lull you to sleep; very steady. Looks like great turnover as in the Maytag.

I bet that wringer is powerful, too.

Do you have a deep sink in your kitchen or utility area? I sure do love my double-tubs for washing and for cleaning other things.

Thanks Austin ... I do have fun with these machines! :-)

Geoff
 
Hi Gary ...

Are you referring to the Operator's Manual? Sure ... send me your address to my e-mail.

The manual for the Master, Commander and Chieftan were all the same; it covered all three models.

Geoff
 
Hai,
I have a question. I see you are wringing lots of stuff. But what do you do with the zippers and buttons of those jeans. Aren't they damaging the wringers or otherwise? I think that shirt and other things with plastic buttons are unwingable but can only been spun dry?
 
Hai,
I have a question. I see you are wringing lots of stuff. But what do you do with the zippers and buttons of those jeans. Aren't they damaging the wringers or otherwise? I think that shirt and other things with plastic buttons are unwingable but can only been spun dry?
 
Hi askomiele ... it's no problem with zippers and buttons!!

The best way to do it is to turn the jeans inside out and went placing jeans through the wringer, fold them in half at the waist with the button and zipper facing inside. This way, the cloth of the item you are wringing "protects" the zipper or button and the upper roll on a Maytag is a "flexible" roll. It "gives" with the buttons, zippers, hems ... any thick item ... and provides further protection.

When wringing shirts, you do the same thing. Fold the shirt in half at the collar and run it through the wringer with the buttons protected by the cloth of the shirt.

Geoff
 
buttons on shirts

When I wring out shirts I take the right collar and start it through first. While it gets underway through the wringer, I pull on the bottom of the shirt so that when the buttons go through they are all lined up and facing upwards so that I can see them go through the wringer in an even line, preventing them from popping off in the wringer. It seems to work ok. Have fun. Gary
 

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