4/22 finds

[gansky1]

Thanks, Will, that was fun!

I have to say, I'd be tempted to play with that Westy wringer, love the agitator. Looks like a sourced unit for Westinghouse?

 

[polkanut]

I've never seen a Westinghouse wringer before, very cute.  The color of the Visi-Matic in Post #17 looks like it's doeskin.  I'm constantly on the lookout for a Kenmore locally but so far, no luck. 

 

[tomturbomatic]

Great finds. Thanks for sharing

I did not know that Westinghouse was offering a wringer washer as late as the modern Westinghouse logo indicates. I wonder if it was from Canada? I would love to turn the pump on during agitation to see what kind of a mess I could make. Most wringers did not have very strong pumps since they were just for draining the tub at the end of washday although Kenmore used the pump for that lint filter they had in the tub of the deluxe wringer washers.

 

[mickeyd]

Both the Maytag and the Kenmores have surprisingly powerful pumps, and the Norge is no slacker either, but not quite as fast. The pump on my Visi is faster that the one in the Lady K Automatic, and the Maytags are like mini fire hoses! Only the Speed Queens I've used, three of them, have slow drainage, and that it mainly because of the small funnel-shaped drainport. I once connected a powerful Craftsman pump to a Speed Queen, hoping for a hydrant-like gush. Nothing. It was then that I discovered the port issue.

Didn't Brian also want a Visimatic? That's a really nice Doeskin, and one clue that it may be a low use machine is the presence of the Filter. The machine is also near Darren, and I think he's dying for a wringer, too. Hope one of you gets it.

Great to see a rare American full box skirt square wringer. Have only see one other square, a wizard at Western Auto. Wait, didn't someone post an old ad pic of a gift-wrapped square Easy Wringer at Xmas time, available in Manhattan, Macy's maybe?