A GE Like None Other

[peteski50]

GE

Robert,
This is a real awsome washer. I love the videos and I like it so much better their famous filter flow.
Best Of Luck with this wonderful Gem
Peter

 

[Washinsheen]

Witchcraft!!!

I am a MAJOR "Bewitched" fan, and I just loved your showing us your witchcraft!! How funny that was! However, Endora would've been offended that you used witchcraft in order to get you started in such tedious and hum-drum mortel tasks! (ha)

 

[mattywashboy]

fantastic videos

i love the way you demonstrate and introduce the machine to us. When i made my Hitachi videos i tried to commentate them as much as possible so that i could explain to you guys personally what this machine does adn why i like it so much (even tho i hate the sound of my voice on camera). I agree with you Robert that it personalizes the video and adds to the experience. As for showing ourselves, i'm not a big camera person but i suggest we all do a video of ourselves and introduce ourselves and our appliances, i love meeting new people .
The GE is fantastic, i wish we had machines of that caliber here but sadly no.
Thanks again Rob,
hope to see ALL of you in a vid real soon, coz i'm gonna make on soon myself.
Happy washings,
Matt

 

[nickuk]

Thanks

For the superbly crafted videos, they were a pleasure to watch!

Nick

 

[tolivac]

Excellent videos and "sales presentation"-this GE washer was surely ahead of its time--1947?makes many of the machines built today "old fashioned"!Like the "thumbwheel" controls!

 

[drmitch]

I love it! Great machine! Thanks Robert!

 

[gyrafoam]

Very interesting machine----just goes to show what GE could do before the greed set in.

I thought, of all the different sounds it makes, the sound of the fill is so classic GE. Of course, that it makes all those other sounds is also something to expect from a GE.

A very kool machine!

 

[mistereric]

Wow... I'm very impressed. It was if the designers set out to build a great machine, instead of trying to get away with just doing the least to get the job done. Shows quite a large amount of innovation for 1947.

Robert, thanks for the excellent videos - your production is top notch!

 

[mayfan69]

So Cool!

Robert,

That is such a great machine...i was surprised how quiet it seems..and THAT spin! Whoa!

Cheers
Leon

 

[brettsomers]

feel freakish... but this is better than television, Robert. Mwah!

 

[gadgetgary]

I get to share the experience with the entire world.

Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU ROBERT~!

 

[brettsomers]

and

what water was that being pumped out during the rinse?

 

[hoover1060]

3 motors?

One for the drain pump(the one that sounds so funny?)
One for recirculation?
One for agitate/spin...
Very cool.
Love the videos too Robert!
It seems like it takes this machine alot longer to reach the 1140 rpm spin than it does a Unimatic. Whats that mechanism like?
Of course, I've never seen a machine take off and spin like a Unimatic does!

 

[westyslantfront]

Hi Robert. Thank you for the great videos. I watched each of them and they are very interesting.

Ross

 

[Unimatic1140]

Breathtaking. Now all of our tube-socks lay cowering in our chest-of-drawers... :-D
Nate,it's not the clean clothes in your chest-of-drawers that need to worry, its the dirty clothes in your hamper. Umm, wait a minute that doesn't sound right, LOL.

Endora would've been offended that you used witchcraft in order to get you started in such tedious and hum-drum mortel tasks!
David, so true, but after words I would sit on the kitchen counter and read my latest issue of Harpies Bazzar. Even Endora would be proud then.

even tho i hate the sound of my voice on camera
Matt, I hate the sounds of my voice on too, but I'm learning to just get over it. It helps to keep the mute on.

what water was that being pumped out during the rinse
David, during the rinse the water is recirculated through the screens, 30 seconds before the end of the rinse agitation, the recirculation pump stops and the drain pump starts, pumping out the few gallons of water that are in the outer tub, to make room for the big load of water that is about to be spun out of the wash basket.

It seems like it takes this machine alot longer to reach the 1140 rpm spin than it does a Unimatic. Whats that mechanism like?
Jeff, you are certainly right about that. Its one of my most favorite things about a Unimatic is how fast it flings and entire tub of water out and ramps up to 1140 in no time flat.
There are a few similarities between the GE Drive-Unit and a Unimatic Mechanism, but they are otherwise two very differnt animals. The big difference is the Unimatic has no clutch, where as the GE has a slipping friction clutch to drive spin. Here is some info on the GE Drive-Unit...

1947 General Electric AW6 Washer Transmission Parts Diagram/List

1947 General Electric AW6 Washer Transmission Explanation

 

[golittlesport]

Hi Robert
Thanks for the great videos! That is an amazing machine and a lot of fun to watch.

 

[jasonl]

We're all muggles compared to you

You're the MAN! The most fascinating machine collection on the planet!

The GE is wonderful! And now that I'm also in the 1000+ rpm club with my Oa.. ahem... modern machine, I do know the joys of "ready for the ironer" dry clothes.

 

[rickr]

Great videos Robert! Very entertaining and FUN to watch! Thank you for sharing once again.

 

[swestoyz]

Robert! Wow, what a machine! I had by younger brother watch these video's, and he kept asking all kinds of questions, and wondered why they don't make them like that, anymore. I can tell you have really enjoyed the resto, and are so proud to show off the latest - what a treat for all!

Ben

 

[jetcone]

Oh

Someone is going to get the "Putaway-o-Matic spell" ON THEM real soon ANNND someone else in the great state of Nebraska better duck too!