DVD arrived today !

[jmirawm]

YAY ! The DVD of "the pig" arrived in the Mail today. Cant wait to WATCH IT ! I will probably have to wait till tomorrow
Kind of busy with things today.
Thanks ROBERT !

 

[peterh770]

Pig, pig, pig, pig, pig!!! Could a washer possibly use more water? Better watch the water level in local rivers, streams and lakes when you start doing laundry in this machine!

Robert, is there a missing or bad gasket between the agitator and its top?

And the pig has a problem trying to digest jeans it seems. Like the uneven stroke of the agitator isn't enough to pull them under, but it is enough to move the rest of the load around it.

Very interesting! Thanks so much for making this!

-ph

 

[jasonl]

When pigs fly!

Yay! I got mine today, had to put towels around the television because ofthe water splashing out of the screen.

Thanks you Robert! Hope to see more Washer Exotica from your collection.

 

[alr2903]

what a diversion

The DVD arrived today. What a thrasher, Robert when you listed the cycle format including, "Replenishment fill" I had no idea just how much water it splashed down the drain during the first few minutes of wash. It was like being right there. Thanks again alr2903 P.S. The Westy Ad. was great too.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Guys, I was wondering if the first round of DVD's would start arriving today! YAY.

Isn't that machine a pig, they should have never made such a monster! It just keeps on filling and filling and filling. Then all that thrashing and splashing after that.

I can't wait to hear what other people have to say about our little Arnold Ziffle of the Laundry.

 

[jasonl]

I love the way it sounds when it starts spinning. Whooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Has a nice groan to it. I think Appnut should see this video and he'll appreciate how gentle his Kenmore is.

Were the later Franklin machines this rough? I kinda remember my aunt having a later model Wizard machine but it had a different sound. It made thing clang-clang-clang when it agitated. I figure something was wrong but it did work. I remeber it stopping as soon as I lifted the lid.

 

[peterh770]

Another question or two:

Is this a timed fill, or one of those deals where it has to overflow a certain amount to trip the water level pressure switch?

What does the agitator drive block look like? Just wondering if it is the hex block or the 5-point star block that Westinghouse had.

-ph

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Peter, no it has a float in the outer tub. In the video, you can see all the extra water that has to overflow (at least a couple of gallons) in order to trip the switch. The Philco works the same way, but Philco was smart enough to place the switch down in a sump so it only takes 1/4 of a gallon overflow to start agitition in the Philco. The '51 GE is even worse it takes about 3.5 to 4 gallons to get it started!

The drive block is a hex drive block.

 

[jasonl]

Frigidaire?

Doesn't the Frigidaire Rollermatic machines have a water level switch in the bottom of the outer tub to sense the tub is full or is it timed?

 

[lesto]

I didn't realize the 51 GE was such a water hog too. But my mon's old 59 was the same way. It took quite alot of overflow to get it started. Probably the same amount. I hope you make a dvd of the 51 GE soon!

 

[peterh770]

water level control

Only the TOL Rollermatics toward the end of their run (1967-1969?) had metered fill. For every 10 parts of water that entered the washtub, 1 part was diverted to the outer tub. That 1 part went into a special sump that had a variable water level pressure switch attached. The user controlled the amount of water with a knob on the control panel.

This differs from the GE, Philco and now Wizard in that a certain amount of water had to fill and overflow the wash tub to trigger the water pressure switch. The user has no control over this system -- except for either setting a shorter fill time or by pressing a button on the control panel to cut off the water and start agitation.

I think only certain WP/KM machines had an actual float in the outer tub. Then there is the float in the Maytag agitator.

-ph

 

[jasonl]

floats

Right, the early KM/WP had a toilet bowl type float that triggers agitation when the water reaches a certain level. The float on the old Maytag hits a switch on the lid.

 

[DADoES]

Piggy Arrived

Interesting and surprising that it has rather poor rollover. I imagine that's mostly because of the indexing, but it must be rough on clothes! With all that water and overflowing, it's also surprising that there's a touch of suds left in the rinse. And that loooonng coasting to a stop from spin! Is there a balance ring of some sort on the basket that adds intertia or is it just an effect of not having a brake?

Is it a two-speed machine? I don't recall from the console pictures. It'd be cool on future videos to show a bit of the various speeds on multi-speed machines. Not an entire cycle at all the speeds, but switching speeds (if possible) during a cycle to show the difference.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Glenn, glad you enjoyed the video. Yes there is a balance ring on top of the tub, its the yellow-tanish colored tub ring that you can see in the video shot at the 45 degree angle.

That's a great idea, I'm sorry I didn't think of it before I made the DVD of showing a minute of gentle agitation. It goes from very rough, to probably too gentle. What a pig!

I washed five pair of jeans in the machine and after just one load it took off a snap button on the of the jeans. Its really way to rough of a machine, people probably went through a lot of clothes using this machine.

 

[westytoploader]

I wonder if the jerky stroke and violent indexing add to the roughness, or could it be that wide angel-wing agitator? I do remember my mom complaining about the White-Westinghouse TL tearing things up, however, it still had the metal tub and rear-mounted recirculating filter and wasn't one of the newer, crappy, plastic, "clothes-cutting-tub" models. It did agitate fast, but was very smooth.

Yes, I was very surprised not seeing any turnover, but I don't remember any of the indexing-tub machines I used turning over or cleaning well (especially the Frigi-Lux...YUK), which is one of the reason's I'm not partial to them; the agitators travel around in a circle with each stroke. The Wizard's splashy, sloshy action convinces me otherwise (the Wizard and Westinghouse are the only indexing tub machines I would use), and from Robert's statements the Wizard seems to wash pretty well even with the indexing tub.

As another comment, love the Wizard's selector switches! Cottons...SNAP! Cold Water...CLUNK!

--Austin

 

[foraloysius]

I recieved the DVD this week. Unfortunately my computer can't play it. At the moment I'm very busy but after that it's off to buy a new DVD player I'm really looking foward to see it!

 

[lesto]

Mine arrived yesterday. It looks great, Robert! Thank you so much! You can even hear the slight clicking of the timer as it prepares to advance. Looking forward to the next one!

Les

 

[peteski50]

DVD arrived today

Hi Robert
It just arrived a short time ago. This is real Great. I never realized that the franklin design could realy kick ass like this one does. Realy has exciting clothes movement. But does seem real rough on the clothes. I just finished watching part 1
I will finish the rest of the DVD later
Thank you again,
Peter

 

[kreftgr]

PAL & NTSC

Is there going to be a problem trying to play a DVD made in USA (NTSC) on a DVD player designed for the European (PAL) format? Or how about the TV? Computer? Glen.