Electric dryer in Baltimore

[veg-o-matic]

Or as the craigslist ad says, "Electrical Cloth Dryer."

Anyone know what brand this is? I'm thinking something along the lines of Gibson/Hamilton? Just a guess.

Oh, and please forgive me if I've posted this in the wrong section--I took a guess here, so don't jump all over me!

veg

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/hsh/332873548.html

 

[volvoguy87]

Wards?

The door and handle remind me of the 1981 Wards (Norge) dryer my mother used to have. I do not, however, recognise the control panel, but it is also a very poor photograph.

Just my best guess,
Dave

 

[neptuneguy27]

It looks like a Wards dryer by Norge. My aunt had a Signature pair very similar to this dryer. That thing dried very fast but hers was gas.

Chris

 

[roto204]

Nifty!

Definitely a Wards by Norge. We have the same dryer here at a thrift store, but in gas.

We peeked at it (it is a pretty control panel! Identical to this one), and Roger found that the lint (and there's a lot of it, due to that positive-pressure design of these dryers) around the burner access door was charred. I'd be kind of scared to run one of these for very long without periodic and thorough cleanings. (Not to mention how often you'd be dusting if the thing was inside.)

However, I've heard that they're good for drying socks. Open the door really fast, and watch the socks fly as they're blown out of the dryer and into the laundry basket!

 

[peterh770]

Maybe Jetcone wouldn't have red lint all over his socks if he used these dryers. It would all be blown off the socks and into his house!

 

[gadgetgary]

Maybe Jetcone wouldn't have red lint all over his socks

ROFLOL

 

[volvoguy87]

I remember my mom's dryer.

My mom's near BOL '81 Wards electric dryer was an interesting machine. It dryed clothes not so much by air as it did by heat. I remember it seemed to only have two settings, off and scorch. It also covered all surrounding surfaces with lint. The laundry room was a closet in the kitchen, so I always wondered what were the nutritional qualities of lint and generic Bounce? Towards the end, the knob broke and it had to be set with a pair of vice grips because my mom was too cheap to order a replacement knob. I always thought it was strange how it had no seperate button or knob to start, you would push the timer knob in once it was set. Push the dryer timer knob to start, pull the washer timer knob to start.
I dismantled the dryer once to clean it, and what I found was frightening. There was about a 3 inch thick layer of lint coating the inside. How it never caught on fire is beyond me, especially with the plastic exhaust hose. There was lint everywhere, even in the threads of the screws.

Memories,
Dave

 

[jetcone]

Oh Dave great memory!

I too wonder the nutritional value of "lintus escapus"!

Why were so many dryers at the time operated by plyers too??

My friends had dryers at their house just like you describe.

In our first house/rental we had a 1953 GE Stove that had two speeds "Intent to Cook" and "Sahara" even though it had many buttons on top!

jet