golittlesport
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magic dial same as Jimmy's machine
magic dial same as Jimmy's machine
Exciting New Arrivals Part 2 (VERY Exciting!!!!!)
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golittlesport
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golittlesport
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These specs say the machine spins at 625 rpm and weighs 300 pounds!
300 lbs as shipped. That is a bit portly.
portly or not
No wonder it didn't need to be bolted down. Sort of like when they put those ridiculous little chains on elephants in the circus. this is a great looking washer. It fascinates me endlessly how well thought out these "early" machines were. I suspect that 300 pounds was not as "heavy" in an era when women remembered their mother's ice-boxes (litteraly), wood-fired stoves and such. Still, I would be awful thankful for all those front access panels.
No wonder it didn't need to be bolted down. Sort of like when they put those ridiculous little chains on elephants in the circus. this is a great looking washer. It fascinates me endlessly how well thought out these "early" machines were. I suspect that 300 pounds was not as "heavy" in an era when women remembered their mother's ice-boxes (litteraly), wood-fired stoves and such. Still, I would be awful thankful for all those front access panels.
filterflo
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Hey Rich Golittlesport, thanks for the posting the ad flyer! That machine must have an identity crisis. So many names! Im eager to start working on it, and it does appear to be very restorable. Just love that big agitator.
Jon-Jetcone, The Bonderite looks like it held up pretty well on this washer, but it does have some rust spots here and there mainly at the edges where the paint was chipped off. Maybe we can find another one of these for you sometime, Trainguy sure has a lot of great luck finding things.......
Jon-Jetcone, The Bonderite looks like it held up pretty well on this washer, but it does have some rust spots here and there mainly at the edges where the paint was chipped off. Maybe we can find another one of these for you sometime, Trainguy sure has a lot of great luck finding things.......
Hot Water Rinses
Were normal and indeed required when using soap for wash day.
Soap is very difficult to rinse out of laundry, and housewives were advised to always have the rinse water either hot or at least warm when using a hot water/soap wash. Of course those doing laundry by hand in a tub couldn't use too hot water, but machine washing was another story.
Purpose of all this palaver is that cold water causes textile fibers to contract. If this happens with soap, all that soap/scum/soils would become "trapped" in the wash, making it that much more difficult to remove. The end result over time would be tattle-tale grey laundry, something no respecting housewive would dare hang on her wash line. Well, not if she didn't wish to become the object of stares! *LOL*
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Were normal and indeed required when using soap for wash day.
Soap is very difficult to rinse out of laundry, and housewives were advised to always have the rinse water either hot or at least warm when using a hot water/soap wash. Of course those doing laundry by hand in a tub couldn't use too hot water, but machine washing was another story.
Purpose of all this palaver is that cold water causes textile fibers to contract. If this happens with soap, all that soap/scum/soils would become "trapped" in the wash, making it that much more difficult to remove. The end result over time would be tattle-tale grey laundry, something no respecting housewive would dare hang on her wash line. Well, not if she didn't wish to become the object of stares! *LOL*
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jeb
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driveway suprise
HI Jimmy! It's Jeff from Mansfield. I think your suprise was great but I was interested in the westinghouse set. I am so glad you have them up and running. How much work was involved? How well do they clean? Would love to see them work. I also have a question about the spacemate dryer.Please e-mail me when you get a chance. Jeff
HI Jimmy! It's Jeff from Mansfield. I think your suprise was great but I was interested in the westinghouse set. I am so glad you have them up and running. How much work was involved? How well do they clean? Would love to see them work. I also have a question about the spacemate dryer.Please e-mail me when you get a chance. Jeff
filterflo
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Hi Jeff, I had posted pics and details of getting the Westinghouse washer up and running about a month ago. Im sure the thread is still there. I will see if I can find it and you can refer back to it...........drop me a line about the Spacemate dryer..........
filterflo
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Hey Jeff, in the archives, in the Imperial section 2006, go to post #5920 and I describe some of the repair on the Westinghouse Programmed Computer that I got from you.......
mickeyd
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The Force be with you
So who is this Angel who drops off these exquisite Mother's day presents at your doorstep. They are awesome. The rinse cycle "Programing" is like something you'd see on a current Frigidaire FL. Love seeing the spray rinses marked on the dial. You could dial it right up so quick and accurate. Can't wait to see that agitator, Man.
I lived in Coventry,(not the real one), but a neighborhood of Cleveland where I went to school, John Carroll University. We're having a reunion at the end of June, and if you're agreeable I'd like to swing by. Let me know.
This site is so rich at times, I just get dizzy and swoon.
So who is this Angel who drops off these exquisite Mother's day presents at your doorstep. They are awesome. The rinse cycle "Programing" is like something you'd see on a current Frigidaire FL. Love seeing the spray rinses marked on the dial. You could dial it right up so quick and accurate. Can't wait to see that agitator, Man.
I lived in Coventry,(not the real one), but a neighborhood of Cleveland where I went to school, John Carroll University. We're having a reunion at the end of June, and if you're agreeable I'd like to swing by. Let me know.
This site is so rich at times, I just get dizzy and swoon.
