Go ahead, open that lid

[Unimatic1140]

I'm amazed the water doesn't splash past the outer tub and onto the floor. What's keeping that from happening?

Eugene, like all solid tub washers, the outer tub is sealed at the top otherwise when the water is thrown out of the top of the spinning tub it would go everywhere!

 

[bpetersxx]

operating the prizes

I have to ask

Does Fred get to play with the prized washers

I ask because he knows how to operate vintage vacuums
so operating washers would be simple

 

[mickeyd]

Canton last year--when Jimmy wasn't looking;'D

Bet you'd let me open yours. Thanks for the after dinner aperitif. Lovely and fun.

 

[Unimatic1140]

I have to ask Does Fred get to play with the prized washers I ask because he knows how to operate vintage vacuums so operating washers would be simple

Yup Fred gets to use the washers too. I'm a very lucky guy to have a partner who understands not only that you have to handle these rare machines very gently and carefully but why its important to be careful. Just as I use his rare vacuums in the same gentle manner.

 

[norfolksouthern]

These older machines certainly don't appear to be very forgiving of errors. I am reasonably sure that the wrong broken part can mean "we're all done", resulting in a 200 pound night stand. At least, until something can be fabricated to bring it back to working condition. I wouldn't want to run any LCB through these, and I like to keep my cabinets as dry and clean as possible. That reminds me: my belt-drive Whirlpool portable hasn't been exercised in a few months, so perhaps I should give it a run to flush it out!

It seems to me like the Unimatics, Rollermatics, Pulsamatics, 1-18's and the like have always been a guy's washer. Whirlpool must have caught a larger market share because their products appealed more to women. And back then, it was always the housewife who did the laundry. Go figure.

Perhaps it would have helped Frigidaire if they were sold to someone like Harley Davison instead of WCI. Then, maybe they could have stood a better chance had they taken advantage of the trend towards men sharing more of the household chores. It sure would have been fun reading an advertisement with a bunch of bikers and their Hogs watching and enjoying a 1-18's "thump thump thump" like they did their Harley's "potato potato potato"!

NorfolkSouthern