Introducing the Picture Window Lady Kenmore Roto-Rack!!!!!!!
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Great Job! Very nice, indeed.
I am curious about the extra vent you added at the top. Is it vented at the front top of the machine?
Joe
I am curious about the extra vent you added at the top. Is it vented at the front top of the machine?
Joe
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I was waiting for someone my age to post before I chimed in. Thank you Terry for remembering it like I do. The dishwashers at Sears has windows added in the front only and as I recall the Sears dishwasher on Bewitched in the opening episodes was a sample or model series with the window cut in to see it wash, never intended for sale to the public. I also remember the Visi-Matic wringer washer filled with poker chips to demonstrate roll over at the two different agitation speeds. In those days the old Sears store had a couple models plumbed in. I pushed one of the keyboard cycle selectors on the Lady Kenmore and it started. I took off on a dead run looking for mom to save me. Appliances of any kind but primarily mixers and washing machines held my rapt if not obsessive attention.
I was waiting for someone my age to post before I chimed in. Thank you Terry for remembering it like I do. The dishwashers at Sears has windows added in the front only and as I recall the Sears dishwasher on Bewitched in the opening episodes was a sample or model series with the window cut in to see it wash, never intended for sale to the public. I also remember the Visi-Matic wringer washer filled with poker chips to demonstrate roll over at the two different agitation speeds. In those days the old Sears store had a couple models plumbed in. I pushed one of the keyboard cycle selectors on the Lady Kenmore and it started. I took off on a dead run looking for mom to save me. Appliances of any kind but primarily mixers and washing machines held my rapt if not obsessive attention.
Very nice work Robert!
Ben
Ben
Wow
That's certainly a sight to see! I just loved that video. I know you guys are going to get alot of enjoyment out of watching this!
That's certainly a sight to see! I just loved that video. I know you guys are going to get alot of enjoyment out of watching this!
maytagbear
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Impressive, Robert,
simply and completely impressive.
I am looking forward to a video of a Bobload in this machine.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
simply and completely impressive.
I am looking forward to a video of a Bobload in this machine.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Way cool!
WINDOW DOOR ROTO RACK DW
Yes the in store early 1970s demos just had a plastic panel in place of the door, but before that [ late 1960s ] they used a top loading portable with a domed top cover on a roto-rack machine which was also very fun.
Yes the in store early 1970s demos just had a plastic panel in place of the door, but before that [ late 1960s ] they used a top loading portable with a domed top cover on a roto-rack machine which was also very fun.
Oooh!
I would get rid of my cable TV if I had that in the kitchen. Just a beautiful job, Robert!
I would get rid of my cable TV if I had that in the kitchen. Just a beautiful job, Robert!
perc-o-prince
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I knew that if I waited long enough...
everyone else would say everything that I was thinking ;-) Saved me a lot of typing!!!
Fantastic job, Robert!!!!
Rich
everyone else would say everything that I was thinking ;-) Saved me a lot of typing!!!
Fantastic job, Robert!!!!
Rich
Wait
I remember at Sears a DW that was completely clear , all four sides and the top. It was a complete "bubble" square but none the less a bubble. What was that?
I remember at Sears a DW that was completely clear , all four sides and the top. It was a complete "bubble" square but none the less a bubble. What was that?
cfz2882
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just awesome job adding that window-looks authentic too!-a lot of people would
think it came that way.
think it came that way.
toggleswitch
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yup the demo I recall in Sears was entirely of plastic with the usual guts.
Robert, did you say what the year of that machine was/is?
Is it a Canadian model?
Mother Toggle's '68 and '73 models were W-R-R-W-R-R-D. Interesting to see yours starts with a rinse and has two covered detergent cups. What is the Short Wash on yours? The 73 model was R-W-R-R
Also my memory is fading on me... Wasn't the bimetal detergent cup trigger connected via the timer, very briefly, in series with either the motor or the heater to give it only 60 volts? (120v/2 =60v)? How are today's detergent cups triggered?
Robert, did you say what the year of that machine was/is?
Is it a Canadian model?
Mother Toggle's '68 and '73 models were W-R-R-W-R-R-D. Interesting to see yours starts with a rinse and has two covered detergent cups. What is the Short Wash on yours? The 73 model was R-W-R-R
Also my memory is fading on me... Wasn't the bimetal detergent cup trigger connected via the timer, very briefly, in series with either the motor or the heater to give it only 60 volts? (120v/2 =60v)? How are today's detergent cups triggered?
Thanks everyone, I'm thinking it was just a clear panel on the front, probably with a waterproof light sitting in the machine. I don't remember clear side panels per se, with the roto-rack but my memories are the amazement of the simply seeing it running through a clear door.
Toggles it was 100% American, here it is in the spring/summer 1965 Sears Catalog...
Toggles it was 100% American, here it is in the spring/summer 1965 Sears Catalog...
Nice AD!
Thanks again for posting. Robert I like your choice in Front panels the best!
Peter
Thanks again for posting. Robert I like your choice in Front panels the best!
Peter
Beautiful job on the window for the Dishwasher-and love your kitchen-like a time machine!!Never saw a Roto-Rack display as good as yours at Sears-used to look at them when I was a child.That dishwasher could replace the TV!Another "Home theater" component!Like how you made the window for the machine and modified it-work of Geneus!Now I know what goes on in those Roto-racks-one apartment I lived in had one-then they replaced it with a cheap Hotpoint builders model.And come to think of it my townhouse had one-still worked well so I kept it and it went with the townhome when I sold it.It seems the rack rotates in sync with the lower sprayer arm.
IIRC Maytag having the all plastic bubble D/W model, at Campo appliances in NOLA. The Sears displays in the 70's were machines with a plastic panel in the door. Was there a vendor that supplied manufacturers witht these demonstration panels and bubbles or were they rigged up by the the manufacturers themselves? Robert your window machine seems so much more powerful than the Sears demo's I remember. Thanks for posting the Ad from Sears too. The 220v. version was only $10. more amazing. This is so cool, had to watch the vid again today. alr
whitetub
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Wonderful job. I am floored.
Now, can we see a video with a full load? Please!!!
Now, can we see a video with a full load? Please!!!
I am SPEECHLESS!........what a great job......your giving me ideas, both as to converting a portable with a window, and how to install one with trimming.....
O U T S T A N D I N G!
O U T S T A N D I N G!
I remember both the front-only and 360 degree-view demo dishwashers but can't remember if only one or both were roto-racks. Or for that matter, if one I'm remembering wasn't Montgomery Ward. I do remember being drawn to those demo units like a magnet and standing there mesmerised until Mom or Dad tore me away!
toggleswitch
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Thanks Robert.
Technically North, Central and South American (and Canadian of course) is all "American"; but I know what you mean, there is really no better quick way to say from USA!
OK OK DONT SMACK ME TOO HARD!
Technically North, Central and South American (and Canadian of course) is all "American"; but I know what you mean, there is really no better quick way to say from USA!
OK OK DONT SMACK ME TOO HARD!
I am curious about the extra vent you added at the top. Is it vented at the front top of the machine?
Joe I added the vent at the top when I thought that I would have to seal off the vent at the bottom of the door. Originally the machine had two venting locations, one at the bottom of door and the other on the side through the fill flume. After the fact when I came up with a way to divert the door vent splash water, I didn't bother to go back and remove and reseal the roof vent I created when I saw how well it helps with drying.
For those asking about the'53 Hotpoint Dishwasher that came out of the kitchen to make room for the LK, that is going down to the basement for now. My rule for me now is if a washer, dryer, dishwasher or vintage TV comes in, one has to go. Well three machines have come in recently, this LK Dishwasher, Brand New 1962 GE and Norge Timeline. Since I'm using the Norge for parts only, two machines need to go. I'm sending the Youngstown Dishwasher to Jon/Jetcone as he really wants the machine. I'm sending the Apex Dish-a-Matic to Mike/Dishwashercrazy, I know he will really appreciate adding that rare window-lid machine to his collection.
OK OK DONT SMACK ME TOO HARD!
Don't worry toggles, I won't, you'd like it too much ;-)
Joe I added the vent at the top when I thought that I would have to seal off the vent at the bottom of the door. Originally the machine had two venting locations, one at the bottom of door and the other on the side through the fill flume. After the fact when I came up with a way to divert the door vent splash water, I didn't bother to go back and remove and reseal the roof vent I created when I saw how well it helps with drying.
For those asking about the'53 Hotpoint Dishwasher that came out of the kitchen to make room for the LK, that is going down to the basement for now. My rule for me now is if a washer, dryer, dishwasher or vintage TV comes in, one has to go. Well three machines have come in recently, this LK Dishwasher, Brand New 1962 GE and Norge Timeline. Since I'm using the Norge for parts only, two machines need to go. I'm sending the Youngstown Dishwasher to Jon/Jetcone as he really wants the machine. I'm sending the Apex Dish-a-Matic to Mike/Dishwashercrazy, I know he will really appreciate adding that rare window-lid machine to his collection.
OK OK DONT SMACK ME TOO HARD!
Don't worry toggles, I won't, you'd like it too much ;-)
Wow!
I think this is your best to date!
I think this is your best to date!
ovrphil
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Should Be a Common Option for Us Water Babies
I don't think I'd get this far in execution, but I would have tried to do this
because my memories of dishwashers in stores in the 60's were see through windows
and water splashing around. It was always disappointing to see that the consumer
never got one of those windowed dishwashers. Very late to comment, but "bravo!"
I don't think I'd get this far in execution, but I would have tried to do this
because my memories of dishwashers in stores in the 60's were see through windows
and water splashing around. It was always disappointing to see that the consumer
never got one of those windowed dishwashers. Very late to comment, but "bravo!"
brib68
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Wowie!
Like everyone else on here, it seems, this takes me back! I have so many fond memories of just standing in Sears at the Lima Mall watching the demo dishwasher in action. Pretty sure my folks would just leave me there and go shopping, knowing I wouldn't budge from that spot. That's pretty much my early shopping mall memories...the visible DW at Sears, eating Hot Sam pretzels on the bench around the fountain, hoping Woolworth's had Matchbox cars, and thinking it was normal to have to go THROUGH Penney's to get from one end of the mall to the other. I was probably 9 or so before I realized there was a Lazarus in the mall, and in my teens before I knew there was an Elder-Beerman, too. We never went down that branch of the mall any farther than the MCL Cafeteria.
So, um, thanks, everyone...y'all are more fun (and cheaper) than actual therapy
Like everyone else on here, it seems, this takes me back! I have so many fond memories of just standing in Sears at the Lima Mall watching the demo dishwasher in action. Pretty sure my folks would just leave me there and go shopping, knowing I wouldn't budge from that spot. That's pretty much my early shopping mall memories...the visible DW at Sears, eating Hot Sam pretzels on the bench around the fountain, hoping Woolworth's had Matchbox cars, and thinking it was normal to have to go THROUGH Penney's to get from one end of the mall to the other. I was probably 9 or so before I realized there was a Lazarus in the mall, and in my teens before I knew there was an Elder-Beerman, too. We never went down that branch of the mall any farther than the MCL Cafeteria.
So, um, thanks, everyone...y'all are more fun (and cheaper) than actual therapy
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