Introducing the Picture Window Lady Kenmore Roto-Rack!!!!!!!

[circlew]

Robert, that machine is totally fantastic! Your talents never cease to amaze me.

I like the rest of your kitchen, too - especially the yellow GE range.

 

[tlee618]

Robert, as I remember the displays at Sears it was only the front door panel that was clear, not the sides.   

 

Terry

 

[joe_in_philly]

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

 

[mixfinder]

Vote of Confidence

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.

 

[swestoyz]

Very nice work Robert!

Ben

 

[joelippard]

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!

 

[maytagbear]

Impressive, Robert,

simply and completely impressive.

I am looking forward to a video of a Bobload in this machine.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[earthling177]

Way cool!

 

[combo52]

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.

 

[roto204]

Oooh!

I would get rid of my cable TV if I had that in the kitchen. Just a beautiful job, Robert!

 

[perc-o-prince]

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

 

[jetcone]

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?

 

[cfz2882]

just awesome job adding that window-looks authentic too!-a lot of people would
think it came that way.

 

[toggleswitch]

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?

 

[Unimatic1140]

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...

 

[peteski50]

Nice AD!

Thanks again for posting. Robert I like your choice in Front panels the best!
Peter

 

[tolivac]

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.

 

[alr2903]

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]

Wonderful job. I am floored.

Now, can we see a video with a full load? Please!!!

 

[yogitunes]

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!