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In the early days of television, there were all sorts of rumors about how hard it was on your eyes to watch it in a dark room. I still have the TV lamp from my grandmother's house. It is made out of an abalone shell with a small bulb in it. It was to be placed on top of the set with the bulb turned toward the wall to provide ambient light. The trouble was the outside of the abalone shell was so damn ugly you did not want it anywhere in sight, but it was one of many so-called TV lights from that time. I remember some friends having a Sylvania Halo Light set. We all seem to have survived with our eyesight intact. The loud music, on the other hand, is making people go deaf. I guess once these stupid people who ride the trains with the music blasting out around their ears will want some sort of benefits when they go deaf. Maybe walking around looking at their hand held devices will get them killed before they go deaf.
 
Scrubbing Dome ?

That one is one of the more ridiculous ad claims I ever saw, when WH finally redesigned their SF washers in 1959 the scrubbing dome disappeared along with the poor cleaning, and they did this themselves, they knew darn well that they had a inferior performing product, the government didn't make them do it LOL.
 
Part of the problem with cleaning

had to go to the quality of low-suds detergents at the time. These machines used a lot more water than front loaders of today, which created a lot more suds and combined with the high water levels cushioned the clothing as it fell to the bottom of the tub. While high water levels are good for rinsing, lower water levels are better for washing in H axis machines.

The top cleaning detergents of the day -- Tide, Cheer, Etc -- would overwhelm these poor machines.
 
We always ran All in our SFs. Perhaps the only good thing Monsanto ever did for mankind (though not outweighing the bad).

Never had a motor problem. Did have to rebuild the spin sheave on the 3-belt, but if a 13yo can do it who can't? The sealed gearbox failed in the bootless SF, that was over my head at the time though I had already replaced the timer, unsupervised, around 10yo.

I'm an Asperger. Machines and I always understood each other. I could even make a Lawn Boy run, and if you've ever owned one you know how hard that can be.
 
Tv lights and "Halolight"---Whats old is now new again.At better Home theater supply stores they sell what is called a "bias" light-a small flourescent lamp you put behind your TV for the same effect as the abalone TV bias light-had one of those,too.Liked it-and the abalone shell did make a good reflector-have some abalone shells in my collection-when I was kid pried a couple off the rocks near LA Calif.
At Best Buy several years ago they carried Philips LED flatscreen TV sets with multicolored LED light strips along the side of the screen in the bezel.They would light to the various colors depending on the main color on the scene shown on the TV-I commented to a salesman--"HEY!!Thats like an old Sylvania Halolight TV!"He looked at me as though lobsters were climbing out of my ears-had to explain to him.
Other things on the abalones-the animal is good eating-you eat the "foot" that is used to cling to rocks.You have to clean and cook the abalones just right.You used a tire iron to pry them from the rocks at low tide-you bought a license to "hunt"or "fish" for them in season-they had to be a min size and you could take only so many-can't remember how many you could take in your "bag" during a session.The outer coating on the back of the shell can be ground off to expose the mother of pearl lining-so its "shiny" on the back--careful though--the dust from grinding the coating off can make you puke if you breat too much of that dust-and it stinks-remember a project at that time of making soap dishes out of the shells of the ones I caught--For my Stepmom and her freinds-Dad let me use his large belt sander -put it outside in the driveway so the dust wouldn't stay in the garage.Worked well.
 
Good news Will

I called Pat this a.m. and the washer is available though the 2 TVs are sold. He wll be at the home Thurs. a.m. if you want me to stop and claim it for you or make arrangements with him by phone. Also try the business website "tinsignantiques.com" for alternate phone. Don't let it slip away!

Mike
 
Mike,

I'll send you an email within an hour with my number and some background info. Perhaps you can get a question or two I have answered. I really hope it works out!

Will
 
Last Chance this Weekend!

Unfortunately this is a matter I can't be much help but the cleanout service is working to pack up unsalable stuff through the weekend. If anybody, ANYBODY is within driving distance of this washer and has the ability to move it, this would be the time.

I know it's not the holiest of grails but I hope if you call Patrick and he by some chance picks up his cell that you can strike a deal for time extension but that would be up to the estate handlers. (201) 316-6077.

Thanks for your support.
 
Good news/bad news

I sadly am unable to get the machine, but I found it a good home. My friend Mark (aka marks on here) will be getting it for his collection. He lives much closer than I do!

It's a good thing too. This almost went to the scrapper!
 
I got it!!
She's a little rough and needs all of the springs reattached and some paint. The bottom is completely rusted out and disintegrated, so a new piece of sheet metal is in the works.

I have a question about the door boot. Right now it's intact, but It needs some lovin'. I would like to hydrate it and actually remove it so I can touch up some rust and give her a good paint job. What would you recommend to treat it with? I would slowly bring it back to hydration before attempting to remove it completely and soak it.

Let me know what you think! Thanks!
-Mark
 

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