Lightburn Easy Twin

[westytoploader]

WOW, you certainly are picking up some gems lately! That Lightburn looks like it's in great shape; I saw an ad that Mike posted but couldn't really see how the paddle was positioned in the tub...I thought it swung back & forth vertically! I'm very curious to see what the mechanism looks like; could you post some pictures?

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations, Nathan! Gray and yellow go very well together. I remember tiled bathrooms with that color combination. We will have to see the spankulator in operation and it will be intersting to have a look underneath to see how the circular motion is converted to reciprocal motion for the big paddle, if I correctly understand the description of the operation. Have fun.
Tom

 

[chestermikeuk]

Wash Wand!!

My guess is it swings corner to corner at the front, so I reckon a 45d swing at 45/60 opm or swings per minute...

I wonder if you can move the wand to the middle of the tub for loading whilst its switched off??...Otherwise I bet this could beat the Frigidaires for PROBLEMATIC loading issues, if you where to load it as it is now, how would you do it?? one third two thirds and hope for the best!!!

I first thought like Austin & Tom that it swung up and down and the pic of the earlier machine looked like it had no centre to the wand, could this have been the case on the earlier machines??

Mike

 

[gizmo]

The paddle doesn't get in the way of loading at all. The clothes slide past the paddle pretty easily so it doesn't matter if you bunch it up on one side or divide evenly, it's all the same after a couple of strokes.
The agitation rate is pretty fast - about the same as windscreen wipers on High speed. At first you'd swear it's going to fling water and clothes right up and out of the tub, but the paddle swings back as fast as it went over, pulls the clothes back before they can escape. Fantastic to watch, but you need the lid on or it splashes a bit.

Chris.

 

[DADoES]

Video, please!