Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
The host provides pastry to calm them down...
The host provides pastry to calm them down...
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
It worked normal service resumes !!
It worked normal service resumes !!
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
Back outside, the AEG is spinning fine..
Back outside, the AEG is spinning fine..
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
Now to get it back in the new line up, weighs a ton..
Now to get it back in the new line up, weighs a ton..
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
Tie to wash the bedding and towels..
Tie to wash the bedding and towels..
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
In the Miele Twindos..
In the Miele Twindos..
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
Washing & Drying..
Washing & Drying..
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
In the 8kg load, 1600rpm spin British Made Ebac washing machine using our very own Jon Jetcones "Rosalies" washing powder !!
In the 8kg load, 1600rpm spin British Made Ebac washing machine using our very own Jon Jetcones "Rosalies" washing powder !!
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
And in the Hoover Keymatic A3203 star of the show...videos to follow !!
And in the Hoover Keymatic A3203 star of the show...videos to follow !!
Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!
All that remains is to thank our host Alistair for his hospitality, food and fine wine and the rest of the gang for making it another much enjoyed weekend of work bringing back to life another treasured
Hoover Vintage washer as well as meeting up with fab friends !!
Till Next Time......
All that remains is to thank our host Alistair for his hospitality, food and fine wine and the rest of the gang for making it another much enjoyed weekend of work bringing back to life another treasured
Hoover Vintage washer as well as meeting up with fab friends !!
Till Next Time......
>> In the other room we need to move out the wall of washers and refit piping for stacking working dishwashers !!
I can just imagine all of the house inspectors and code compliance officials having a collective heart attack looking at this room setup. :-D
I can just imagine all of the house inspectors and code compliance officials having a collective heart attack looking at this room setup. :-D
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While this is in the hobby room, the house building , wiring and pipework is fully compliant with building regs, so we can enjoy the hobby room as is....
Any thoughts on the rest of the fab weekend ??
While this is in the hobby room, the house building , wiring and pipework is fully compliant with building regs, so we can enjoy the hobby room as is....
Any thoughts on the rest of the fab weekend ??
Oh! Another great event! You guys have been very productive! I almost got a heart attack seeing all those small appliances together. I see an Osterizer blender jar I think and at the bottom of the first picture, is that a Bosch mixer. I see there is an anemic one speed Philips handmixer too. lol
I love the AEG coffee maker. The first AEG's were based on the Wigomat design. Does this one stop quietly at the end, leaving behind some rest water? Or does it hiss and steam in the end. If it ends silently, it is the original design, just like Moccamaster uses up to this day.
I love the AEG coffee maker. The first AEG's were based on the Wigomat design. Does this one stop quietly at the end, leaving behind some rest water? Or does it hiss and steam in the end. If it ends silently, it is the original design, just like Moccamaster uses up to this day.
BTW, I love the AEG Lavamat 2000 too, I know it's a very heavy beast. I know that movers got high bloodpressure at the thought of having to move one. There was a guy in the NL who was looking for one of those.
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"I can just imagine all of the house inspectors and code compliance officials having a collective heart attack looking at this room setup.!"
And what pray is wrong with it? Electricity above water, above waste. Makes perfect sense to me! Water generally does not run uphill!
When my home was extended last year to create the new kitchen/diner and display space all the plans where submitted to both local authority planning and building control (essentially our "code" inspectors) and all got 100% approval and sign off. And it is not like these machines are being used on anything but an occasional basis and not more than a couple at the same time. That concept had to be explained to the electricians who raised their eyebrows at installing 34 double socket outlets in the new display space. All electrics are covered by the very latest breaker box which is, if anything, almost too sensitive - but with vintage appliances that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Al
"I can just imagine all of the house inspectors and code compliance officials having a collective heart attack looking at this room setup.!"
And what pray is wrong with it? Electricity above water, above waste. Makes perfect sense to me! Water generally does not run uphill!
When my home was extended last year to create the new kitchen/diner and display space all the plans where submitted to both local authority planning and building control (essentially our "code" inspectors) and all got 100% approval and sign off. And it is not like these machines are being used on anything but an occasional basis and not more than a couple at the same time. That concept had to be explained to the electricians who raised their eyebrows at installing 34 double socket outlets in the new display space. All electrics are covered by the very latest breaker box which is, if anything, almost too sensitive - but with vintage appliances that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Al
Wash in
Back to our regular scheduled programming .....
Well where to begin .... Firstly thank you to everyone who gave of their time to bring even more of these old appliances to life - I am so often amazed at the skill and technical ingenuity that my friends bring to these projects along with a great deal of fun and laughter. Every visit seems to get something more sorted and I am delighted with the results of the re-furbished Keymatic which now looks wonderful. Mike is right that the original display room has been somewhat neglected over the last year while we have concentrated on getting the new space up and running but I am excited to see how we can develop that to include more appliances although, as ever, there are more appliances than space to put them in.
And special thanks to my "partner in crime" Mike who puts so much work into these weekends - in advance by getting things looking as good as they possibly can, dealing with the technalities when folks are visiting, taking so many of the photos which provide such a wonderful documentary to our weekends, and the time to prepare and post these threads as well.
This last weekend was actually the fifth anniversary of "pulling the trigger" to start this whole project off, it has succeeded far better than either of us could ever have dreamed.
Al
Back to our regular scheduled programming .....
Well where to begin .... Firstly thank you to everyone who gave of their time to bring even more of these old appliances to life - I am so often amazed at the skill and technical ingenuity that my friends bring to these projects along with a great deal of fun and laughter. Every visit seems to get something more sorted and I am delighted with the results of the re-furbished Keymatic which now looks wonderful. Mike is right that the original display room has been somewhat neglected over the last year while we have concentrated on getting the new space up and running but I am excited to see how we can develop that to include more appliances although, as ever, there are more appliances than space to put them in.
And special thanks to my "partner in crime" Mike who puts so much work into these weekends - in advance by getting things looking as good as they possibly can, dealing with the technalities when folks are visiting, taking so many of the photos which provide such a wonderful documentary to our weekends, and the time to prepare and post these threads as well.
This last weekend was actually the fifth anniversary of "pulling the trigger" to start this whole project off, it has succeeded far better than either of us could ever have dreamed.
Al
@ Louis
I do wish that your health would permit you to visit, we would love to see you at sometime. Visitors from other places would be very welcome too, we missed the presence of our special US friend this year.
Louis, those are not even one third of my small appliances collection not to mention Mike's - again something for the older display space if we can get it organised. And then there are the vacuum cleaners ......
Do you mean the blender goblet beside the Blue/White Morphy Richards (aka Krups). If so, it is an Osterizer in a form as it goes with the Sunbeam Kitchen Center (as it was marketed here) which was an Oster Kitchen Center in the US I believe. And there actually two Bosch mixers although I have not actually used either.
I love the AEG coffee maker too even better that it cost 99p plus a one hour round trip to collect it. As I recall it does not steam at the end of the brewing cycle.
I was very pleased to get the AEG washer dryer too as it makes the set of "electric sink" dishwasher and tumble dryer, and I can testify to it being REALLY heavy and would not like to repeat the journey from its old home to the back of my car down several steps, a very tight corner and a somewhat rickety path. But even better that it seems to work (subject to doing a full wash that is) - at least it was watertight and it runs which gets things off to a good start. It was incredibly useful having Steve there as his mother had the Neff version of this machine so actually knew how it was supposed to work, it was manufactured by Zanker apparently.
Al
I do wish that your health would permit you to visit, we would love to see you at sometime. Visitors from other places would be very welcome too, we missed the presence of our special US friend this year.
Louis, those are not even one third of my small appliances collection not to mention Mike's - again something for the older display space if we can get it organised. And then there are the vacuum cleaners ......
Do you mean the blender goblet beside the Blue/White Morphy Richards (aka Krups). If so, it is an Osterizer in a form as it goes with the Sunbeam Kitchen Center (as it was marketed here) which was an Oster Kitchen Center in the US I believe. And there actually two Bosch mixers although I have not actually used either.
I love the AEG coffee maker too even better that it cost 99p plus a one hour round trip to collect it. As I recall it does not steam at the end of the brewing cycle.
I was very pleased to get the AEG washer dryer too as it makes the set of "electric sink" dishwasher and tumble dryer, and I can testify to it being REALLY heavy and would not like to repeat the journey from its old home to the back of my car down several steps, a very tight corner and a somewhat rickety path. But even better that it seems to work (subject to doing a full wash that is) - at least it was watertight and it runs which gets things off to a good start. It was incredibly useful having Steve there as his mother had the Neff version of this machine so actually knew how it was supposed to work, it was manufactured by Zanker apparently.
Al
Another awesome holiday weekend, expertly documented by Mike!
On a personal level, as I couldn't be there this time, it's fantastic for me to read all this and see all the photos. As I go though this thread, I feel like I'm reliving the weekend along with you guys
Great to see soooooo much progress here. We're so lucky to have so many hands-on technical people, such as Mathew for example, otherwise I think I'd be sitting and staring at a whole bunch of broken machines waiting for a miracle
Excellent thread, Mike. It's so nice for all of us at automatic washer to be able to see all this and virtually join in the fun of a wash-in, where Al makes everyone from around the world who can attend, so welcome at his home.
I'm raising my virtual glass to you all. Cheers!
On a personal level, as I couldn't be there this time, it's fantastic for me to read all this and see all the photos. As I go though this thread, I feel like I'm reliving the weekend along with you guys
Great to see soooooo much progress here. We're so lucky to have so many hands-on technical people, such as Mathew for example, otherwise I think I'd be sitting and staring at a whole bunch of broken machines waiting for a miracle
Excellent thread, Mike. It's so nice for all of us at automatic washer to be able to see all this and virtually join in the fun of a wash-in, where Al makes everyone from around the world who can attend, so welcome at his home.
I'm raising my virtual glass to you all. Cheers!
Thanks Al,
It would be great indeed to be able to travel again. I would love to see your collection in real. A trip to the UK would also mean a visit to a friend in Manchester again, haven't seen him in ages.
The original Wigomat didn't have a valve to prevent the water from flowing back. That system allows a constant stream of water. Modern coffee makers have small pauses instead of a constant stream of hot water.
Yes, that is indeed the blender jar I meant. Between the Morphy Richards and the Braun KM 3 or 31.
Those Bosch mixers are great for bread dough, you should try one of them sometime.
Do you know from when that Lavamat 2000 is. AEG bought a major share in Zanker in the early 70's. I guess that this AEG is from the 70's?
If you're interested, here is a manual of a somewhat later model, the Lavamat 2000E. It may be some differences, but in some aspects it may be usable for your machine:
https://www.gebruikershandleiding.com/AEG-Lavamat-2000/preview-handleiding-7751.html
Scroll slowly, it may take a while to download the pages.
It would be great indeed to be able to travel again. I would love to see your collection in real. A trip to the UK would also mean a visit to a friend in Manchester again, haven't seen him in ages.
The original Wigomat didn't have a valve to prevent the water from flowing back. That system allows a constant stream of water. Modern coffee makers have small pauses instead of a constant stream of hot water.
Yes, that is indeed the blender jar I meant. Between the Morphy Richards and the Braun KM 3 or 31.
Those Bosch mixers are great for bread dough, you should try one of them sometime.
Do you know from when that Lavamat 2000 is. AEG bought a major share in Zanker in the early 70's. I guess that this AEG is from the 70's?
If you're interested, here is a manual of a somewhat later model, the Lavamat 2000E. It may be some differences, but in some aspects it may be usable for your machine:
https://www.gebruikershandleiding.com/AEG-Lavamat-2000/preview-handleiding-7751.html
Scroll slowly, it may take a while to download the pages.
AEG
Louis
Depending on what part it is Manchester is between an hour and 15 mins and an hour and 30 minutes from me and it would be a delight to meet you - I think you met Mike previously at one of the US wash-ins?
I think I came across an advert for the AEG in one of my home improvement books, I will have to check but I would say that style of machine was in production from early to mid 1970s, my Aunt had an AEG dishwasher of that style (and similar to the one I now have) from round 1972 or so and I have a magazine article from 1976 which features the AEG electric sink although it was not a display or new installation.
Thank you for the link to the 2000E, it downloaded in a jiffy. Courtsey of Jon I have one of those in the older display space too
Al
Louis
Depending on what part it is Manchester is between an hour and 15 mins and an hour and 30 minutes from me and it would be a delight to meet you - I think you met Mike previously at one of the US wash-ins?
I think I came across an advert for the AEG in one of my home improvement books, I will have to check but I would say that style of machine was in production from early to mid 1970s, my Aunt had an AEG dishwasher of that style (and similar to the one I now have) from round 1972 or so and I have a magazine article from 1976 which features the AEG electric sink although it was not a display or new installation.
Thank you for the link to the 2000E, it downloaded in a jiffy. Courtsey of Jon I have one of those in the older display space too
Al
