New Vintage Speed Queen video!

[swestoyz]

Hey guys -

Last night I took some time to edit footage I took of the Speed Queen this past weekend. Love the washer!

This washer was shunned by Greg and now has a loving home here in Waterloo. Thanks for the help Greg!

Ben

 

[tlee618]

Hey Ben, that was a fun video!! Haven't heard much from you since New Years, hope that all is going well for you. How is the house coming along??

 

[gansky1]

Excellent - would make a great screen saver!

Good to see the green-skinned stepchild has a good home ;-)

 

[bobbyderegis]

Ben:
How neat! Tell us a little about the lint filter. I have never seen one in action on a SQ. Does it only work with a full tub of water? My aunt had a late 60's SQ and it only had a fabric softener dispenser that locked onto the "crown".
Bobby in Boston

 

[cycla-fabric]

Ben,
Nice video, Speed Queens are a unique machines and fun to watch, I remember them from the local laundromat but none of them had that type of lint filter, very different. The Speed Queens in the laundromats relied on the overflow rinse to rid the wash of lint. Your machine appears to be a bit overloaded as there doesn't seem to be any rollover action in this video. Is it the angle of the camera or is it that the lint filter sits rather low on the agitator and it looks like it blocks the rollover action of the laundry. Neverless I enjoyed the video of your new Speed Queen. Enjoy it and have fun and remember its not just clean, it's Speed Queen clean!

 

[autowasherfreak]

After watching this video and several other videos of Speed Queens on youtube, have added a Speed Queen to my Want List.

Great video too, saved that one to the hard drive.

 

[polkanut]

I agree with Doug, it does appear a bit overloaded, and the filter does seem to block the rollover action.

 

[bellalaundry]

Hey, that clunk

sounds just like my Simplicity (Speed Queen) twin tub. The agitator and the lint screen very much the same.

 

[appnut]

Nice video. This is my first "non-solenoid" SQ encounter that I remember!!! Never dealt with one that "paused".

 

[swestoyz]

Thanks guys!

The lint filter has angled scoops molded into the outer rim of the filter. When the agitator is on the backstroke it allows the water to be pushed back, and on the forward-stroke it scoups the water up into the filter. If I get a chance I post a photo of the bottom side tomorrow. Yes, the tub needs to be full in order for the filter to work. I suppose that the thought was, that during the overflow the tub would push away any extra soap/lint, but the filter would get the pieces that were still floating on the top. Mostly just a gimmick, but a surprise that it can and does work!

I personally thought that the load was too small. Two sheets, a few t-shirts, and some socks. When the tub fills for the overflow everything floats to the top. The main agitation at the base is no longer as effective as it would be during a normal wash cycle. Plus, with sheets and the Speed Queen arch roll-over isn't going to be as announced as during other loads, and I personally am not a huge believer that roll-over is the key to washing. It is the water pushing through the articles that I'm more concerned about. I'd be more articulate, but being out and having a few in me is inhibiting the finesse that I would like to have ;-)

Terry - I'm close! Just got done with the bathroom. Time to finish the kitchen. Photos coming soon.

Ben

 

[alr2903]

Ben with the reversing motor system is the pump running during the overflow, or does it just collect in the outer tub? I don't understand with the reversing motor if one way is agitation and the other direction is spin how is the pump rigged to pump out during the overflow rinse during agitation? thanks and a great Vid. alr2903

 

[gyrafoam]

Ben, I will agree that roll-over isn't everything----in some machines ( old SQ's, old Maytags)----others, however (like a 1-18) really need to have it!

 

[toggleswitch2]

~I don't understand with the reversing motor if one way is agitation and the other direction is spin how is the pump rigged to pump out during the overflow rinse during agitation?

Could have had a pumping system like an early recirulation-type KenPool. Intead of directing the water back into the tub through a filter during agititon, it would just pump it out.

Wonder who can tell us what the actuality was........

 

[bobbyderegis]

Does the water just sit in the outer tub during the overflow until the spin? Don't the old Unimatics do this too?
Bobby in Boston

 

[swestoyz]

The pump pumps out in both directions - bi-directional pump. ABC/Kelvinators & reversing Speed Queens used them to pump out the water regardless of wash or spin. The pump is nothing fancy. They have a very plain two-vane impeller. I personally don't know too much about pump theory so I don't go nuts trying to figure out how it works.

Solenoid Speed Queens or Unimatics would have been pumping the entire time the motor was running with the spin in one direction.

Steve - eek! Thanks for reminding me. I can't imagine a stuffed 1-18 or a Rollermatic without some sort of roll-over!

Ben

 

[supersurgilator]

So if you were to use a smaller water level, such as half, the machine would still fill enough to be able to overflow? Maybe make a vid of that

 

[retro-man]

At the beginning of the video it looks like the agitation and spin speed are set at slow. This would explain the slow turnover. Not sure if this is how you ran the machine or you switched it over to fast agitation and spin. Seemed like a pretty fast spin for slow speed though. Nice video. Thanks.
Jon