Oster blender

[Versatronic]

Again, that's beautiful Jetcone

That's quite a prize.

One more pic. The Osterizer blender on the left is ancient. It must be a 40's model or before. The glass part does not unattach. They had not yet come up with the bright idea that it would be a whole lot easer if you were able to pull the glass part off the base and pour from it. And hey, a handle wouldn't be such a bad idea either. There's a wing nut that attaches the blades to the base which secures the entire glass container to the base. This one developed a leaky gasket so I'm going to replace it one day and I'll check it out more thoroughly. The plastic lid on the container is hard as a rock. It almost seems like a porcelain material. There's virtually no pliability at all. No speeds. It's either on or off.

The next one is an Imperial 10 that I picked up a couple of weeks ago at a yard sale. It cleaned up pretty good.

And finally, just for fun, here's an Oster Touch-O-Matic can opener/knife and scissors sharpener. The sharpener part is in the back. I wish there hadn't have been such a glare from the camera flash because it really is an attractive little piece.

 

[foraloysius]

Lots of nice blenders here!

The seller contacted me, it was not 24 Volts but 120, so I'm taking it and will have to look out for a converter. It's going to be expensive, it's a 1000 Watts motor, so the converter needs to be a big one.

 

[drmitch]

Versatronic, My model 10 is identical to yours except that it has a measured, pull out container. What is the model# on yours?

 

[Versatronic]

Model 10

Dr. Mitch, the model number is a 10 as well. Let me just say, as far as I can tell, and I've really looked this thing over, you cannot remove the glass container. There may be a slim chance, very slim, that it's supposed to be a removable container and that it's hoplessly jammed into the base. I cannot get the container off. I'll take this apart one day and disect it to verify.

 

[petek]

Like I said before I don't think any company has ever made so many permutations of one product that Oster did with their blenders. Mike. it looks like it should come off, my very early Cocktail Mixer which predates all of these has the one piece aluminum cocktail shaker that lifts off, no buttons, no switches, the switch is in the ring so when you drop the container in it starts. The blade is non removeable and fastened into the aluminum bottom.

 

[Versatronic]

Well...

If this thing is supposed to come off I don't know how to go about it without ending up in the hospital. Most likely the leaky gasket has created a superglue-type hold on the container. This is the way it's always been since I got it. It didn't stop me from using it, though, until it started leaking for me. Luckily, I had a spare blender and swapped it.

 

[petek]

I just noticed,, is your Touch a Matic can opener/sharpener chrome fronted..mine only has a plastic front, so does the ice crusher model.. but the never opened box with the opener/juicer combo has a chrome front according to the picture on the box.

 

[Versatronic]

Yeah, it's chrome

Yeah, it's chrome in the front and white plastic in the back. Too bad I didn't get a better picture of it. Like I said, it's really a sharp looking can opener in great condition. I think this can opener was manufactured in 1962.

 

[Versatronic]

Once you've picked out your favorite Oster Blender...

Don't forget to pick up the Oster Ice Crusher attachment! Turn the handle and the springloaded top slides open. Drop in your ice and let go of the handle. The top slams shut. Put on FRAPPE (Full Roar And Profoundly Punishing Electricity) and activate. You've got crushed ice.

You may need some Oster Blend And Store containers (like the one shown next to the blender) in case you want to save some of your concoction for later.

And just for fun, a Oster Hot Beverage Maker on the left and an Oster Coffee Maker on the right.

 

[petek]

I also have the ice crusher blender attachment and it doesn't work very well that's why I only tried it out once.
I haven't tried the ice crusher feature on the Touch a Matic can opener yet.
Do you have one of the old juice extractors? It actually works not too bad except that it can't do great volumes as the pulp fills up quickly. The mini-blend jars are good. I picked up one of the new personalsize smoothie jars with the built in straw but haven't tried that yet either.

 

[Versatronic]

Shhhhhhhh Pete.

Truth be told, the Oster Ice Crusher attachment doesn't work all that well. I get better results from a hand ice crusher. I have a bunch of the hand crank kind. Juice extractor for the Oster? No, I don't have one of those. I have a juicer attachment for my Sunbeam Mixmaster which I'll put in the showcase one day.

This is the best Juicer I have. This thing is great. It has a strainer that you can optionally use. I love pulp, but one of my little friends doesn't like pulp in Orange Juice, so you put the strainer in and it doesn't make it out the spout. Works great. 3 bucks from a hippie at a flea market who was finally going off his all juice diet.

 

[petek]

Here's a pic of the Oster Extractor attachment. That schmear on the front is old dried glue from where a sticker was at one time. Yeah I'll get right on it.. LOL

There was a Silex Juicit at the flea mkt last weekend, maybe I shouldn't have passed on it.. I took the all chrome manual Juice O Mat instead. Probably he'll still have it next weekend, I think I'm the only one who ever buys all this old stuff.. And those people that had the Dormeyer perc didn't show up, see what happens when you snooze, but they weren't regular sellers.

 

[Versatronic]

You did the right thing

Well, I'll tell you pete, those Juice-O-Mats are rarely found in the kind of condition that yours seemed to be in. The chrome ones I've see (they also come in colors) literally had chunks of the chrome missing. I've never seen a chrome one in that good of conditon. I truly believe you did the right thing. You'll find a Juicit a lot easier that one of those like that.

 

[petek]

Todays flea market find, a Lady Kenmore 600, 8 speed blender which is basically a rebadged Oster with the front control panel turned upside down and a slide switch for the different settings. As well I got this delightful GE perc.

 

[Versatronic]

Nice Stuff Pete

Yeah, that Kenmore does look like an Oster.

I haven't been to the fleamarket since the Kelvinator entered my life. Today I hit the fleamarket again and hit a couple of antique stores, too. And, of course, I picked up the Tip-Toe-Matic.

Here's my bounty:

In the back, the three yellow stacking canisters are Krispy Kans. Each has a glass knob with some white crystals in it. The glass knob comes off and you cook it at 450 for 15 to 30 minutes. The magic crystals turn blue and are ready to absorb moisture. Screw it back on and put your chips, crackers, and popcorn inside. I didn't know there were three sizes to this thing. Only saw the big one before.

In front of them, some near mint turquoise canisters.

In front of them, two Sunbeam stainless steel bowls for a chrome Mixmaster. It so happens that I have a chrome Mixmaster looking for two bowls. 2 bucks.

Moving right, for the tiki lounge, a souvenier hula girl, a silk hula girl linen, and the best find, a set of hawaii drink coaster in a holder.

To the right, a vintage Westinghouse promotional pink stove recipe holder in the original box.

In front of that, a maroon (not black like in the picture) boomerang ashtray that matching a room in my house perfectly.

In front of that, a shiner planter, 1 buck.

Moving left, a vintage salt and pepper shaker. Looks like a toaster. Push the lever and the bread raises. One slice is the salt, one is the pepper. These are pretty common and I aready have one, but I had to buy to get the rare piece to the left. I've never ever seen this thing. I guess it's supposed to be deep fryer toothpick holder. Push down a lever and the toothpicks raise up for easy access.

To the left of that, two "sputnik" candle holders. I turned one upside down so you can see the tripod legs.

In the middle, the best table ashtray ever made. Only the second one I've ever seen. The guy who owned the last one I saw wanted 35 bucks for it. I really wanted it but I was used to paying 1 or 2 and at most 3 bucks for ashtray. Today, 2 bucks. Glad I was patient.

In front of that, a vintage Ronson electric razor with a big starburst on it and all the original paperwork.

And finally to the left of that, a 1961 Slitz Advertising light. It looks like saturn and when you turn it on, it rotates. It's the coolest damn thing. Will look good in the space age bar I plan on constructing in my basement some day.

Not shown: Whirlpool lighted advertising sign and the Tip-Toe-Matic.

Pretty good day.

 

[petek]

What a score, I particularly like those ashtrays. Those Krispy canisters I've never even heard of, how odd.
I forgot that I also today got a very nice roseville oblong dish B15, and a Shawnee squarish deep dish.. I'll have to check them out because they're not something I'd normally collect, just that the Shawnee is speckled bluish pink and the Roseville has a very nice design on the indside.. I'll get a pic later. Terrible when you buy things and then forget you bought them,, because sitting here I just remembered again I bought a set of 50's glass tumblers in the store presentation box last week and they're still in the rubbermaid container I carted home with the other stuff.. LOL

 

[veg-o-matic]

OoooOOOOOOOoooooohh!

Love that turquoise ashtray. Can just picture stubbing out my Chesterfields in it. And that Lazy Susan in the back! Well, you just can't beat something like that for Gracious Entertaining.

California Dip, anyone?

veg

 

[Versatronic]

The Lazy Susan

The Lazy Susan was not a recent flea market find. I saw it and fell in love with it about 14 years ago. It became the center piece of my kitchen table. Only within the last year did I stumble upon a matching piece. And then another matching piece. All three items are the best. I have no idea who manufactured them, but the colors and designs are the ultimate for the time period. If there are other matching pieces, I want them all.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Vers, if you show a closeup of that Lazy Susan, I'll keep my eyes peeled for matching pieces.

Which reminds me. Need to start a new thread...

veg

 

[Versatronic]

OK, here's the lazy susan

I have some other lazy susans, but nothing compares to this one. The flash bleached out the picture a bit, but I think you can make out the design ok.