Question about Easy Spindriers

[Dick_S.]

I will be picking up my "new" Easy Spindrier tomorrow and it will be at least a 2 hour ride back home before it is unloaded. I am wondering IF it can ride those two hours on its back--in other words not standing straight up, without harming any of the mechanical components and not having any oil leaking out of the transmission?

It is supposed to be a 1967.

Thanks, Dick_S.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

I don't think it would be a good thing

to put it on its back. I seem to recall that it is a bit of a complicated procedure to replace/add transmission oil.

Anybody else???? ( I must have astral projected that too you , eh?)

 

[arbilab]

At the same time, the legs are said to be fragile to fatigue, which transportation induces. Can you block it upright where it is secured without the weight on the legs?

I envy your find, I'd give next to anything for a working Easy SD.

 

[limitededition]

transporting

Stand it up, the legs are not as fragile as you think, the machine vibrates while it is spinning as the spinner has no suspension. Also do not fill above the water line as the agitator shaft has no seal. Have a great time fun to use.

Rick

 

[kenmore58]

Dick,

I transported mine on its back. It didn't damage the machine, but I did experience a small amount of oil leakage, very minor.

It spent about two hours on its back, about an hour from where I bought it to Rich (Perk-o-Prince's) house. We played around with it for a while, then it went back in my truck for another hour ride home to Rhode Island.

Hope this helps.

Ron

 

[mickeyd]

Heard that you can't lay 'em down for too long because of fluids running out, but it's good to learn from Ron that he did it safely.

 

I have only had mine on their backs for a little while.

 

You have a real beauty there, a late 60's model with the wider, deeper indexed rim--really classy styling when seen up close-- and the red filter with matching red controls, one of the gems of the Easy line and not often seen, It also came in t two-speed model, but I can't see if the speed switch is there.

 

You will have a lot of fun washing with all the drama these babies provide: the sounds of the spin clutch and the pump, agitated fills, the rush of the suds-return. And the jet cone spray rinse is amazing; you can watch with the lid off.

 

[akronman]

Easy Spindrier

Mine was in my hatchback, almost 90 degrees over on its side, for a 2 hour ride. Some spillage of oil, yes, but running fine here a year later.
Send us pics when you get it, they are fun, EASY to use, do a great job, but don't overload the spincan. It does best for spin/rinse whn 1/2 to 3/4 full, and once during rinse turn off water until it's dry(ish) and pull out clothes to re-arrange, rinse spray again. The re-arranging halfway thru seems to do the trick, I get great results.

Once you get it home and practice a bit, give us some pictures and ask questions about use. Happy to throw you some pointers, but it's EASY-er to explain once it's home and running.

 

[mickeyd]

Mark and other Easy lovers,

Here's something I had not heard about from anyone, having seen Easy Spins in use since childhood. I read it in the first Easy manual that came my way a while back.

 

From pages 8&9 of the manual Model 5DE. There is no date any where to be found, but from the pic on the front, it's mid-to late 50's.

 

It says that after you load the spinner, push down rinse drain control, Excess sudsy water will be returned to the tub. Swing the fill faucet to rinse and run HOT water into the cone as it drains into the washtub. When the water level in the washtub has returned to the fill line, swing the drain faucet from suds to drain, Engage spin, and turn on the HOT water to flush through entire load. After 30 seconds turn on COLD and rinse for 2&1/2 minutes or until water runs clear. Water may be adjusted to give warm water rinses.

 

No one I knew ever rinsed this way, and I haven't tried it. Mark, are you using high water pressure for your rinses? I haven't tried rearranging, but change the temps and pressure throughout the rinse, and the clothes come out fresh and totally rinsed, after 5 minutes or so, less if Tide HE Powder is used.

 

Would appreciate hearing how you all rinse and if anyone follows the manual's method. There is also an "Alternate Power-flush Rinse" described.

[this post was last edited: 10/3/2011-12:02]

 

[abcomatic]

Mark and other Easy people

I just finished 6 loads of laundry in my Easy Spindrier today. I turn the machine over on its back once a month and make sure that the spinner assembly is tightend and all of the cables are lubed up.
For rinsing, the manual that I have says to load bigger, heavier items to the bottom and the smaller towards the top. Turn on the spinner and return wash water to the washer. Make sure that the water line, with clothes, is NOT above the water line on the side of the tub.
Rinsing is an art with these machines. Don't turn the water on full when rinsing with the spinner. Make sure the pump is on and that the amount of water that is going to the spinner tube at the top is not more than than the pump can handle while it is pumping soapy water out.
I use low suds detergent (Sears) so that the spinner can rinse better.
If you think you need to rinse better, then you could wait until all of the wash is done and then fill up the washer and do a real deep rinse.
Have fun with you new machine. If you have any questions, just let me know. Bye for now. Gary

 

[arbilab]

The couple years I owned a twintub (Panasonic) I prerinsed in the spinner then piled everything up to agitate-rinse after all the washing was done. I don't remember what grandma did with her Easy, even though I was "helping" her. That was 60 years ago and I can't remember what I had for dinner Friday.

 

[Dick_S.]

Thanks to all of you...

..for your comments and pointers, a few of which I need to question further in a future posting. Right now I'm off to work but want to let you know that it's home and runs very well. AND no leaks!

I did load it upright and stapped it in very tightly with lots of packing around it. It rode home beautifully. Cosmetically, it looks like new and judging from the year posted on the manuals, I guess it could be as old as 1962-3. It runs great although it's going to take a bit of getting used to. I also need to ask you all about some of the things it does that I'm not sure it should be doing! ((--::

 

[arbilab]

Truly handsome, can't spot so much as a smudge! Intuition will take you a long way to good results. Interactive laundry, not just a hole in a closet you put stuff in and take it out.

 

[pdub]

The machine looks brand new in the picture.

What an incredible find. I am so happy for you as I know you've been wanting one of these.

Can't wait to see and hear more about this machine. So glad it was well taken care of.

Patrick

 

[launderess]

All Rinsing Is A Process Of Dilution

Thus when rinsing via spray it is important that the force of the water not be so great in relation to the rpm of the spinning load as to merely throw off much of water. What you want is the water to penetrate and therefore saturate the laundry. Then the force of the spinning will carry the muck/detergent laden water out of the wash.

Directions for loading any extractor regardless if it rinses or no are pretty much standard. Heavy items go on the bottom so as to provide a firm "base" and keep the tub centered and stable. However with an extractor one is using just to remove water the load is packed down firmly. Obviously if you are going to rinse as well as spin dry then you have to pack things a bit more loose to allow eaiser penetration of water.

Personally have found with the Hoover TT for all but small mixed loads spin rinsing to be more bother than it's worth. Far better to extract the wash water and transfer the load to a tub of water (the machine's wash tub, sink, bathtub, etc....) for deep rinsing and then back into the extractor for a final spin dry.

Unimac makes a stand alone twin tub washer similar to the old Easy models. It comes with either one or two wash tubs and the extractor has the same "cone" spray rinsing system.

IIRC the units do not require bolting down but do run on 220v power. These Umimacs were originally sold for car wash and similar sorts of establishments but am told are quite popular with hotels, motels, restaurants and other places that need to turn around large amounts of small laundry (towels, wash cloths, napkins, shirts, tablecloths, etc) quickly. There also is the added cost savings of being able to reuse wash and or rinse water. With the double tub model one could wash in one tub, rinse in the other then spin dry in the extractor. Someone with a good system down could plow through mountains of wash quite fast.

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[abcomatic]

Dick

HI Dick, Wow, just like brand new. I have a few ideas that I would like to tell you about that deal with the red plastic levers that more the various functions.
If you have any questions, I would be more than happy to answer them. Happy washing. Gary

 

[mikeklondon]

Love this

I wish we had them in the UK, what's the spin speed? Do they have build in heaters? The nearest we have was an AEG Luvalux in the 1960/70s

 

[frontaloadotmy]

What a lovely

Chatsworth ; er, I mean Hacienda Heights, Easy Spin Washer!  A beautiful chromed agitator bolt , and such a cheerful lint filter.

 

Are those burpilators , or does the "long" spout waterfall into the lint filter?  I am red with envy!!!!!

 

xo ,

Smithers

 

[abcomatic]

HI Mike

The Easy is a great way to do laundry. I sure do like using mine, but it is not a machine for the kitchen, eventhough people used them there. If you leave the lid off while the Spiralator is going; water all over the place.
No, they don't have built in heaters and I don't know the spin speed but clothes do come out very dry.
If you used one, you would love it. Happy washing. Gary

 

[mickeyd]

Hi Easy People

We had a debate here years back about the very existence of the filters. After the debate, I got a red one from Walt. Yes, old friend Darrel Frontal Smithers, you swing the long spout all the way inward to reach the filter.

 

I have no trouble with Spirilator splashing, but if you rinse at high pressure with the lid off, you get some spraying and misting from the spinner. My "good" Easy is used in the kitchen all the time.

 

The spin speed is 900 rpms. Somewhere, I have the number of spray holes in the spin can. Many hundreds which is why it works so well. Remember, this is "Precision Engineering," And if you rinse till the water runs clear, there will be no soapy water left in the clothes. The Hoover does not have a spray cone, and the clothes morph into a solid cylinder of fabric; in the Easy the clothes are distributed around the cone, so there is not as dense a a mass of fabric for the needle spray streams to penetrate. the Easy spinner is both wider and deeper than the Hoove. It is really not necessary to tub rinse a spinner rinsed load in an Easy.

 

Gary, you may have the model made after Easy was first bought out. Is your pump under the agitator gear, rather than in the front center of the machine. That model does not spin at 900, and does not rinse as well.

 

If anybody wants to experience the idea of what rinsing look like in an Easy, which is very difficult to catch on camera, see Robert's spray rinse in his Super Unimatic Video. The high speed spin and the force of water is what does the job.

 

But don't listen to me. I'm very biased, judging vintage Easy Spins as one of the most exciting, competent, and original washers ever made.