Greetings!
This is my first post here. I've been lurking for a while as a non-member and finally got around to creating an account. This site is an invaluable resource for old appliance nerds.
I work for a commercial dishwasher supply/repair company, and recently we swapped out a well-worn old rolltop dishwasher for a modern machine for one of our customers. The parts situation for those machines can safely be described as "hopeless", but it's a very rare instance that I come across one, and I couldn't bear to see the scrap man take it away. So I cleaned it up enough to not reek of decades of diner dishwasher stank, and brought it home with me, custom table and all. Gonna use it as a work bench and a parts washer out in the garage, once I finish nursing it back to health.
The table was the easy part; that's all cleaned up, and I sprayed the legs black for a minimum-effort finish over the three coats of paint (and rust) already on them. Unfortunately I had to chop off the control handle to pull the machine off the table, but it'll go back together with some love and adhesives when it's time. The heater is burnt out (and unavailable) and will need a clever solution. But it will rise again.
It's a timer controlled high temperature machine (180-degree water supplied from an external source), 1/2hp Hobart motor. Heat on a separate circuit, though they are both 120v. Sure glad I got to spend my quality time with this one at the warehouse instead of at the account; it was filthy beyond compare when we picked it up. I have no idea how old it is, other than a couple clues: it has the newer block logo, and regulated heat.
I'll finish cleaning it over the course of this week and then start piecing it back together, I think. We'll see how it goes!
ian
This is my first post here. I've been lurking for a while as a non-member and finally got around to creating an account. This site is an invaluable resource for old appliance nerds.
I work for a commercial dishwasher supply/repair company, and recently we swapped out a well-worn old rolltop dishwasher for a modern machine for one of our customers. The parts situation for those machines can safely be described as "hopeless", but it's a very rare instance that I come across one, and I couldn't bear to see the scrap man take it away. So I cleaned it up enough to not reek of decades of diner dishwasher stank, and brought it home with me, custom table and all. Gonna use it as a work bench and a parts washer out in the garage, once I finish nursing it back to health.
The table was the easy part; that's all cleaned up, and I sprayed the legs black for a minimum-effort finish over the three coats of paint (and rust) already on them. Unfortunately I had to chop off the control handle to pull the machine off the table, but it'll go back together with some love and adhesives when it's time. The heater is burnt out (and unavailable) and will need a clever solution. But it will rise again.
It's a timer controlled high temperature machine (180-degree water supplied from an external source), 1/2hp Hobart motor. Heat on a separate circuit, though they are both 120v. Sure glad I got to spend my quality time with this one at the warehouse instead of at the account; it was filthy beyond compare when we picked it up. I have no idea how old it is, other than a couple clues: it has the newer block logo, and regulated heat.
I'll finish cleaning it over the course of this week and then start piecing it back together, I think. We'll see how it goes!
ian
Dunno where I'll find a heater for it though.
