I'm late to the party - but congrats Joe! Glad you got her up and running again!
Ben
Ben
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whitetub
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Beautiful machine. Shoudn't the bowls on the right be facing inside the machine?
Shoudn't the bowls on the right be facing inside the ma
Possibly. I was thinking about this last night and some today. The larger of the bowls could possibly fit on the outside rail of the rack, but they still may be too heft or thick to fit properly. So the direction which they are loaded might be best. If those larger bowls did fit well on the outside rails, then they could face toward the center and the smaller bowls could then fit on the next rail in toward the center. But even if the smaller bowls could fit on the inside rails, given the heft of the dinner plates, those smaller bowls may not sit properly either. Joe may have already experimented with all this. These are quite hefty dishes, far larger than the typical dishes which were most common in homes during this time, even though these dishes are vintage. The 10 & 11 series, and quite possibly the 12 series, had a kind of funky arrangement which loaded the smaller plates for facing toward the center. I know that by the Custom 14, the side facing dishware had the same raised loops to hold the dishware as what you see in the empty rack photos above that were used to support the dinner plates going down the center. I've never gotten to play with a 10-12 series, only a KDC14. And the revised raised loops for the side-facing dishware on the KDC14 allowed for a lot more loading flexibility and capacity.
Possibly. I was thinking about this last night and some today. The larger of the bowls could possibly fit on the outside rail of the rack, but they still may be too heft or thick to fit properly. So the direction which they are loaded might be best. If those larger bowls did fit well on the outside rails, then they could face toward the center and the smaller bowls could then fit on the next rail in toward the center. But even if the smaller bowls could fit on the inside rails, given the heft of the dinner plates, those smaller bowls may not sit properly either. Joe may have already experimented with all this. These are quite hefty dishes, far larger than the typical dishes which were most common in homes during this time, even though these dishes are vintage. The 10 & 11 series, and quite possibly the 12 series, had a kind of funky arrangement which loaded the smaller plates for facing toward the center. I know that by the Custom 14, the side facing dishware had the same raised loops to hold the dishware as what you see in the empty rack photos above that were used to support the dinner plates going down the center. I've never gotten to play with a 10-12 series, only a KDC14. And the revised raised loops for the side-facing dishware on the KDC14 allowed for a lot more loading flexibility and capacity.
whitetub
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Thanks for the answer. I never had the joy of playing with an old KitchenAid dishwasher either.
As I look again at the pictures, I wonder if the bowls are scraping the tub when you push the lower rack back in.
As I look again at the pictures, I wonder if the bowls are scraping the tub when you push the lower rack back in.
No scraping
There is no scraping against the tub when dishes are property arranged. It looks small but it really holds allot of dishes. I enjoy it every time I get to use it. There is really something fantasizing about watching vintage appliances work.
It was also I allot of working on it and seeing how it was built. I am glad John had a motor and it was fun to install it and also put in the new seals. Pretty straight forward.
I an reading the KD-10 sales brochure and operating instruction manual. It is very interesting how they described everything about the dishwasher.
Take Care
Joe
There is no scraping against the tub when dishes are property arranged. It looks small but it really holds allot of dishes. I enjoy it every time I get to use it. There is really something fantasizing about watching vintage appliances work.
It was also I allot of working on it and seeing how it was built. I am glad John had a motor and it was fun to install it and also put in the new seals. Pretty straight forward.
I an reading the KD-10 sales brochure and operating instruction manual. It is very interesting how they described everything about the dishwasher.
Take Care
Joe
danemodsandy
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One Thing....
....That's interesting to reflect on.
We think of the KD-10 today as a very simple machine. After all, it does not have a detergent dispenser, a rinse aid injector, a rapid advance timer and certainly no electronic touchpad controls.
But in 1949, it was high tech, a magic machine that only the few could aspire to, and which even fewer understood about what was "under the hood."
I get the feeling you see your KD-10 as a magic machine still, instead of something "old and quaint." That's how I like to think of my own vintage appliances - as the very best you could buy.
....That's interesting to reflect on.
We think of the KD-10 today as a very simple machine. After all, it does not have a detergent dispenser, a rinse aid injector, a rapid advance timer and certainly no electronic touchpad controls.
But in 1949, it was high tech, a magic machine that only the few could aspire to, and which even fewer understood about what was "under the hood."
I get the feeling you see your KD-10 as a magic machine still, instead of something "old and quaint." That's how I like to think of my own vintage appliances - as the very best you could buy.
Magic Machine
You are exactly right Sandy!! That is how I feel about it!! I love it and I am so glad that I have this site and it members to make this dream come true!!!! It is top of the line back in 1949.
I think this dishwasher cost about $650.00 back in 1949. Only a few would have this dishwasher back then.. Most of the people I talk with that lived during this period, did not even know that a dishwasher existed.
I am living the dream in the 1940's!!!
Joe
You are exactly right Sandy!! That is how I feel about it!! I love it and I am so glad that I have this site and it members to make this dream come true!!!! It is top of the line back in 1949.
I think this dishwasher cost about $650.00 back in 1949. Only a few would have this dishwasher back then.. Most of the people I talk with that lived during this period, did not even know that a dishwasher existed.
I am living the dream in the 1940's!!!
Joe
danemodsandy
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Joe:
That brings up a little confession: My house is over-equipped for the kind of house it is.
I live in a little 1950 tract house, a starter home for the many Waterloo residents who worked for factories like John Deere and Rath. It was probably about $7995 new - and "new" was about the only thing it would have had going for it. I'm tawkin' basic here.
Now? It has as many TOL goodies as I can find - Maytag 806s, a KDS-55 dishwasher, a GE range with P*7 and Sensi-Temp, an Electrolux 1205 vacuum and a Singer Athena sewing machine.
If the first owners of the house could see it now, they'd probably wonder what so many "rich people's toys" were doing in it, LOL!
That brings up a little confession: My house is over-equipped for the kind of house it is.
I live in a little 1950 tract house, a starter home for the many Waterloo residents who worked for factories like John Deere and Rath. It was probably about $7995 new - and "new" was about the only thing it would have had going for it. I'm tawkin' basic here.
Now? It has as many TOL goodies as I can find - Maytag 806s, a KDS-55 dishwasher, a GE range with P*7 and Sensi-Temp, an Electrolux 1205 vacuum and a Singer Athena sewing machine.
If the first owners of the house could see it now, they'd probably wonder what so many "rich people's toys" were doing in it, LOL!
