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Thanks, everyone!
Yes, thanks to a fun late night, all the veils are washed and folded neatly
. Roger's Blackstone is just insanely fun.
The Designer-Impostor 1-18 had a nearly severe rust issue due to a teensy-tiny leak out of the fill flume (it's shaped rather like a large plastic kazoo, and if the hole at one end where the water comes it limes up, it pees water all inside the machine. It rusted the left-side bottom, and would have eventually popped one of the tub supports off had it not been caught and corrected, thanks to Roger's extensive expertise and spare-parts stash To that end as well, the water valve had to be replaced--no cold water means no spray rinses, and that's icky.
Greg, the agitation is somewhere between the Westinghouse-ramped design for speed and the typical angel-winged WCI-Kelvinator for splashiness and turnover. I think the Franklin machines (with the good agitator) turned over better, but it's very splashy and tends to drag the clothes all over the place, kind of like a Norge. It's too much fun, and is so quiet. It, like the WCI-Kelvinator, also holds a lot of clothes. I like the lint filter better, though. Plus, the machine backflushes the lint filter when it spins, ridding the recirculation system of sudsy water. The WCI-Kelvy loved to barf soapy water (and a LOT of it) right into the rinse water as the rinse began (since it held a lot of water in the recirc system), and it made using fabric softener in that machine an almost impossible proposition (instant goo!).
The Fake Frigidaire without the fins is great if you keep the load ultra light. It still turns over well, although the drama is almost nil It is lovely and gentle, though.
Larry, that's interesting...I wondered if it was really supposed to be a lint filtration system. It would probably work pretty well, but the holes are gigantic, and you could drive a truck through them, so they don't tend to hold much lint after an average washload.
The design of the machine is interesting; it has nice porcelain and steel tubs, and everything looks and feels substantial. Of course, WCI touches are everywhere--stainless-steel hinges but not screws; a cinder-block strapped to the tub as a counterweight; tape used as a fastener (where does tape EVER belong in a washer??). But overall, it's de-lovely.
Thank you all so much; I'm glad you enjoy the pics I feel immodest but saucy without the veils ;-)
--Nate
Thanks, everyone!
Yes, thanks to a fun late night, all the veils are washed and folded neatly
. Roger's Blackstone is just insanely fun.The Designer-Impostor 1-18 had a nearly severe rust issue due to a teensy-tiny leak out of the fill flume (it's shaped rather like a large plastic kazoo, and if the hole at one end where the water comes it limes up, it pees water all inside the machine. It rusted the left-side bottom, and would have eventually popped one of the tub supports off had it not been caught and corrected, thanks to Roger's extensive expertise and spare-parts stash
To that end as well, the water valve had to be replaced--no cold water means no spray rinses, and that's icky.Greg, the agitation is somewhere between the Westinghouse-ramped design for speed and the typical angel-winged WCI-Kelvinator for splashiness and turnover. I think the Franklin machines (with the good agitator) turned over better, but it's very splashy and tends to drag the clothes all over the place, kind of like a Norge. It's too much fun, and is so quiet. It, like the WCI-Kelvinator, also holds a lot of clothes. I like the lint filter better, though. Plus, the machine backflushes the lint filter when it spins, ridding the recirculation system of sudsy water. The WCI-Kelvy loved to barf soapy water (and a LOT of it) right into the rinse water as the rinse began (since it held a lot of water in the recirc system), and it made using fabric softener in that machine an almost impossible proposition (instant goo!).
The Fake Frigidaire without the fins is great if you keep the load ultra light. It still turns over well, although the drama is almost nil
It is lovely and gentle, though.Larry, that's interesting...I wondered if it was really supposed to be a lint filtration system. It would probably work pretty well, but the holes are gigantic, and you could drive a truck through them, so they don't tend to hold much lint after an average washload.
The design of the machine is interesting; it has nice porcelain and steel tubs, and everything looks and feels substantial. Of course, WCI touches are everywhere--stainless-steel hinges but not screws; a cinder-block strapped to the tub as a counterweight; tape used as a fastener (where does tape EVER belong in a washer??). But overall, it's de-lovely.
Thank you all so much; I'm glad you enjoy the pics
I feel immodest but saucy without the veils ;-)--Nate
