The THOR lives again on this Easter weekend. YAY!!

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Ditto John's WOW

Amazing with all the unusual movements in the bottom, when it get the water going, it looks like......... a dishwasher.

 

Another mystery or forbidden cycle unveiled. So many have waited so long to see this. Thanks, Rich& company.

 

I can't wait to hear how it drains when you get home from work.
 
It sure is great getting to see this video of the Thor Dishwasher in operation. Mechanically, we had operated my machine, and had mostly figured out how it operated, but I envisioned that the water only sprayed out throught the tubes on the counter clockwise "agitation stroke" (which is the stoke movement again the water being swirled clockwise around the tub by the spinning bottom plate). But now I see that the plate spinning in the bottom of the tub actually moves enough water to feed the spray tubes when they are in both the counterclockwise and clockwise "agitation strokes" movements. Amazing. Someday, I am hopeful that my Thor Dishwasher will to be operational as well.
 
Other part of my washer to dishwasher fantasy

My main one was converting a pulsating Frigidaire such that filling with water only to a point and then it pulsating and throwing up the water to wash the dishes via the energy ring at the bottom. 

 

And I"m with you Eddie, that's how I envirsioned it worked.
 
Congratulations Rich!

That's the very same washer and dishwasher attachment I grew up with. It seems your washer is missing a filter, rectuangular shape, like a small squirrel cage, that fastened by downward pressure on top of the bottom of the washer, where the draining orifice is. This filter would clog with wet lint, and had to be cleaned rather often so the washer would drain properly. Furthermore, our dishwasher attachment had a bakellite round cover, black color, wich had a small orifice in the side to allow the water to pass from the filling gooseneck pipe into the dishwasher.

I hope you enjoy it!
Emilio
 
Sorry but I worked late.

Chuck will post a video that we just did which explains, hopefully, how it all works.

" I hadnt realised the overfow top filler pipe re-circulated the water solution all the time"....... Mike, it doesn't. The water isn't recirculated. I was using a tube conneted to a watering can to fill it. The water, when introduced through the fill hole in the cover, stays in the drum for the duration of the cycle. When you turn the machine off to switch cycles the water drains out. New water is introduced for the next phase. Each cycle/phase uses approx 8cups of water.

I don't know why this concept didn't catch on. The water used in the washing machine truly never touches anything in the dishwasher.

I will get a video of it washing dishes. It may be a little wait as I'm going to run a bead of caulking/sealer around the drain tube. I think that the gasket is probably fragile so I don't want to take any chances :-)

A very neat machine. Fun to use and it did a nice job with the dishes that I ran through yesterday. Only took about 10 min! Once you take the cover off you can then turn the lever to dry and it spins the pan and water dasher at 600rpm to create a fan that dries the dishes in just a matter of a couple of minutes.

Thanks for all the kind words and it was a fun way to spend Easter weekend...Good friends, good food and good fun!!!

Rich
 
Hi Emilio,

These things aren't missing. We just used the glass so that you all could see it in action. Mine does have the black porcelained cover that has an inlet for water and detergent. It has a little door that is hinged so that water can't come back out.

The lint screen was removed as I was cleaning it and the drain. I just didn't put it back for the pictures :-)

Thanks for the thoughtful observation :-)

Rich
 
Excellent...!!!

Well I hadnt noticed the base spinning so fast in the previous video, you made it very clear how it works- perfect tutorial, what a fascinating but simple machine!!! so the dishwasher has to be on all the time or the water drains out (unless pump draining)....

How do you know when the water is at the right level?? is it trial & error until a good splashing motion is achieved??

Happy washing, Mike
 
Thank You Rich.  I now understand that the wall of water in the bottom plate, keeps enough water available for the pipes on the wash arms to scoop & spray the water.  Thanks again for taking the time to explain this.  We really excelled at mechanical engineering and new ideas after world war II,  seems the emphasis is all on electronics these days.  arthur
 
great video of the explanation of the movements. so glad to see you guys got this up and running. can't wait to see it in person. congrats. nice that today pod is about this unit also. hope you all had a good birthday.
Jon
 
Really can't get over this, Rich!

The engineer was a genius. The economy, the simplicity, the beauty: this is way better than I had imagined. And now we finally know it drains, the biggest mystery for me. Scooping flying water and shooting it up to hurl--MY GOD! Unimaginable!
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Thanks a million.
 
Cutlery basket

Rich, now I remember that there was also a small rectangular basket for the cutlery, but I don't recall if this was attached in the lower rack or the upeer rack (maybe it was attached in the upper rack).
I assure you I must have watched the video a 100 times by now! Thanks for the great memories.

Emilio
 
Glad that you enjoyed it, Emilio :-)

The cutlery basket is on the bottom in the middle. It goes around the center. If you go back up to the 4th picture of this thread you can see the cutlery rack. It's not large.

Chuck and I just shot another video of a small load of dishes being washed. I don't know how it came out. If it came out good then we will post it!

Again, glad to bring back some good memories. This is mostly why we all collect things. Isn't it?

Rich
 
Hi Rich, please post the new video of the actual wash, no matter the quality! Jeeez, you surely hit the right nail in the right spot for me!

I saw the fourth picture with the cutlery holder, it's quite clear. I might be completely wrong (I was quite young at the time this dishwashing accesory was used in my family) but I remember a "distinct" and separate basket for the cutlery. One question though, is the whole gizmo made out of stainless steel, racks and all? Or is it made with pure aluminum or some sort of aluminum alloy? I remember it being rather heavy to lift!

Once again, thank you for the good times :-)

Emilio
 
Hi Emilio,

Glad you are enjoying it. I think that you're enjoying the Thor more than I am!!:-)

I will have Chuck post the video as soon as he can.

You may be remembering a cutlery holder. Perhaps someone in your household added one.The one that comes with the unit isn't very large and it's not placed very well. It only gets water as it falls back down.

I don't know what the dishwasher drum is made of. I looked through all of the literature that I have and I couldn't find any mention of the drum. It does mention, in several different sources, that the racks are made of stainles steel. It don't think that the drum is. It's very grey looking and seems a bit light weight for stainless. It could be an alloy of aluminum. I would think that if it were pure aluminum it would stain dark with the dishwasher detergent? Maybe someone else has that info?

I hope to get the video up tomorrow for you!

Rich
 
Hey Ralph,

Again, I'm off to work BUT the video will show you how it works! The dishes aren't spin dried. The water dasher, in the "DRY" mode will spin at the same 600rpm as the basin thus creating a fan effect that dries the dishes. It's a fan dry.

I'll try to have Chuck post it tonight.

Rich
 

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