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

[mickeyd]

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!

 

Thanks a million.

 

[turquoisedude]

Amazing machine, Rick!  Congratulations on getting it going again and for the fun videos!  May you enjoy it for a long time!!

 

[thor]

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

 

[perc-o-prince]

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

 

[tolivac]

Sort of a hybrid Spray arm machine and impellor unit in one.VERY CLEVER!

 

[thor]

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

 

[perc-o-prince]

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

 

[rp2813]

Wow!  Dishes that are spun dry!  That is too awesome!

 

Rich, add a video of the drying cycle to your list of requests.

 

Thanks,

 

Ralph

 

[perc-o-prince]

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

 

[thor]

Cutlery holder

Rich, I have literally wrung out my brain trying to remember anything else about the cutlery holder. If I'm not mistaken, the cutlery holder was round, had a hole in the center, and was the "last" piece of the rack set that was mounted "on top" of the center post of the whole unit, and it could hold many pieces of cutlery. I'm sorry, there's no one left in my family who I could ask anything about it. In those times there were two live-in maids at my house, Lina and Andrea, who were actually sisters (please, remember this is South America and this happened more than 50 years ago!) and they would hand wash everyday's dishes. The dishwasher was used on Sundays (no maids on Sundays!) or when they were on vacation. Loading the dishes was a feast for me, I must have been 8 or 9 at the time!

Emilio

 

[perc-o-prince]

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[peteski50]

Thor!

Thanks guys for a really great video!

 

[appliancelou]

thankyou so much for taking the time to make this video i love that thor its been on my wish list for years what great video thanks again lots of luck with it an enjoy your a lucky boy!!! lou

 

[mickeyd]

Imagine the energy stars the Thor would get ~

Fills in CUPS rather than gallons!

 

No heat, double-fan dry!

 

Expect the Energy Feds at your door, clamoring to build a shrine to the Almighty Thor.

 

Thank you, Gentlemen, for a classy video.

 

[tlee618]

Great video, thanks so much for sharing it with us. The Thor looks like a very fun machine.

 

[perc-o-prince]

YAY...It's Friday.

I have had a killer work week. Hopefully I can have some play-time now

Sorry that I haven't addressed everyone but I will try!

Thanks again for the kind words of encouragement and glad that you all enjoyed the video. I am having lots of fun with this Thor. As many of you know it was my "must have" machine. I still can't believe that I got the machine, dishwasher attachment and all of the paperwork/instructions in the span of just a month! The Thor gods must have been smiling down. Great big thank-you's to everyone that helped make it all come together. Send good thoughts, now, to Ron for the success in getting his running.

It realy is a remarkable machine in its simplicity. The dishwasher shouldn't be nearly as noisy as it was. I have been doing some up/down adjustments to the washer arm and now it's quiet. The noise that you all heard was the washer arms scraping against the bottom pan. OYE...was it noisy!! I chose to take the glass cover off and put the proper cover on for the final rinse as it seems that the shape of the cover works better at rinsing than the flat glass did AND I didn't want to chance breaking my glass table top with the near boiling water

Chestermikeuk asks..."How do you know when the water is at the right level?? is it trial & error until a good splashing motion is achieved??"...... This is achieved by sound. It states in the instructions "With experience, you will be able to determine when the best water action has been reached by the sound in the machine" and..."Note: A medium spray must be used for best results on delicate glass-ware. Measure and pour one quart of water into the cover inlet hole for each operation. This will produce a finer spray..." I guess that was your gentle cycle

I guess if ya all want to see it in real action you'll have to join us for the next wash-in!!! We would love to meet all of you and these toys are no fun unless we can share them

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Rich