Vegas Slot Machine, Westinghouse Style........

[mistervain]

Very, very cool....lucky !!

 

[golittlesport]

Thanks for the great pics, Jimmie. I love your PC Laundromat!!! Does the water enter the tub at 2 o'clock or 5 o'clock?

 

[lightedcontrols]

Well Jimmy!....

.....maybe that machine thought it was a ''coin op''......
(ok..... I can hear the moans from here) LOL Mark

 

[westytoploader]

Hi Jimmy,

Great machine!! I didn't realize this one had an oval door opening. Is this a potato-pulley or round pulley model? I'm curious as to where the water enters as well; on Ross's 1951 slant-front it entered at the 2 o'clock position, and on Nate's 1963 slant-front (vertical tub) it entered at the 9 o'clock position. On the later SpaceMates (even my '93) it entered at the 4 o'clock position! How many other variations did they have? It's amazing, the number of ways you can fill a machine...

I had the same coin problem with my Dual-Tumble as well except that the coins were lodged in the outer tub. It made a HORRIBLE loud crunching noise on spin! Pulled one of the vanes and luckily they were in the sump where I could grab them easily, thanks to the improved round screen. Hopefully the coins didn't damage the impeller on yours.

--Austin

 

[panthera]

beautiful

I am SO impressed by the work and the results. You pulled three cheeries on this one...I remember a friends mother kept a magnetic screwdriver stuck to the side of her westinghouse...she had to clean coins and other stuff out of the sump so often. The weigh-to-save function was useful in the West...we went through some pretty dry years in the '50s and early '60s. Even if the scale itself was unreliable as all get out, at least it gave people an idea. Question: How much aluminum is involved in the wet components of this machine? I would have thought manufacturers would stay away from it in a day when clorine bleach was used constantly?

 

[filterflo]

Hi guys, The water enters this machine at the 9:00 position, between the upper and lower tub counterweights. Interesting how Westinghouse reshuffled the water inlet on the different machines. The SpaceMate set that Jeff got from me, the water enters from the BACK of the tub, at about 10:00 position and you dont even see it enter the drum!
This is the potato pully style machine, three belts and two shock absorbers on each side of the bottom tub. The only aluminum item on the machine was the sump cover. I dont think the replacement was alum. It seems more like stainless. Alum sure does not last long underwater with lots of chemicals/soap residue.

 

[gansky1]

Oversudsing is easy with a slant-front - it looks like you had a lot of fun! The machine looks great, will you move this into the house now?

 

[veg-o-matic]

That machine is so cool! Lucky!

If memory serves, retrieving the coins could have been simpler; just stand in front of the open machine and hold your apron out!

veg

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Like So:

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[toggleswitch]

EUREKA HOOVER!

Ok so we see where the cloth apron/ "bag" is to filter out the coins from the air-stream. So the quesiton remains exactly WHAT is generating the suction /vacuum?

 

[filterflo]

Toggle, WTF are you talking about?

 

[toggleswitch]

I wish I knew.

 

[spinout]

Look closely, she has her mouth wide open and appears to be inhaling. The coins, however, continue on a ballistic trajectory.

Hey, this calls for a song...

Three Coins in a Front Load,
[Cha, cha, cha]
Each one seeking happiness,
Thrown by three hopeful washmaids,
Which one will the Westy bless?

 

[brettsomers]

So the quesiton remains exactly WHAT is generating the sucti

Toggle, i was afraid you were talking about her v@g!^@

 

[tlee618]

Jimmy I can just hear the the slot machine cling!! Looks like it will be a really nice set when you are finished. Just think now you will have a washer with a computer inside. Have fun! Terry

 

[trainguy]

Jimmy, how exciting it is to see the first wash in a new machine. And don't all those extra parts come in handy. Although straightening out the wiring was time consuming, I'm sure that seeing this first wash made it quite rewarding!

 

[filterflo]

Well, this Westinghouse set WAS going to make it into my house laundry area, that is until I met with Rich on Saturday to make a trek with him to the salvage scrap yard he found............and I brought home another van load of appliances. Rich brought home another truck full of items too..........what a great place! It was the first of many trips we will be making to this yard.... I will be posting pics soon of our trip and finds, many of which make a complete set for us now.....so thats the reason the Westy's might still be in the workshop laundry area......Just cant stop bringing new finds home!..........

 

[trainguy]

Jimmy, I think we're going to need bigger houses!

 

[appnut]

Jimmy & Rich, thank you for your effors of scouring the countryside. You're saving more b4 the evil krusher arrives. And yes Jimmy, matched sets are the only way to go. Bob

 

[alr2903]

Hi

i wondered about the dates on the coins? i figured that was when it was last used regularly, Filterflo you do some nice work and thank goodness you has those parts. alr2903