Vintage Blenders?

[thatwasherguy]

Hey everyone! I was just wondering if anyone else on here uses a vintage blender as a daily driver. I bought this Waring in a beautiful avocado green on E-bay about 2 years ago, and absolutely love it. The chrome sticker on the timer dial and the slanted control panel remind me of a center dial Maytag. If you’ve got a vintage blender, I’d love to see it.
Thanks,
Thatwasherguy.

 

[rp2813]

This Waring Blendor is a fixture on my bar.  It sees most of its use during the warmer months for making slushy cocktails.  It has an unusual blade that does a great job crushing ice.

 

I have a '60s Lady Kenmore (Osterizer clone) on my kitchen counter.  I don't seem to have any pictures of that one so will take a shot of it to post here later.

 

 

 

[fan-of-fans]

Those Warings are both very nice! I like those ribbed glass jars they use, those really caught my eye as a kid. The clover shape design they use is genius too.

Unfortunately I don't have any, I do have two modern KitchenAids but nothing vintage in that department.

 

[sarahperdue]

Gorgeous Waring!

But I prefer Sunbeam/Osters because the blade assembly screws off. It makes for easy cleaning, you don't have to replace the jar (or stand on your head trying to fix) if it starts to leak. Also, the blade assembly fits a standard mason jar. I use a mason jar to make diet shakes in my vintage Sunbeam.

 

[ea56]

Re: Reply #1

Ralph,
The first blendor that I ever owned was a Waring Blendor almost exactly like yours. The only difference was that on mine columns that run up the front were chrome plated, otherwise it was identical. I bought it in ‘72 at the Salvation Army Thrift store in Petaluma for $3.00. When we bought our first home in ‘87 we had garage sales to come up with the down payment and closing costs and the Waring Blendor was one of the many items sold to help make us homeowners. Wish I still had it.

Eddie

 

[tomturbomatic]

When Waring, named after the band leader Fred Waring who invented it, switched to the removable blades, we sold more of them than Osters to people who were actually using them for food prep than just for mixing drinks. People buying a cheap wedding present never cared.

 

[petek]

I had dozens of them but have been downsizing over the past couple of years. Still have a few left. Here's my tabletop model.. still have it. Sorry about the poor video quality.

 

[rp2813]

Eddie, I have never seen another Waring like mine.  Others like it that I've seen all have the chrome legs/columns.  I really like them painted the same color as the rest of the base, with the black center grooves against the off-white/ivory.  I think this styling treatment further enhances the art deco design.  What I also like is the footprint of the slim base, which takes up less room on the bar.  For many years I had the more common vintage "waterfall"/xmas tree type single-speed Waring  that I found in a thrift store back in the '70s, and it took up a lot more room on the bar.   After I got the "rocket ship" model, when we moved to our current home I gave the other Waring to friends who admired it, touched-up pitted finish and all.  Within months they said it had stopped working.  I'm sure it was an easy fix, but we could never seem to connect so I could take a look at it.  Then they moved and I'm sure they tossed it.  I've added pix of the rocket ship carafe's blade assembly (with two flat ends and two pointed ones) compared to the more common two pointed/two rounded type blade on another carafe I have, and another picture of the blender on the bar in our current home.

 

Here's a picture of my Lady Kenmore 600 Blender.  It was a gift from another AW member and has eight speeds, which are selected with the sliding lever.  I have it outfitted with the Osterizer "Fusion" type blade assembly and it smooths out anything you put in it in a matter of seconds.  That blade puts an Osterizer of any vintage in practically the same league with a far more expensive Blendtec or, for blending purposes only, a Vitamix.  I agree with Sarah about the ability to remove the Osterizer blade assembly for cleaning.  I've been sold on Osterizers ever since I discovered the "Ice Crusher" and "Fusion" blade assemblies, and I like that Osterizers have used the same tried and true direct drive system for several decades, which keeps even the oldest models viable.   I have a beautiful "Cyclomatic" Osterizer of similar vintage to the LK but the timer isn't reliable and I've been unsuccessful in getting it to properly operate, but I haven't given up on it entirely.  The automatic pulsing function is highly desirable IMO.

 

I have a few spare carafes for both the LK and the Waring.  I pick up the nice vintage glass ones whenever I see them in thrift stores.

 

 

[this post was last edited: 6/19/2022-17:04]

 

[thatwasherguy]

Neat machines everyone!

RP2813...
Those are both beautiful machines! I've always liked those Kenmore blenders. That Osterizer sounds interesting, as well. I've never heard of an automatic pulse. How long does it cycle on and off for?

fan-of-fans...
Super cool! I always enjoy hearing stories about childhood appliance-related memories.

sarahperdue...
That's a wonderful Sunbeam! I love that wood grain on the control panel. I agree on the blade design being universal. I really wish Waring had done that. In fact, mine has developed a crack in the bearing area of the screw-on blade assembly, and I don't know where to get a replacement.

ea56...
That's neat! It's funny to think how one can buy an appliance for only a few bucks at a thrift store and get as much use out of it as a brand new one.

Tomturbomatic...
Cool! It must've been quite the experience to get to sell these machines new. How much did they cost back in the day?

petek...
That's a wonderful machine! I love these blenders with timers, and lots of speeds. I don't know what it is about them, but it's very powerful. In fact, when I got mine, I wanted a 14 speed model, but Ebay didn't have one in avocado with the timer then, so I settled for the 7 speed. It's grown on me a lot since I got it. These Warings are screamers for sure. I wouldn't use one in a graveyard LOL.

Thanks,
Thatwasherguy.