mickeyd
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The First North American United Kingdom Wringer Beauty Pagea
Yay Brad and Company.
Gotcha covered, Darren with another twin
Yay Brad and Company.
Gotcha covered, Darren with another twin
Vintage photos of wringer washers
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mickeyd
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New-in-Box Norge
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mickeyd
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Hey Lyle, Hello, thanks, Well, if I can't sell it to you
and the money
and the money
mickeyd
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Mystery Modification
torqued
torqued
westingman123
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Mike! Holey snikeys! You know I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Maytag wringer man, but that Norge is breathtaking! I swear, I've got the vapors.
Don't be teasing Lyle, though. We have an agreement that I'll be hanging laundry for you at 90! He has a loooooong wait for that bequest! LOL
K
Don't be teasing Lyle, though. We have an agreement that I'll be hanging laundry for you at 90! He has a loooooong wait for that bequest! LOL
K
mickeyd
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Really, I had no idea. Thanks so much, Jim and Keith. You g
and now for total comic John comboesque sacrilege: I like the Visimatic better. I'll have to get pictures. Back to Norge.
The Business Shot: Automatic shut-off and Soak. Waiting for the Wringing.
and now for total comic John comboesque sacrilege: I like the Visimatic better. I'll have to get pictures. Back to Norge.
The Business Shot: Automatic shut-off and Soak. Waiting for the Wringing.
mickeyd
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Doin' the Nasty
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mickeyd
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Favorite things
Bottom fill--keeps the drain & pump immaculate
Bottom fill--keeps the drain & pump immaculate
mickeyd
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Sideways spitting
before Norge moved to the neck
before Norge moved to the neck
mickeyd
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Parting shot with kite in the sky.
BYE
BYE
mickeyd
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OOPS--Forgot the Cycle Dial
"Heavily Soiled 10, Average 8, Lightly Soiled 6 , Pre-Soak 4, HOLD, OFF" ~ Max times given for each range.
"Heavily Soiled 10, Average 8, Lightly Soiled 6 , Pre-Soak 4, HOLD, OFF" ~ Max times given for each range.
bradross
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Hey you guys - this is fantastic!
Glad that this thread has sparked so much interest - and participation! Thanks to everybody for posting pics, and keep 'em comin' !
I'm posting a pic of an unknown brand - anybody hazard a guess?
Glad that this thread has sparked so much interest - and participation! Thanks to everybody for posting pics, and keep 'em comin' !
I'm posting a pic of an unknown brand - anybody hazard a guess?
rpms
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I am pretty sure that is a Beatty wringer? The 'horns' on the head and the ripples on the leg and the cover on the handle. It looks very much like my grandmother's. Her sister's brother, worked at Beatty.
bradross
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Re. unknown in #73. Beatty
Hi Brian...thanks for the input! It's a fine, classic-looking model, isn't it?
Here's another shot of a vintage Beatty - I may have posted this already in a previous thread.
Hi Brian...thanks for the input! It's a fine, classic-looking model, isn't it?
Here's another shot of a vintage Beatty - I may have posted this already in a previous thread.
rpms
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If you look at the washer in the background of picture #13, that is the one I took last summer at the "Poor House " in Elora. It has to be a Beatty. The 'Poor House ' was between Elora and Fergus. The Beatty factory was in Fergus.
MickeyD - What a beautiful Norge wringer. I have seen this in a long ago post but missed the fact that it was 'new in box'. How did you ever come across it? I really love that coral colored dial too.
Brad - Those are some nice Beatty's too!
Patrick
Brad - Those are some nice Beatty's too!
Patrick
mickeyd
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Lyle and Pat
Just wanted to share the beauty, and when asked, I yield. A man in Michigan had the Norge in a closing appliance shop, old stock, and he sold it on ebay. The candy stripe wrappers on the rollers were so cool, I almost didn't use it. The pic on the deck are from the day it arrived via U-Crate. I think the price was &250 ish. I'll have to do some fact checking. The iphoto library says her birth photo was June 1st, 2008, so I've had her 5 years. No extant vids, but I'll add it to the list. It is a very quiet machine. All you hear is the soft swish of the water jets. Even the pump is quiet.
I most love the Wash & Soak feature. With a load of heavily soiled stuff, you set the control, walk away for the afternoon, and come home to really clean clothes. If you're not satisfied, you dial up another wash cycle. Of course, you could have set the dial to HOLD, and let the load wash all afternoon. Wringers have a whole host of not commonly known advantages.
I need to take new pix of the restored modiified Visimatic. Here's an old one.
Just wanted to share the beauty, and when asked, I yield. A man in Michigan had the Norge in a closing appliance shop, old stock, and he sold it on ebay. The candy stripe wrappers on the rollers were so cool, I almost didn't use it. The pic on the deck are from the day it arrived via U-Crate. I think the price was &250 ish. I'll have to do some fact checking. The iphoto library says her birth photo was June 1st, 2008, so I've had her 5 years. No extant vids, but I'll add it to the list. It is a very quiet machine. All you hear is the soft swish of the water jets. Even the pump is quiet.
I most love the Wash & Soak feature. With a load of heavily soiled stuff, you set the control, walk away for the afternoon, and come home to really clean clothes. If you're not satisfied, you dial up another wash cycle. Of course, you could have set the dial to HOLD, and let the load wash all afternoon. Wringers have a whole host of not commonly known advantages.
I need to take new pix of the restored modiified Visimatic. Here's an old one.
Norge wringer washers all had the drain in the side of the tub, as I believed, unlike under the agitator unlike the rest. My mothers old Kenmore did have a drain on the side and I loved watching it slurp every drop in the tub.
Norge and Kenmore wringers
Mickey, you must be so proud of that Norge! What's the story with the open Visimatic style wringers? I thought Kenmore had a patent on that, or maybe not as Norge used the same design.
Mickey, you must be so proud of that Norge! What's the story with the open Visimatic style wringers? I thought Kenmore had a patent on that, or maybe not as Norge used the same design.
mickeyd
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Gee, Eddy, I haven't thought about that.
Like spinning, wringers and wringing is pretty much standard. They all rotate 360 degrees, go forward and reverse, have automatically reversing drainboards for waterflow, and a variety of safety releases.
But the open tops--like convertable cars--I don't know who was first or even if any other brands besides the Whirlpool Surgomatic, Lady Kenmore Visimatic, and Norge "Deep Rinse" models featured an open wringer.
Does anyone else know?
Visimatic cheating with the Norge's agitator ~
Like spinning, wringers and wringing is pretty much standard. They all rotate 360 degrees, go forward and reverse, have automatically reversing drainboards for waterflow, and a variety of safety releases.
But the open tops--like convertable cars--I don't know who was first or even if any other brands besides the Whirlpool Surgomatic, Lady Kenmore Visimatic, and Norge "Deep Rinse" models featured an open wringer.
Does anyone else know?
Visimatic cheating with the Norge's agitator ~
Beautiful Mess
Mikey, you make my soul sing hallelujah. You are the most beautiful car crash of energy, art, playfulness and wild abandon. The Norge is such a powerful beast with the mighty four vaned dasher. Does it sound anything at all like a Norge automatic when it agitates with a big earthy groan and an occasional gear slap? I have a pink Visimatic with a bad pump which I haven't played with since putting it in storage before moving to Seattle in 2002. Maytags were all around when I was a kid and I thought they were too common but I'd happily adopt a square tub with the aluminum liner if it happened along. This was such a good idea Brad and I love the way it involves the love of differently abled machines and their masters.
Mikey, you make my soul sing hallelujah. You are the most beautiful car crash of energy, art, playfulness and wild abandon. The Norge is such a powerful beast with the mighty four vaned dasher. Does it sound anything at all like a Norge automatic when it agitates with a big earthy groan and an occasional gear slap? I have a pink Visimatic with a bad pump which I haven't played with since putting it in storage before moving to Seattle in 2002. Maytags were all around when I was a kid and I thought they were too common but I'd happily adopt a square tub with the aluminum liner if it happened along. This was such a good idea Brad and I love the way it involves the love of differently abled machines and their masters.
mickeyd
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Kelly
I want you to know that I chuckled all the way through the pre-bedtime rituals last night thinking of myself as a car crash which is so funny and so true. Even funnier that I'm not a train wreck...... YET...... LOL
Please get that pink Visimatic out of storage and onto the boards.
Have an Easy day.
I want you to know that I chuckled all the way through the pre-bedtime rituals last night thinking of myself as a car crash which is so funny and so true. Even funnier that I'm not a train wreck...... YET...... LOL
Please get that pink Visimatic out of storage and onto the boards.
Have an Easy day.
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geoffdelp
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Here's a little "2-fer" shot; I really have to work on getting some new photos of my machines. I have a couple that were added in the last couple of years that no one has seen yet ... they aren't done with the resto work, that's why!! 
geoffdelp
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This is one of my Model J's; 1963, I believe??
geoffdelp
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Here's a 1968 version; a month or two before the crazy safety pedal was introduced. I have found I really like the Model J's; not sure why they were discontinued sometime in 1969, I believe.
Great thread, Brad!!
Great thread, Brad!!
oldskool
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Wow!
This is an absolutely great thread - Brad - great idea!
I have enjoyed reviewing the many great pictures, over and over!
Geoff - your laundry room is "off the chain" as the kids say! I love the light, brightness of it - and so clean. Even your furnace and water heater are clean and beautiful!
John
This is an absolutely great thread - Brad - great idea!
I have enjoyed reviewing the many great pictures, over and over!
Geoff - your laundry room is "off the chain" as the kids say! I love the light, brightness of it - and so clean. Even your furnace and water heater are clean and beautiful!
John
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