Wash Party – Open Invitation – Peoria, Illinois – Sunday, July 11

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Kaiser Dishwasher - Standard model


First of two photos of the Kaiser. I have it sitting inside one of the American Kitchens side cabinets that came with the American Kitchens Electric Sink.

 

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Looking into the Kaiser Dishwasher. I will work on a seperate thread devoted to this dishwasher.

 

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Here is an overall view of my Solarium, which just last week I rearranged to create a second Dishwasher Gallery. I am running out of space in my basement, so I tried to make good use of this space. Twelve (12) dishwashers occupy this space now.

Along the left side are all GE machines: 1937 Electric Sink, 1950 Stand-Alone, 1950 Electric Sink, 1951 Stand-Alone, and 1951 Electric Sink.

At the far end: 1971 Frigidaire portable, Kaiser is from the late 1940's, 1999 Maytag Neptune MAH3000 Washer (possibly a tear-down project for the next Wash Party).

Along the right is a KitchenAid KDC-21 (For Sale), 1953 G.E. Electric Sink (minus the Stainless Steel top), and the 1952 American Kitchens Electric Sink.

Center: 2003 42" KitchenAid Briva and 2007 36" KitchenAid Briva.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Wow Mike my that new Thor of yours is gorgeous!!!! Congratulations, I'm looking forward to seeing how exactly the dishwasher works. Please keep us posted.

 

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Closer Photo of the Brivas. We ran the 42" model on the left. This was a used Sink/Dishwasher that I bought on eBay.

 

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From the parts of a 1948 G.E. Electric Sink that I picked up in Baltimore this past May, I have laid out a demonstration of how the G.E. Dishwashers between 1947 and 1951 operate. Ideally, I would like to mount this on a piece of plexiglas with a small motor to turn the timer cam. This time, I just turned the cam by hand and tried to describe the cycle process.

 

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On the return trip from Robert's Wash-In, I purchased this practically brand new Maytag Jetclean II Dishwasher Display Cube. It came from a Maytag appliance store in the Quad Cities. The owner had been holding on to it because he could sell the racks as replacements to a prospective customer. Fortunately, the store owner was willing to part with the complete machine. It came with spare light and bulbs.

 

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Wes, Yes we had a great time. Wish you had been here.

Robert, Thanks. I am looking forward to telling more about the Thor, the history about it, and the restoration process.

Greg, Thanks. The American Kitchens dishwasher is really great. That was one of the "failures" on Sunday. The top rack during the wash period just sat there. Finally during the two rinses, the rack started to turn. Don't know why. That is another mystery that needs to be solved.

 

[swestoyz]

Oh wow Mike, the Bendix washes again! I wish I still had the contact info from the house it came from in Chicago. He'd be so proud to know it has washed again.

Looks like you guys had a great time. Again, I really, really wish I could have been there. The bathroom demo was nowhere near as fun.

Ben

 

[westingman123]

Wow, that Bendix is a pretty! And all you did to the cabinet is clean and wax, you say? What a great addition!

 

[whirlcool]

Love those Maytag Cubes. I have seen them in Wards before. They are fun to watch. I'd love to get one someday. Maybe....

 

[gansky1]

Beautiful pictures of your collection, Mike. I didn't realize that you had a Kaiser in such great shape, I can't wait to see more on that one.