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Vintage 1947 Launderall in Vancouver BC Craigslist
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Post# 203244   4/11/2007 at 22:10 (6,195 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        

Here is an interesting machine up in Canada.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO northwesty's LINK on Sale-302927397@craigslist Craigslist





Post# 203246 , Reply# 1   4/11/2007 at 22:18 (6,195 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        
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Oops, maybe this link will work.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO northwesty's LINK on Vancouver Craigslist


Post# 203262 , Reply# 2   4/11/2007 at 22:46 (6,195 days old) by bobbins (Victoria, BC, Canada)        

Should I start my Vintage collection now!

Post# 203267 , Reply# 3   4/11/2007 at 22:50 (6,195 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Things are popping up all over the place

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I wonder since its the last thing to sell that it is still bolted in place??



Post# 203272 , Reply# 4   4/11/2007 at 23:12 (6,195 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Eddy - take pictures at the estate sale!

Post# 203517 , Reply# 5   4/12/2007 at 22:25 (6,194 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        
I gather that it is a bolt - down but

Does anyone know if this machine is fully automatic or semi.?

Post# 203676 , Reply# 6   4/13/2007 at 12:58 (6,194 days old) by easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)        
Fully automatic

The Jacobs Launderall was a fully automatic machine. Though it loaded from the top, it is a tumble action washer that tumbles both directions. They had to be bolted to the floor like the old Bendix.

You used one lever on the front to lock the door shut. The door had a glass in it for viewing.

The lever on the left is for hot or warm water.

The lever on the right is the start lever. Simply flip the lever and the machine went into action, did its cycle, and shut off.

As I remembe, they had a wash, a spin, 2 rinses with a spin between each one and a final spin.

I'm old enough to have used one when I was very young.

What a fantastic way to start a collection!!!!

Jerry Gay


Post# 203787 , Reply# 7   4/13/2007 at 21:55 (6,193 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
goodness

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Well I will certainly have to go and get it. That's not far from my place.

Post# 203808 , Reply# 8   4/13/2007 at 23:42 (6,193 days old) by pushtorelease (Toronto, ON)        

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Go for it Eddy!

Post# 203906 , Reply# 9   4/14/2007 at 13:23 (6,193 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
Launderall saved from jaws of death

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Well here she is, home at last

Post# 203908 , Reply# 10   4/14/2007 at 13:24 (6,193 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
another machine I couldn't take

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but someone surely would like this

Post# 203909 , Reply# 11   4/14/2007 at 13:46 (6,193 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Way to go Eddy! I can't wait to hear more about this machine. From what I have read on this machine it could have been made in Danville, Il. where I use to live. They had lots of place though so who knows. Terry

Post# 203920 , Reply# 12   4/14/2007 at 14:51 (6,192 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Great save and too bad about the FF, it looks like a TOL late 80's model

Post# 203968 , Reply# 13   4/14/2007 at 19:09 (6,192 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Yay! Congrats on the way-cool Launderall. Now don't hide your flame under a bush - show us some more pictures!!

Post# 203975 , Reply# 14   4/14/2007 at 19:27 (6,192 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
more pics coming up!

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Yes, it's a very cool machine. I don't know the first thing about how it works... LOL. Here's with the lid open.

Post# 203976 , Reply# 15   4/14/2007 at 19:30 (6,192 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
and with it inside the drum we find....

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Vintage Dynamo detergent and Downy softener.

Post# 203987 , Reply# 16   4/14/2007 at 20:34 (6,192 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Free samples - gotta love that!

Post# 204040 , Reply# 17   4/14/2007 at 22:59 (6,192 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        

Looks like a fun one to bring back to life.

Post# 204044 , Reply# 18   4/14/2007 at 23:08 (6,192 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Oh Eddy what a great find! Congratulations, I wonder if they made them in Canada as well or if that is a US made machine?

Post# 204068 , Reply# 19   4/15/2007 at 00:39 (6,192 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
made in Ottawa, Ontario

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Yes Robert they were made right here in Canada in our nations Capitol. I tried to capture the name plate but my photos were too blurry :-(
I will have an order of onion rings though ;-))


Post# 204077 , Reply# 20   4/15/2007 at 01:45 (6,192 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Congratulations Eddy, what a cute machine. Welcome to the TL H-axis washer club!

Post# 204216 , Reply# 21   4/15/2007 at 17:29 (6,191 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Hey Eddy nice save there

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I have the service manual on that machine, I borrowed it from Robert awhile back to fix my machine. They are VERY complex machines because they reverse tumble which was done all with clutches since electronics weren't invented yet!! They only lasted I think the old repair guy told me two years before all the mechanisms locked up and the company went right out of business. So that is a very rare machine.

I'll copy it for you. It took me something like 3 re-reads to understand how that transmission worked. They are loud to because they use two "marine" bearings in the tub ends. And those have to be wet to work so it roars when dry.
Clunky little machine, the other annoying thing was no timer access. SO there was no way to alter the cycle once it was started. It was designed by engineers who never did laundry that is for SURE!



Post# 204222 , Reply# 22   4/15/2007 at 18:03 (6,191 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        

Eddy, congratulations on your new find! That is exactly the same machine my neighbors had when I was a kid in the very early 50's. I would climb to the top of the machine and watch through the glass window as the whole cycle progressed. I loved how the cabinet slightly shaked during spin and I also loved to see the water drops hitting the glass window! The machine was bolted down to a concrete floor, so it was very stable.

I also remember my neighbors had this very old large water boiler, and on wash day they would turn the boiler to max temp and use extremely hot water for whites. It could well have been 180° or even higher! While washing whites, just when the second rinse started they would turn the front handle, the machine stopped, they opened the top door then the drum doors, and would add bluing to the final rinse water (they had these cloth bags where they would place the bluing cubes, and just swirled the bag around a couple of times in the water. I don't recall if rinses were warm or cold.

My neighbors had this machine well into the 70's, and one day it broke down, it could not be repaired and they just replaced it with a horrible semi automatic top loader, probably a wringer. I remember them saying the Launderall washed a lot better than the TL, but then this TL was an absolute basic machine.

I would absolutely love to see your Launderall in action!

Emilio


Post# 204298 , Reply# 23   4/15/2007 at 21:47 (6,191 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
A Launderall

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lasting into the 70's??? Thats unheard of. WOW I guess some were built better than others.

You always learn something new here, even if you've been at it a long time.




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