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Thread Number: 17781
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Post# 290057 7/11/2008 at 23:28 (5,760 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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This has been on for a week or so, this time around there are pictures. This is the exact model we had when I was a kid...
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Post# 290074 , Reply# 1 7/12/2008 at 00:28 (5,760 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 290114 , Reply# 2 7/12/2008 at 05:57 (5,760 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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My aunt had one like that. I remember the Roto Rack feature, but not too clearly, as it was replaced in 1974-5 by a Kitchenaid KDC-17. I hope you grab it and relive some old memories. Have a good one, James | ||
| Post# 290138 , Reply# 3 7/12/2008 at 09:00 (5,760 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Hi Greg. The Roto Rack was a great concept. Ross | ||
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Post# 290146 , Reply# 4 7/12/2008 at 09:47 (5,760 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA) |
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Me too | ||
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Post# 290148 , Reply# 5 7/12/2008 at 09:49 (5,760 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 290150 , Reply# 6 7/12/2008 at 09:58 (5,760 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Robert, you are so right! Can you imagine the fun of watching that Roto-Rack spin around? We had a circa '74 or '75 LK (in coppertone, thanks for asking) and I used to angle items in the top rack for maximum rpm's. Then I'd whip the door open and watch the dishes fly around. No wonder I love having a TL washer with an indexing tub *LOL*! I see this Kenmore also features the requisite rust down by the vent openings. That's the reason I eventually replaced our Lady K with a TOL KitchenAid sometime around '84 or '85. The Kenmore's tub was rusting out at the bottom and there was a lot of rust down by the vents. | ||
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Post# 290339 , Reply# 8 7/13/2008 at 10:35 (5,759 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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If there's a will... | ||
| Post# 290363 , Reply# 9 7/13/2008 at 12:41 (5,759 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
It's such a small world--really! AND--Go see your elderl
In my Aunt Alice's "basement kitchen" sitting kitty-corner and next to the spice rack, is Eugene's and possibly Greg's Rotorack. This is the same formerly strict gay Aunt who when I was young wouldn't let me near her 57 Pink TOL GE with Suds. Now, old and sweet she gave me her 77 WP which started my collection, and offered me the KM Rotorack, but I have no where really to put it. You see, my kitchen is full of washing machines. Maybe I should start a dishwasher collection in the laundry room. As we age and begin to retire, win the lotto, or inherit a fortune, I predict that many of us will be on the road in our trucks visiting members, giving away machines, and trading. I'm getting a truck, the first of my life, next April 23. Would gladly donate Alice's Rotorack for Robert's Frankenstein experiments, and jigsaw manuvers, then Eugene could have his-- and, HEY, everyone's-- wish of seeing the Rotorack rotoswirl. We could leave it with Greg, then on to Eugene's, and on and on, having it become Aworg's rotating dishwasher. It's TOL, portable, MINT, and harvest gold, and dying for a glass door. | ||
| Post# 290392 , Reply# 10 7/13/2008 at 14:20 (5,759 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Yep, '74
That's like one model below the TOL, which we had back in the day. Kennie DW's of that era sprouted more pushbuttons the farther up the line you got, until you got nothing but pushbuttons in the Lady K, which was what we had. Very strong DW, great performer. It took my mom (The Appliance Killer) forever to trash hers. She did succeed in the end, however. | ||
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Post# 290408 , Reply# 11 7/13/2008 at 16:10 (5,759 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Sandy, this one that's show wasn't the one right undeer the LK. It may have been the next one down. The one under the LK would have 6 buttons (rinse & dry, rinse & hold, light normal, normal rinse temp, and sani rinse temp), the buttons themselves would be silver looking rather than green, and button function description would be above the buttons and lit up from the 2 lights over the buttons when the machine was on and not written below the buttons like on this one. Waterr temp indicator lights would also be on the panel.
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| Post# 290415 , Reply# 12 7/13/2008 at 17:21 (5,759 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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HEY UNCLE BOB, of course the machine can stay a while with t
It will be our first non-human member. I have one shot left on my roll of film and I will stop at Aunt Alice's to take a pic of her TOL Roto--not swirl but-- Rack. It is as if you are reading her control panel. You may get the pic before bedtime. Sheepishly, my photoshop is still Walgreen's One Hour, although this may be may the last. In the meantime would you find out the function of the little shelf underneath the spin solenoid on the WO-65-2 is. It is attached by two screws that go right into the motor. Thank You. Back in a few hours. | ||
| Post# 290417 , Reply# 13 7/13/2008 at 17:33 (5,759 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Appnut:
I'll defer to you about which machine this was, because I'm going on memories over 30 years old. What I was wanting to point out was that Kennies had pushbuttons and a dial on everything but the Lady K- the higher up the range you went, the more pushbuttons. Once you got to the TOL Lady K, everything was pushbuttons, no dial at all. Lighted cycle indicators told you where you were in the cycle. So, that's what I meant. | ||
| Post# 290512 , Reply# 15 7/13/2008 at 21:12 (5,758 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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I see your usual riotous core has not been affected in your
Here's Aunt Alice, just an hour ago. Gotta love that generation--she's 81. We only used it twice a year. Anna and I would take all of the dishes out at Christmas and Easter, but that's it. We'd never leave a dirty dish in a dishwasher. then when Anna dies in "90' I stopped washing the clean dishes in the cupboards." With only one frame left, I did my best to capture the rack and most of the controls. What's missing is the cool and separate Power Miser switch to the right of the main dial, and the famous caption :HYGIENIC RINSE. 
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Post# 290513 , Reply# 16 7/13/2008 at 21:16 (5,758 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 290515 , Reply# 17 7/13/2008 at 21:18 (5,758 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 290517 , Reply# 18 7/13/2008 at 21:27 (5,758 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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| Post# 290619 , Reply# 19 7/14/2008 at 06:23 (5,758 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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Can you imagine? Regular wash was W-R-R-W-R-R-D. time: 8-4-4-8-4-4-26. One hour! Light wash was R-W-R-R-D. *SIGH* the good olde days! LOL OMG I can still hear and smell that machine in my "mind's eye" | ||
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Post# 291499 , Reply# 22 7/18/2008 at 17:42 (5,754 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 291500 , Reply# 23 7/18/2008 at 17:43 (5,754 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 291501 , Reply# 24 7/18/2008 at 17:44 (5,754 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 291534 , Reply# 25 7/18/2008 at 22:11 (5,753 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Greg that is a beautiful picture, Love all the colors reminds one of a rainbow! | ||
| Post# 291535 , Reply# 26 7/18/2008 at 22:16 (5,753 days old) by brent-aucoin () | ||
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I love your pictures of your Roto Greg! That was such a great find! Love the dish ware also! Is it Melmac or Plastic? I am not familiar with it. I like it though! Brent | ||
| Post# 291636 , Reply# 27 7/19/2008 at 20:05 (5,752 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Greg, the photo's gorgeous!
but I'm missing pages--you own this one--huh? Or did you just buy it? I'll figure it out. Meanwhile, Aunt Alice is insisting that I get the Roto out of her basement. I know how to use a butter knife to get some DW's to work with the door open. Wouldn't Frigilux love it if I could take some shots from the deck to keep from totally drenching the kitchen? Unfamiliar, didn't realize that the Roto actually spun during wash, thinking it was just a loading feature.
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| Post# 291645 , Reply# 28 7/19/2008 at 21:10 (5,752 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
*giggle*
Mike, no butter-knife needed for the Roto-Rack. With the door unlatched, stick your finger straight into the latch mechanism (where the stationary hook would go on the frame) and hold it there while you go through the motions to latch the door. Once the latch makes it to the other side (the locked position), you're ready for open-door operation. (Get a raincoat :-) ) | ||
| Post# 291667 , Reply# 29 7/19/2008 at 21:52 (5,752 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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NATE, I CAN'T WAIT--A PIECE OF CAKE. THANKS | ||
| Post# 292142 , Reply# 30 7/22/2008 at 16:58 (5,750 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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| Post# 292150 , Reply# 31 7/22/2008 at 18:06 (5,750 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
Hello this model is just like the 1 in this picture only thing diffrent you press the start button insted of turning the dial and i know this model because it was that kenmore model that my godmother and godfather add when i was a kid and its a beauty that last longer than the dishwashers of today if ever 1 day i buy vintage i would try to find 1 of these beautys even if its portable 
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| Post# 292168 , Reply# 32 7/22/2008 at 20:02 (5,749 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Peter and Pierre | ||
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