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Thread Number: 24961
1953 Bendix Dryer in Easton, CT |
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Post# 385556 10/15/2009 at 14:07 (5,304 days old) by unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 385557 , Reply# 1 10/15/2009 at 14:08 (5,304 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 385558 , Reply# 2 10/15/2009 at 14:08 (5,304 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 385560 , Reply# 3 10/15/2009 at 14:10 (5,304 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 385577 , Reply# 5 10/15/2009 at 15:27 (5,304 days old) by spiceman1957 () | ||
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WOW, What a beautiful machine. I love the art deco door design this thing has. Is this one of those machine that has a turbo spin? | ||
| Post# 385581 , Reply# 6 10/15/2009 at 16:23 (5,304 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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Post# 385587 , Reply# 7 10/15/2009 at 17:10 (5,304 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 385593 , Reply# 8 10/15/2009 at 18:01 (5,304 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
We had that dryer for a long time. Then my mom got a new set | ||
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Post# 385631 , Reply# 9 10/15/2009 at 21:31 (5,304 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Wow. Of this style/design | ||
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Post# 385635 , Reply# 10 10/15/2009 at 21:37 (5,304 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Typical 1940's and 1950's Tumble Dryer
One simply baked one's items to dry! *LOL* No temperature control, and rather hot high heat. All the better to deal with mainly natural textiles almost soaking wet from the poor extraction of washing machines and or wringers of the day. One always thinks of the comic strip "Peanuts", where Lucy fetches her brother's (Linus)blanket from the dryer with a long stick. She flings the still hot blanket to her brother who jumps from being "burned". *LOL* L. | ||
| Post# 385696 , Reply# 11 10/16/2009 at 10:50 (5,303 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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I'm not sure but I am thinking there was a temperature control. | ||
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Post# 385743 , Reply# 12 10/16/2009 at 16:33 (5,303 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I had this dryer, found in a thrift store in a small town just North of here. It was in beautiful shape but a very slow machine, worse than a HOH fully loaded. Only one temperature, but not too hot. The heater and exhaust inlet were at the front of the drum. The front of the drum was perforated with too much space between the wall of the drum cavity and the clothes basket - just like the early WP/KM and consequently, much of the heat seemed to go right into the vent making the vent tubing hotter than the clothes! I never felt the clothes got overly hot, certainly not like some other of the vintage machines did. Despite it's lack of major attributes in performance, it was a beautiful machine aesthetically - so very Truman-era and who could dislike the door and handle??
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