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POD 01-04/10 Bendix Tumble Action Washer
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Post# 403827   1/4/2010 at 19:06 (5,197 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

I just want to say that is one of the the most interesting machines I have ever seen and beautiful in its own way. I honestly wish that we could have had one, but CU did not like front loaders and that was how my parents chose their first two Kenmores. Outside of Jon's Bendix, I just have not seen that many of them, but I think that they are wonderful machines. Having washed and dried a lot of laundry in my Duomatic, I know that Bendix washers can produce clean, well-rinsed laundry.




Post# 403831 , Reply# 1   1/4/2010 at 19:55 (5,197 days old) by sactoteddybear ()        
I had one of these Bendix:

Hi! Tom and everyone else, I had one of these Bendix Washers and it needed either a new or rebuilt Transmission and a local 2nd Hand Appliance Shop happened to have a 2nd Hand Transmission. I took it and the original in the Washer apart and did some trading of Parts, to create 1-good Transmission.

The Washer was fairly quite as I remember and certainly a "Work Horse" of a Washer. It didn't need to Re-Balance the Load, before Spinning, it just took off and completed the Spin, even without any "Walking" out of its place of operation.

Maybe sometime you or someone else in the Club will locate one of these for you Tom!!! Continue to enjoy your Duomatic and the cleaning ability that they all had.

Peace and Kind Regards, Steve
SactoTeddyBear0503


Post# 403846 , Reply# 2   1/4/2010 at 21:05 (5,197 days old) by ingliscanada ()        
All that's left now...

We no longer have Philco Bendix in our homes, but the decendants that live today are Dexter commercial laundromat machines. In case you don't see the relationship; when Philco had the old top-loaders with the conventional agitator, there was an identical brand rebadged Dexter. Maybe that was the only relation, but Dexter carries on today in laundromats. Also, the old Bendix coin laundry washers had that extra fast final spin, which Dexter carries on today. Bendix was the "work horse," while Dexter's trademark is "thoroughbred tough."

Post# 403864 , Reply# 3   1/4/2010 at 22:51 (5,197 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

I wonder if these were 36" wide, like the fabulous Duomatic's. alr2903

Post# 403865 , Reply# 4   1/4/2010 at 22:55 (5,197 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

No 30 1/4", got my spec's on now, sorry.

Post# 403874 , Reply# 5   1/5/2010 at 00:12 (5,197 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Trivia Question

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Did you know "Dexter" applinaces were named after a famed race horse of the time? Hence the "thoroughbred tough", motto.

L.



Post# 403941 , Reply# 6   1/5/2010 at 10:33 (5,196 days old) by ingliscanada ()        
Thanks for the trivia:)

I never knew that; interesting trivia indeed!

Post# 404002 , Reply# 7   1/5/2010 at 14:58 (5,196 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)        

I've got the bolt down Dexter from 1990, but I don't have a picture to show. It's in NY. This is the one with the three speed, one rotation direction tranny. It operates on 120V. Very weak final spin, only ~420 rpm's. Fairly noisy too.
Bobby in Boston


Post# 404020 , Reply# 8   1/5/2010 at 16:10 (5,196 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Here I was thinking

That the "Dexter" washer would help you get rid of blood evidence!




Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 404064 , Reply# 9   1/5/2010 at 18:14 (5,196 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)        

Lawrence:
It probably would as it's a very thorough washer. It uses lots of water and sloshes the clothes around well. It just wouldn't spin the blood out of them worth a darn.
Bobby in Boston



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