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Thread Number: 41142
1956 Ruby Dial Easy goes back into service |
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Post# 608212 7/4/2012 at 11:19 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone  (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Post# 608213 , Reply# 1 7/4/2012 at 11:21 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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ROBERT'S | ||
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Post# 608214 , Reply# 2 7/4/2012 at 11:24 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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The real money shot | ||
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Post# 608216 , Reply# 3 7/4/2012 at 11:25 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Clean Up | ||
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Post# 608217 , Reply# 4 7/4/2012 at 11:27 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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new belts new hoses | ||
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Post# 608219 , Reply# 5 7/4/2012 at 11:31 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Painted and | ||
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Post# 608220 , Reply# 6 7/4/2012 at 11:33 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Gussied | ||
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Post# 608223 , Reply# 7 7/4/2012 at 11:39 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Manuals | ||
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Post# 608224 , Reply# 8 7/4/2012 at 11:40 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Nite | ||
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Post# 608225 , Reply# 9 7/4/2012 at 11:41 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Ta Da! | ||
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Post# 608226 , Reply# 10 7/4/2012 at 12:02 (4,311 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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| Post# 608229 , Reply# 11 7/4/2012 at 12:21 (4,311 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
What a joy | ||
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Post# 608234 , Reply# 12 7/4/2012 at 12:55 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Lawrenece | ||
| Post# 608239 , Reply# 13 7/4/2012 at 13:18 (4,311 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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| Post# 608247 , Reply# 14 7/4/2012 at 13:52 (4,311 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
Yay for Beam designs | ||
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Post# 608249 , Reply# 15 7/4/2012 at 13:57 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Yes Eddy | ||
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Post# 608251 , Reply# 16 7/4/2012 at 14:00 (4,311 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Pee stream | ||
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Post# 608260 , Reply# 17 7/4/2012 at 14:46 (4,311 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Pee stream | ||
| Post# 608261 , Reply# 18 7/4/2012 at 15:02 (4,311 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Somebody stop me if I have this story scrooched. By the 60s Whirlpool, GE and Maytag had captured upwards of 90% of the market with superior advertising and distribution. As market leaders they had also kept their plants (relatively) up to date where the also rans like Westinghouse had not.
By that point the smaller sellers couldn't afford to advertise, distribute, update and also remain price competitive or profitable. They tended to get gobbled by.... well, gobblers like White. Easy got gobbled by Murray which in turn got gobbled by Hupp (IINM). Gobblers tend to bring nothing to the table except maybe some idle machinery they use to build miscellaneous stuff of little integrity. So the obscure brands become even more so and the gobblers go "hmm, we kinda fudd that up" and either chuck it or go out of business themselves. | ||
| Post# 608263 , Reply# 19 7/4/2012 at 15:08 (4,311 days old) by in2itdood () | ||
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Love it! xxxooo Hats off to a wonderful job! | ||
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Post# 608278 , Reply# 20 7/4/2012 at 17:13 (4,311 days old) by Electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI) |
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Want instant entertainment?........ | ||
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Post# 608285 , Reply# 21 7/4/2012 at 17:42 (4,311 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Thank you Michael | ||
| Post# 608290 , Reply# 22 7/4/2012 at 18:03 (4,311 days old) by badgerdx () | ||
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Fantastic restoration and video-ing. Bravo!!! That machine is totes gorgemous! | ||
| Post# 608312 , Reply# 23 7/4/2012 at 19:05 (4,311 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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| Post# 608318 , Reply# 24 7/4/2012 at 19:40 (4,311 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Ruby Envy! | ||
| Post# 608333 , Reply# 25 7/4/2012 at 22:10 (4,311 days old) by bellalaundry (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) | ||
That spin down | ||
| Post# 608335 , Reply# 26 7/4/2012 at 22:12 (4,311 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Beautiful Machine Jon | ||
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Post# 608360 , Reply# 27 7/5/2012 at 00:15 (4,311 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Nice machine and restoration job-love the "Slurp-slush" agitate action-and the get right with it spin drain.Easy machines are indeed very cool! | ||
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Post# 608390 , Reply# 28 7/5/2012 at 08:01 (4,310 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 608394 , Reply# 29 7/5/2012 at 08:39 (4,310 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Spiralator Licious | ||
| Post# 608427 , Reply# 30 7/5/2012 at 12:54 (4,310 days old) by badgerdx () | ||
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You all will undoubtedly roll your eyes at me with a "DUH!" but what is the purpose of the cage at the top of the tub? To me it just looks like it was destined to catch buttons, zippers, etc of anything that got within reach. | ||
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Post# 608428 , Reply# 31 7/5/2012 at 13:08 (4,310 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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A DUh! | ||
| Post# 608429 , Reply# 32 7/5/2012 at 13:14 (4,310 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Actuellement, | ||
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Post# 608430 , Reply# 33 7/5/2012 at 13:52 (4,310 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 608450 , Reply# 34 7/5/2012 at 14:31 (4,310 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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THank you Paul | ||
| Post# 608456 , Reply# 35 7/5/2012 at 14:39 (4,310 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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| Post# 608535 , Reply# 36 7/5/2012 at 18:02 (4,310 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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Post# 608627 , Reply# 37 7/6/2012 at 07:24 (4,309 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Yes Peter
the pee stream is for real, it is a copper hose bent to a drip pan and it is aimed right at the Spiralator. There was no sign of any attachment that might have fallen off in history so I am thinking it was designed just like the Spin Drier like Mikey pointed out.
And even the lime scale build up on the drip pan was in the shape just where the water flows today. So I am gonna stick my neck out and say the pee stream is factory. | ||
| Post# 608633 , Reply# 38 7/6/2012 at 08:28 (4,309 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH) | ||
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As I remember, Gibson (which at that time, made refrigerators. freezers, A/C's, dishwashers & ranges) was also acquired by the Hupp Corporation, only to be acquired by WCI, which eliminated the "Easy" brand name, and went with "Gibson" for laundry appliances.. | ||
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Post# 608701 , Reply# 39 7/6/2012 at 15:11 (4,309 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I think Gibson | ||
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Post# 608723 , Reply# 40 7/6/2012 at 18:24 (4,309 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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Jon!
What an exquisite and perfect restoration. I love how you went to the trouble to scrub clean the outer water container, repaint the cabinet inside and out, and polish up all the chrome. These are steps that some people skip.
I also love your video editing. What program is that you're using? Bravo!!! You win the trophy. Patrick 
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Post# 608738 , Reply# 41 7/6/2012 at 20:17 (4,309 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Nice trophy Patrick! | ||
| Post# 608749 , Reply# 42 7/6/2012 at 20:49 (4,309 days old) by philcoford (Maryland) | ||
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amazing talents Wow, can not even imagine the work it took to do that, those pictures are amazing, thanks for sharing. Love it! Video was great too. | ||
| Post# 608782 , Reply# 43 7/6/2012 at 23:25 (4,309 days old) by whirlaway (Hampton Virginia) | ||
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Realy nice!!!! Does this have the fluid drive unit like the early Speed Queens? Looks like it. | ||
| Post# 608795 , Reply# 44 7/7/2012 at 00:51 (4,309 days old) by AutoWasherFreak () | ||
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Great restoration and video! | ||
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Post# 608806 , Reply# 45 7/7/2012 at 02:17 (4,309 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Easy Pee - sy!! | ||
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Post# 608871 , Reply# 46 7/7/2012 at 12:32 (4,308 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Hi Mike
no this was the Beam machine system a very good one too, shared by Easy, early Speed Queen and a few other brands. It's a very cool mechanism,the large silver disk is a fluid drive coupling just like on your automatic car torque converter. The 3 legs out to the ring are the stabilizers/dampers. Once you get the outer tub off the whole mechanism just lifts out for service.
All the switching is done by solenoids YAY! Love Solenoid Robots! The Fluid drive produces smooth accelerations and quiet operation as you can see in the vid, and it was also used on the "doodle-bug" scooters during the war when gas was nonexistent. It has hot wash and warm wash ( which is really hot too!) and warm rinse and hot spin spray!! With the lid open it steams up the other machines. | ||
| Post# 608914 , Reply# 47 7/7/2012 at 18:56 (4,308 days old) by rpms (ontario canada) | ||
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Post# 608915 , Reply# 48 7/7/2012 at 19:05 (4,308 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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The Spiralator | ||
| Post# 608941 , Reply# 49 7/7/2012 at 22:25 (4,308 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 608967 , Reply# 50 7/8/2012 at 02:05 (4,308 days old) by qualin (Canada) | ||
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I've always loved this wash action. It's so dramatic! | ||
| Post# 609296 , Reply# 51 7/9/2012 at 20:45 (4,306 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass) | ||
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easy The mother of a childhood friend in Woburn had that very machine and was very nice about letting me watch it run.This was around 1967.Thirty years later I saw that machine in front of the house out on the sidewalk where they used to live still looking pretty good,funny if this is the same one. | ||
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Post# 610173 , Reply# 53 7/14/2012 at 07:36 (4,301 days old) by JETCONE (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Thank you Arthur! | ||
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Post# 613370 , Reply# 55 7/30/2012 at 03:08 (4,286 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Ultramatic | ||
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