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Post# 633963   10/24/2012 at 13:02 (4,173 days old) by electron1100 (England)        

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Had a brilliant weekend thanks Mike, Mat, Paul And Al, they all came down and helped re-arrange and move all my excess gear in the loft and garage, much fun was had and food (eventually) and drink, it was just like old times so thankyou all for coming.

However on Saturday after they had all re-organised my loft they said they would go and tidy up the garage and i was to stay at the house as they could do it better with out me there as i am not so well, seemed a sensible idea, well i went to the garage today and I am sure i had more machines and spares, but who knows maybe they re-arranged them all so well it just looks different now, i did try ringing a few of them but the number they gave me were no longer available, it must have been a mix up :-|

Here is a picture of the garage before they came






Post# 633964 , Reply# 1   10/24/2012 at 13:03 (4,173 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
After

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it is so tidy though i must not complain

Post# 633965 , Reply# 2   10/24/2012 at 13:04 (4,173 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
again

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such kind lads

Post# 633977 , Reply# 3   10/24/2012 at 14:32 (4,173 days old) by retropia ()        

LOL, there must have been some professional organizers in the bunch.


Post# 634002 , Reply# 4   10/24/2012 at 16:12 (4,173 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK)        
blast

forgot those copper pipes up in the rack.

Mathew


Post# 634130 , Reply# 5   10/25/2012 at 06:20 (4,172 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
All is not what it seems

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Dont worry Mat they were only copper plated :-)

Post# 634195 , Reply# 6   10/25/2012 at 11:57 (4,172 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Dammit...

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Forgot the Oovah Ewbank, the pasty oven and those bottles of flavoured sports drinks,

Post# 634211 , Reply# 7   10/25/2012 at 13:10 (4,172 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
Drinkies

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Dont worry mike i will keep the drinks for you they will improve with age i am sure :@)


Post# 634213 , Reply# 8   10/25/2012 at 13:12 (4,172 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
Is it In Or Out

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Whats going on here ????

Post# 634214 , Reply# 9   10/25/2012 at 13:14 (4,172 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
OUT OUT OUT!

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That pile of shite is GOING at LAST and heres what i have wanted for years..........


Post# 634215 , Reply# 10   10/25/2012 at 13:16 (4,172 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
IT IS IN !!!!!

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Yes thats it, it is in i can feel it now (thanks Mike)


Post# 634240 , Reply# 11   10/25/2012 at 15:34 (4,172 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK)        
well done

Gary,

looks great, and you can sit at the table and enjoy every tumble and spin. And hours of will it or won't it balance in the aqualtis will be a distant memory.

Now about all these spares I'm tripping over.

Mathew


Post# 634257 , Reply# 12   10/25/2012 at 16:06 (4,172 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Hoover Electron

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Well wasnt it made for your kitchen!!, looks great am really glad you got it sorted, although am very disappointed at the Aqualtis being retired....nows wheres that dryer!!



Post# 634258 , Reply# 13   10/25/2012 at 16:11 (4,172 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        
Bitter Sweet.

Hi Gary.
in the depressing circumstances, I think we made the best of the weekend and despite the stress caused to you, the food was GREAT.
Always remember that all you need to do is give us a nudge and machines can be switched round, should you ever fancy a change.

BUT the A3190 looks superb in its new setting!
So that is why you didnt want us to move the machines upstairs :-)

Happy home based, first generation electron-ing.
Paul



Post# 634265 , Reply# 14   10/25/2012 at 16:18 (4,172 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Cornwall

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Hope you are well rested after looking after us all over the weekend Gary, for me I really enjoyed the weekend, fun and laughter and "You Will Eat My Nimbles, Turkey, Trifle and MORE"...Lol

It was also a bittersweet moment as well, we all understand and know first hand your passion of weshers and repairing them, no - not repairing, tuning them to perfection and to have to make the decision to move them on and start a new phase of life, it brought home just how precarious and precious life is, really felt for you....

BUT, get sorted and make the trip to see them, well if they are still there, I hear fleebay is gonna need more gigabytes this weekend!!

ToodlePip!!

And thanks for the Hi-NRG mix, Bobby O`s blasting in me cans!!



Post# 634268 , Reply# 15   10/25/2012 at 16:26 (4,172 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
"You have Beautiful Lips!...

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It was a scene from Abigails Party as Gary prepared us a festive feast - started off with 70`s nibbles, horses duffers and all that, anyone for a cocktail sausage with ya nuts!!

Cheese and Pinapple is still surprosingly very refreshing on the pallette!!


Post# 634270 , Reply# 16   10/25/2012 at 16:32 (4,172 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Christmas Dinner...

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Turkey Anyone, amazing value those PEK birds are, even better out the hamper @ a pound a week!!

Post# 634271 , Reply# 17   10/25/2012 at 16:37 (4,172 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
For afters...

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Trifle with Dream Topping!!

Post# 634276 , Reply# 18   10/25/2012 at 16:42 (4,172 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
And

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"Arctic Roll"

Post# 634277 , Reply# 19   10/25/2012 at 16:47 (4,172 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
At This Point..

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Even the Director of Logistics and Spreadsheets lost the will to move, and as we groaned and drank our way from the table it was unanimous that we would stay over another night and have an early start!!

Early in the morning I went to look for a teabag and couldnt believe what I found in the kitchen - well the secrets out - fancy serving ya guests this stuff, tut...

ps, the vodka and black russians hit the spot!!


Post# 634408 , Reply# 20   10/26/2012 at 05:50 (4,171 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
Scurrilous Behaviour

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I see Mike rummaging through my cupboards were you, well though it pains me to do this I feel i have to, whilst i was stripping the bed you slept in, what did find, i will tell you.

TIGER STRIPES!

Thank christ i now have a machine that will get rid of those BIOLOGICAL STAINS with ease ;-)



Post# 634513 , Reply# 21   10/26/2012 at 14:44 (4,171 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
Clearly a girl can have no secrets here .....

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It was so good to see every one again, even if the circumstances were sad - still Gary has an Electron 1100 as a daily driver so some good came of it.

And all of that great collection has been saved :)

We owe Gary a debt of gratitude for all the wonderful machines that he has managed to rescue for our collections over the years, not just his own collection here but many more rare machines which would only otherwise be recorded in brochures, Which reports etc.

Unfortunatly I could not stay to see the spread on the dining table, that came later, as I needed to get my hire van back by 8.00am on Sunday morning, and clearly I missed a lot of good fun and banter.

However, like most meets that I have been to it was well lubricated from the tea pot as the picture below shows.

Counter clockwise from the right:
Mike (ChesterMike), Gary (Electron1100 - unfortunatly partly obscured), Paul (MatchboxPaul). Mathew (Keymatic3203), and some fat (looking!!!) old f@@ker sitting at the end - oh, that would be me.

Al


Post# 634859 , Reply# 22   10/28/2012 at 12:04 (4,169 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
Finally it is in

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AL
Thanks again for your effort and hard work when you came down, it is a pity you couldnt stop for dinner, maybe it was just as well as it didnt get on the table till about 18.30......poor lambs were passing out due to inadequate nibbles being provided and Mike was threatening to vomit up his black Russians actually ;-)

Well more or less a week to the day the tumble dryer has gone from the living room up into the spare room, to keep the lads (guinea pigs) company whilst i dry there beds in it.

Thanks to Paul And Mike who despite there bloated stomachs getting in the way managed to clean the remains of the sellotape off one side and the front that had been put there to hold the packing in place whilst this dryer was shipped down from Scotland a few years ago, i must confess i only bothered to clean off the bits that could be seen on the front a touch of the "nets at the windows but no sheets on the beds" :-).
So when it got put upstairs Mal (other half) cleaned the right hand side for me.

The washer has been performing faultessly since its installation, i can honestly say there is not a single thing i miss about the Aqualitat, like all old designed machines they get and do the job quickly and affectively i love it.


So today in true Cornish weather tradition it pissed down this afternoon, no problem broght it all in from the line, span it all out in the electron then into the dryer for its first dry, 70 minutes (-10 for cool down) on low heat (thanks Mat) it was all dry

Again last weekend was brilliant and thanks to all who contributed and made it so great
Gary


Post# 634860 , Reply# 23   10/28/2012 at 12:05 (4,169 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
just to bore you a little more

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anuvah OOVAH!

Post# 634861 , Reply# 24   10/28/2012 at 12:07 (4,169 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
coff coff

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Yah dont think yah get away that easy do yah!

now say " thankyou Sir I deserve it Sir please can i have some more Sir"


Post# 634898 , Reply# 25   10/28/2012 at 16:43 (4,169 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK)        
Gary I certainly did't deserve to have

come away with this. But I promise to be good from now on.

Post# 634899 , Reply# 26   10/28/2012 at 16:52 (4,169 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK)        
I second Als thanks

for these and all the appliances you've saved and past on both recently and over the years. Thankyou and we all look forward to enjoying meeting up and getting washing with you again soon.

Post# 634900 , Reply# 27   10/28/2012 at 16:53 (4,169 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK)        
For

Paul

Post# 634901 , Reply# 28   10/28/2012 at 17:02 (4,169 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK)        
Lights Change

For a text book 720rpm spin.

As I'm sure your aware Gary has posted several videos of this and many of his other machines on yourtube.

So thanks again gary, I still have a huge smile on my face thinking about this machine, be warned it will be accompaning me on next years wash parties.

Mathew


Post# 634905 , Reply# 29   10/28/2012 at 17:34 (4,169 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
Great Minds

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Mathew was not the only one doing a Keymatic wash this weekend

Post# 634906 , Reply# 30   10/28/2012 at 17:37 (4,169 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
Which programme to choose out of 16?

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It was a mixed cotton/synthetic load so 40C it had to be

Post# 634907 , Reply# 31   10/28/2012 at 17:39 (4,169 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
Programme sequence

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#1

Post# 634908 , Reply# 32   10/28/2012 at 17:41 (4,169 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
Programme sequence

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Post# 634909 , Reply# 33   10/28/2012 at 17:48 (4,169 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
Programme sequence

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# 3

Post# 634910 , Reply# 34   10/28/2012 at 17:49 (4,169 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
Prohramme sequence

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#4 I cannot believe that I actually missed getting a pic of the spin indicator, oh well just an excuse for another wash.

Post# 634912 , Reply# 35   10/28/2012 at 18:00 (4,169 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
Performance round-up

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Throughot the whole wash the machine behaved perfectly with no tell tale leaks on the floor.It kind of belied its age in the the port-hole diameter is quite small, even by the standards of the day and most of the programmes seemed to be 60C or higher - I think apart from wollens, non fast coloureds was the only 40C programme available. The was was noticeably damper than out of my Miele but they were also less creased as well :)

I am so pleased to have an oppertunity to use this machine. Now I have to work out how I can use all my vintage machines in rotation to help keep the hoses, seals and mechanical parts in good order. Any ideas how often a machine should be used? I now have seven of them plus my Miele daily driver?

Al


Post# 635072 , Reply# 36   10/29/2012 at 11:54 (4,168 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
How Many Times

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Hello Al

i am glad you have had an oppurtunity to use one of the Keymatics, these are too me such special machines in their own right. i think there are a few more 40o programs on the 3062, delicates, pre-wash and possibly synthetic blankets.

I dont know if you are aware but the 3203 adds a pre-wash to every wash (like it or not) some are heated and some are not, i think it is more an exorcise in making sure the clothes are wet as this machine does not have a "top up" function, if the water level drops to low it will cycle to the "high fill" section of the wash

Mat
Same to you aswell, finding the time and isolation to enjoy your machines is hard at times :-)

the thought of at least two keymatics being used on saturday in the Uk is a cheering thought

USE
When i was weller i would normally go to the garage once or twice a week, and try and use a different machine or machines each time, so Al just rotate them as best you can, and if your not using machines just spin the drum by hand so you dont get kinks in the drive belts, also if it going to freeze for a few days empty the sumps.

As you know at some point i fitted plumbing arrangements and drainage pipes in the garage because it was the only way to have at least 8 machines connected up, so maybe a re-design of your storage space Al ;-)

thanks for the pictures of both machines they look great and i know you will enjoy them
Gary


Post# 635080 , Reply# 37   10/29/2012 at 13:45 (4,168 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
hotpoint 95622

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Gary

I’m so glad that the weekend went well and every one enjoyed it.
Rest assured all the machines are in safe hands.

Lee


Post# 635102 , Reply# 38   10/29/2012 at 15:12 (4,168 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        
Hi Gary

what with the dark evenings and being away at weekends PLUS a bloody bed being in the way, I am somewhat restricted with the machines that travelled to Derby.

This evening is the first opportunity I have had to even look at the Logic set, but here they are.

The A3794 Computer Logic 1300...


Post# 635103 , Reply# 39   10/29/2012 at 15:14 (4,168 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

The D6538 Computer Logic Sensor Dryer...

Post# 635104 , Reply# 40   10/29/2012 at 15:15 (4,168 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

The two together...

Post# 635106 , Reply# 41   10/29/2012 at 15:17 (4,168 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

One day they will reside alongside the matching dishwasher, which is in daily use at Robs - the D7190 Super Crystaljet Dishwasher completes the top of the 1990 Hoover range...

Post# 635109 , Reply# 42   10/29/2012 at 15:22 (4,168 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

Gary

I will try and get photos of the other two machines tomorrow, but just to reitterate what others have said - thanks to Gary for saving such a great selection of machines.
To think that that 3243H, amongst the many, wouldnt exist today had you not been there to save it!

The A3190 looks great in the kitchen and the dryer looks perfectly at home in its new setting and pleased that Mal sorted out the other bodyside.

Happy Electron-ing
Paul


Post# 635110 , Reply# 43   10/29/2012 at 15:25 (4,168 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        
ohhhhh

also thanks for saving the dryer from this great looking combo - the electra D6E06 and A2E04...

Post# 635111 , Reply# 44   10/29/2012 at 15:28 (4,168 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

and of course the very early, probably prototype Creda TD400A Sensamatic...

Post# 635439 , Reply# 45   10/31/2012 at 06:08 (4,166 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
Logics

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Lee
thanks matey, I am very happy that all the machines (including your A3110) are in safe hands, the worst thing would gave been putting them on ebay and not being taken by collectors.

Paul
I am very glad you have the complete line up for the that logic computer range, and thanks for pictures they look great.

I was lucky to work in a place where i could take items and save them and pass them onto group members, nothing greaves me more than seeing good qaulity gear being trashed in the name of re-cycling (what a load of bollox that is), so over the years i saved quite a lot of laundry equipment etc so my time in the game achieved something.

So thanks to everyone again
Gary


Post# 635508 , Reply# 46   10/31/2012 at 15:34 (4,166 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        
'Achieved something'

you achieved lots and you are still in the game. You've got to keep your electrons in top notch fettle - you aren't out of the game - they will keep you well and truly in it!

Curse these dark evenings - dont make for good photographs - slimstar to the left and L5 to the right.

Paul


Post# 635518 , Reply# 47   10/31/2012 at 16:32 (4,166 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
In the Game

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Well Paul it is good to see the 3060/6042 in place, lovely machines, i am glad you took those.

However I cannot say the same for the chief Locust MAT, as he has taken most of my A3190/6142 spares the git! so if i need any i am now going to have to order them from Cardiff the Cad ;-) it taint decent i tell yerr *grin*, mind thank christ i hid the spare timer i have for the A3190 he he

Gary



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