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Thread Number: 43094
Bendix Washer For Sale or Barter |
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Post# 634027 10/24/2012 at 19:13 (4,200 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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| Post# 634037 , Reply# 1 10/24/2012 at 19:28 (4,200 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO) | ||
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This is the original Automatic washer. And if a little thing called World War II hadn't come along, there's a good chance we'd have all grown up with washers like this instead of the Top Loader washer that was created AFTER the war. | ||
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Post# 634052 , Reply# 2 10/24/2012 at 20:31 (4,200 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Going by the backgroud in that picture the property may have all sorts of vintage goodies stashed away.
Keep forgetting how large Long Island really is and that quite allot of it are "old" towns settled before or just after WWI or WWII. If traffic wasn't such a nightmare would consider hitting thrifts and or estate sales. | ||
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Post# 634053 , Reply# 3 10/24/2012 at 20:31 (4,200 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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At Nearly 50 Hits | ||
| Post# 634067 , Reply# 4 10/24/2012 at 22:00 (4,200 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
1945? | ||
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Post# 634093 , Reply# 5 10/24/2012 at 23:45 (4,200 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Post# 634097 , Reply# 6 10/25/2012 at 00:21 (4,200 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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This is a post-war model, the Bendix logo gives it away. I wonder if he has any documentation showing the exact date.
The first top-loading automatic was made by Blackstone, the model 50 introduced in 1940-41. Many companies had top loading automatics on the drawing boards and moany patented designs on file before the war, everything was shelved when war production conversion was mandated. | ||
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Post# 634099 , Reply# 7 10/25/2012 at 00:40 (4,200 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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For the archives.... | ||
| Post# 634101 , Reply# 8 10/25/2012 at 01:02 (4,200 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
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Yes | ||
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Post# 634291 , Reply# 10 10/25/2012 at 17:40 (4,199 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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When One Purchases A Grand Home | ||
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Post# 634299 , Reply# 12 10/25/2012 at 18:28 (4,199 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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200 RPMs
Is about equal the extraction power of a wringer/mangle, so considering the time period not much difference there. Only the Bendix made everything automated and one presumes a bit less tortuous on one's body and laundry.
Can only guess extraction power was limited by motors offered that would fit in a domestic washer. Would have to research to find out how fast commercial extractors found in laundries spun back then. | ||
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Post# 634307 , Reply# 13 10/25/2012 at 19:13 (4,199 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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I dont remember the name of them
But there were extractors in these neighborhood laundromats that THEY did your laundry in. I do remember that name was called "Snow White, Westinghouse Laundromats". They had these upright, bolted to the floor, extractors they put the wash in after coming out of the big line of Westinghouse Laundromats and then put the into the big gas dryers, then giving them nicely folded back to the customers. They were gone out of this area by the mid 60's when Maytag Highlander Centers and Norge Villages took over.
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Post# 634312 , Reply# 14 10/25/2012 at 19:58 (4,199 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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200 RPM Spin ? | ||
| Post# 634321 , Reply# 15 10/25/2012 at 21:30 (4,199 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass) | ||
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spin speed My 1949 bendix spins at about 300 rpm and does a passable job of extraction but another spin is often needed in a topload to really ring the clothes out.John you have the same bendix I have in your museum so I am surprised you dont already know this.I would love to hear all about your machine. | ||
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Post# 634432 , Reply# 16 10/26/2012 at 08:32 (4,199 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH) |
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Hard Mount.
I believe the spin speed was limited because the washer had no suspension. With the hard mount design, all of the G-Forces were transferred to the building. Too much, and things could REALLY start shaking and bouncing. If it was too much, the washer could eventually tear itself free from its mountings and go on one heck of a dance excursion.
Once the technology for a soft-mount machine was developed suitable for a residential / less-than-perfect installation, spin could increase. Also, the Bendix washers have small-diameter drums, so the G-forces are extra low. Dave | ||
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