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Post# 112364   2/27/2006 at 13:50 (6,604 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 112366 , Reply# 1   2/27/2006 at 13:52 (6,604 days old) by tlee618 ()   |   | |
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Nate, I have met your wonderful Mom and I am sure that she taught you that it isn't nice to tease!!!! Terry |
Post# 112404 , Reply# 2   2/27/2006 at 17:39 (6,604 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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I know what the 1980 machine is (I think) but I'm not saying anything!! ;-) |
Post# 112448 , Reply# 3   2/27/2006 at 20:02 (6,604 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 112700 , Reply# 4   3/1/2006 at 14:25 (6,602 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 112756 , Reply# 5   3/1/2006 at 17:49 (6,602 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 112795 , Reply# 6   3/1/2006 at 21:30 (6,602 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )   |   | |
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Post# 112828 , Reply# 7   3/2/2006 at 00:02 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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Here come the pics. First, what has a checkmark and a B? |
Post# 112829 , Reply# 8   3/2/2006 at 00:03 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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Filling... |
Post# 112830 , Reply# 9   3/2/2006 at 00:04 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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Washing... |
Post# 112831 , Reply# 10   3/2/2006 at 00:06 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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The drain...the spin! |
Post# 112832 , Reply# 11   3/2/2006 at 00:07 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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I think that's veil number five... ...and then the HIGH-VELOCITY stream of water flushes all that lint and scum away in the overflow rinse... |
Post# 112834 , Reply# 12   3/2/2006 at 00:09 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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Who needs electrical timers, anyhow? |
Post# 112835 , Reply# 13   3/2/2006 at 00:10 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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And then there's Nate's machine, destined to stand next to it's GM brother. (Frigidaire lovers, you may now take to your beds!) |
Post# 112836 , Reply# 14   3/2/2006 at 00:11 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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...complete with patented Splash-a-lation agitation! The agitator acts as a pump, and water is pulled down through the "cones" and pumped out by fins on the underside. Does it work? Not really. But isn't it great? |
Post# 112837 , Reply# 15   3/2/2006 at 00:13 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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Splashy! Note the Westinghouse--not Franklin-ized--design. Metal tubs and porcelain top--WCI must have been asleep that day, because there was actual quality in this machine (to an extent :-) )... |
Post# 112838 , Reply# 16   3/2/2006 at 00:15 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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And now I know I've died and gone to Heaven, because... (the sixth veil drops) |
Post# 112839 , Reply# 17   3/2/2006 at 00:16 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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Ta-da! |
Post# 112840 , Reply# 18   3/2/2006 at 00:17 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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By the way, if you ever simply remove the fins from your Frigidaire... |
Post# 112841 , Reply# 19   3/2/2006 at 00:19 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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...you get a free Hotpoint Silhouette! *chuckle* :-D |
Post# 112842 , Reply# 20   3/2/2006 at 00:20 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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So there you go, boys... All seven veils are now officially on the floor :-P |
Post# 112843 , Reply# 21   3/2/2006 at 00:21 (6,601 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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...courtesy of Roger and Nate :-D |
Post# 112852 , Reply# 22   3/2/2006 at 04:24 (6,601 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 112878 , Reply# 23   3/2/2006 at 07:49 (6,601 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Congratulations on your Blackstone! What a year for Blackstone. I can't quite see but is your tub Stainless? I have not seen a Blackstone 350 with a white top before. Nice machine! And Congratulations on your WO-65, now your clothes will be really dry! Isn't it amazing how sturdy those Blackstone's are?? I heard a 1/2 hour clean up and you were ready to go! Be sure to fill the oil reservoir up on the drain pump,you don't want to lock up the belt on those westinghouse motors they don't like that! They tend to burn out easily. I had to completely disassemble mine and build it up again to get it to work. It was a heavy use machine. But they are SOO quiet aren't they? And I am always looking for aluminum marks on my whites from that agitator but have yet to find any! Why is that when you can take an aluminum pot and write your name with it on paper,yet an aluminum agitator leaves no marks on sheets?? have a blackstone ball! jon |
Post# 112880 , Reply# 24   3/2/2006 at 08:05 (6,601 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Thanks for the pics Roger, that WO-65-2 looks beautiful - the tub just shines! You'll have so much fun with it, with that Rapidry spin, you can toss out all your dryers and make room for more washers. Clothes will dry on the line faster than in a machine in that dry, Arizona heat! The Blackstone is beautiful, I can't believe it worked so well right out of the box! Nate, that Frigidaire is really great, what do you think of it's performance? The agitation looks like it would be a lot gentler with the center fins removed and full tub of water. On slow speed, none of your veils will get even the slightest snag! Have fun guys - they are all great machines! |
Post# 112882 , Reply# 25   3/2/2006 at 08:48 (6,601 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 112887 , Reply# 26   3/2/2006 at 09:14 (6,601 days old) by tlee618 ()   |   | |
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Thanks so much for the great pictures Roger, and Congratulations to all you guys on the GREAT Finds. Seems like 2006 is going to be fantastic year! Can't wait to see the machines in person. Terry |
Post# 112891 , Reply# 27   3/2/2006 at 09:26 (6,601 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Help me up, I just passed out! I just love that Frigidaire/Westinghouse agitator. One of my tenant years ago had the the White Westinghouse with that same agitator and I wondered what those vents did at the bottom of the base and it just more for show than catching lint....... Thanks for helping me up and the show and tell!!! |
Post# 112902 , Reply# 28   3/2/2006 at 12:29 (6,601 days old) by bethann (Indianapolis)   |   | |
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Congrads on the new babies! Their just beautiful! Roger: Please don't let Ross near the WO-65! Or at least don't let him touch the dial! LOL! |
Post# 112905 , Reply# 29   3/2/2006 at 13:10 (6,601 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 112923 , Reply# 30   3/2/2006 at 15:51 (6,601 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Thanks, everyone! Yes, thanks to a fun late night, all the veils are washed and folded neatly :-). Roger's Blackstone is just insanely fun. The Designer-Impostor 1-18 had a nearly severe rust issue due to a teensy-tiny leak out of the fill flume (it's shaped rather like a large plastic kazoo, and if the hole at one end where the water comes it limes up, it pees water all inside the machine. It rusted the left-side bottom, and would have eventually popped one of the tub supports off had it not been caught and corrected, thanks to Roger's extensive expertise and spare-parts stash :-) To that end as well, the water valve had to be replaced--no cold water means no spray rinses, and that's icky. Greg, the agitation is somewhere between the Westinghouse-ramped design for speed and the typical angel-winged WCI-Kelvinator for splashiness and turnover. I think the Franklin machines (with the good agitator) turned over better, but it's very splashy and tends to drag the clothes all over the place, kind of like a Norge. It's too much fun, and is so quiet. It, like the WCI-Kelvinator, also holds a lot of clothes. I like the lint filter better, though. Plus, the machine backflushes the lint filter when it spins, ridding the recirculation system of sudsy water. The WCI-Kelvy loved to barf soapy water (and a LOT of it) right into the rinse water as the rinse began (since it held a lot of water in the recirc system), and it made using fabric softener in that machine an almost impossible proposition (instant goo!). The Fake Frigidaire without the fins is great if you keep the load ultra light. It still turns over well, although the drama is almost nil :-) It is lovely and gentle, though. Larry, that's interesting...I wondered if it was really supposed to be a lint filtration system. It would probably work pretty well, but the holes are gigantic, and you could drive a truck through them, so they don't tend to hold much lint after an average washload. The design of the machine is interesting; it has nice porcelain and steel tubs, and everything looks and feels substantial. Of course, WCI touches are everywhere--stainless-steel hinges but not screws; a cinder-block strapped to the tub as a counterweight; tape used as a fastener (where does tape EVER belong in a washer??). But overall, it's de-lovely. Thank you all so much; I'm glad you enjoy the pics :-) I feel immodest but saucy without the veils ;-) --Nate |
Post# 112937 , Reply# 31   3/2/2006 at 17:46 (6,601 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 112939 , Reply# 32   3/2/2006 at 18:23 (6,601 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 112942 , Reply# 33   3/2/2006 at 18:38 (6,601 days old) by westyslantfront ()   |   | |
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Hi Larry...I have a White Westinghouse top loader similar to Nate' Frigidaire.....Ross |
Post# 112944 , Reply# 34   3/2/2006 at 19:09 (6,601 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 112951 , Reply# 35   3/2/2006 at 20:11 (6,601 days old) by southernmdgeguy ()   |   | |
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You all are going to have a great time! First Blackstone I have ever seen. Scott |
Post# 112987 , Reply# 37   3/2/2006 at 22:17 (6,601 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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I just love the Blackstone. I always wanted to see one of these babies in action. Is it true that the tub or the adj actually lifts up when the washer goes into drain mode? As for the Fake Frigidaire this one looks like the first fake produced as I remember (what a sad day) It was early in 1981 when these came out not 1980. They started to produce the plastic tubs in 1983. I never realized that part of the adj was removeable. It took them to long to get rid of the GM look. They should have made them look completly different from the start so maybe it wouldn't have been as much of an insult. Peter |
Post# 113237 , Reply# 39   3/3/2006 at 23:44 (6,600 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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:-D Thank you both so much, Jon and Robert! Bob--LOL!! ;-) Is it cold in here, or is it just me? Austin, YES, you're absolutely right. In fact, outside of the same place in Phoenix where the Faux-1-18 was found was a Montgomery Wards machine with the same agitator--but MISSING the fins! (Can you imagine the poor soul who ends up with that machine? They'll be doing six-pound loads forevermore!) Apparently the MW machines--at least sometimes--had the agitator in black, too. I thought it was odd because I always equated Norge with Monkey Wards things. You never know, I guess! If you like the WCI 1-18, you'll love Ross' Westinghouse top-loader. The ramped agitator really has a different wash action altogether. It's less splashy, but really moves those clothes. It also has a few other fun quirks that the WCI 1-18 doesn't, but I'll let Ross demonstrate those when you're here :-D --Nate |
Post# 113581 , Reply# 41   3/5/2006 at 21:41 (6,598 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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Post# 113739 , Reply# 42   3/6/2006 at 18:52 (6,597 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Ross' Westinghouse has a much more awesome agitator on it than the Faux-18--it has the blue ramped agitator that really moves some clothes. Laundryboy--We'll post pics of the little Bradford twinnie (which may be a Panasonic--we wouldn't be surprised) after the wash-in; we're not ignoring you--promise. --Nate |
Post# 114572 , Reply# 44   3/11/2006 at 08:49 (6,592 days old) by westyslantfront ()   |   | |
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hi austin.....sorry but my white westinghouse only has the one agitator......ross |
Post# 114654 , Reply# 45   3/11/2006 at 23:27 (6,592 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Although I was shocked and horrified when the 1980 1-18's came to the Frigidaire dealership in my town, it's kind of cool to see them again. I had an '86 Frigidaire but didn't like the agitator design and the transmission when south after only about a year. I like the agitator on yours much better. And a Blackstone and a Unimatic.... I'm green with envy. Congrats on all your excellent finds! |