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Thread Number: 61043
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Felix is doing his first loads after 62 years of sitting! |
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Post# 836643 8/14/2015 at 16:13 (3,167 days old) by Jetcone  (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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 Felix came out of his original house, I am the 3rd owner. The original owner bought Felix for his wife in 1939. He ran till 1952 when he was taken back to Bendix to be rebuilt. In the meantime the man bought his wife a new W/D set so Felix was installed back on his concrete pedestal but was not used again. You can see Bendix gave him a whole new set of clutch plates. When new a Bendix should hop into high speed with an empty tub, and slow down as the water fills. Then as the water drains hop back up again before spin speed, to help balance the wet clothes for spin. This feature is in the original patent 1936 but all the machines we've seen have long since got clutch wear and no longer have this feature. I came across him at his Valley Stream home on Long Island just before he was about to be pitched!!
He is quiet ! Quietest bendix I've ever heard ! He is one of the very first auto-washers in the world and is the rare Utility Model, has no timer, no water valve, works very similar to the wringers of the day.
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Post# 836649 , Reply# 1 8/14/2015 at 16:25 (3,167 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Finding Day
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Post# 836657 , Reply# 2 8/14/2015 at 17:02 (3,167 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Awesome machine Jon!! Amazingly clean for all those years. Did you do much cleaning/polishing or any other restoration?
The dissolve at 0:59 in your video really gave me vertigo. I was finally getting used to the vertical format (say no to vertical format video!) then you transition into a horizontal, but the Downy bottle in the background is sideways!! Stripped a gear in my brain for a second. | ||
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Post# 836662 , Reply# 3 8/14/2015 at 17:27 (3,167 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Now you've done it! | ||
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Post# 836666 , Reply# 4 8/14/2015 at 17:34 (3,167 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 836700 , Reply# 5 8/14/2015 at 21:54 (3,167 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Didn't you ever rinse the detergent off the strainer in the soap hole? | ||
| Post# 836719 , Reply# 6 8/15/2015 at 01:17 (3,166 days old) by mjg0619 (Scranton, Pennsylvania) | ||
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| Post# 836725 , Reply# 7 8/15/2015 at 03:01 (3,166 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
Oh Yes | ||
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Post# 836729 , Reply# 8 8/15/2015 at 04:43 (3,166 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Bendixxii | ||
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Post# 836731 , Reply# 9 8/15/2015 at 05:33 (3,166 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Haha Yes Tom I did brush the soap in on the next load. LOL !!
Gary, I think I have just the bag on wheels !!
Mike it is bolted to the floor, the cage is bolted then the machine to the cage. I don't like to stoop doing laundry and it mimics the original concrete block they used to use too.
It does a nice job because I can get a 20 min wash out of him, spin between all rinses, rinse/drain and rinse in any temperature and level fill I choose. SO- Flexible is Felix!
Good idea Launderess, I'll have to record that theme and insert it. Felix was Mom's favorite Cartoon Character. | ||
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Post# 836732 , Reply# 10 8/15/2015 at 05:35 (3,166 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC) |
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Thanks for sharing . . . . . . a great machine. I had never seen one quite like that. I have a baby Bendix that was first installed in 1944. Works just fine. But, Oh Lord, deliver me from hanging out those wet clothes after the final spin. Bunches of water left in there. You've got a beauty there. Jerry Gay | ||
| Post# 836734 , Reply# 11 8/15/2015 at 05:59 (3,166 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 836738 , Reply# 12 8/15/2015 at 06:46 (3,166 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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LOL | ||
| Post# 836836 , Reply# 13 8/15/2015 at 21:13 (3,166 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
it is bolted to the floor | ||
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Post# 836889 , Reply# 14 8/16/2015 at 07:04 (3,165 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Yes Phil | ||
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Post# 836939 , Reply# 15 8/16/2015 at 15:11 (3,165 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 837025 , Reply# 17 8/17/2015 at 05:52 (3,164 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Yes I do, | ||
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Post# 837059 , Reply# 18 8/17/2015 at 13:47 (3,164 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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John asked me a certain question today about firsts I had to go back and find the very first automatic washer patent - which was filed by Msrs Chamberlain & Bassett for Bendix Home Laundry.
It was filed 1938! I had 1937 in my head all these years ! That means Felix was made in the first year of production - not the second !! HOLLA!
And he was #650 off the line too !
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Post# 837127 , Reply# 19 8/17/2015 at 21:06 (3,164 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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we are of a certain age- and Proud of it !! | ||
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Post# 837133 , Reply# 20 8/17/2015 at 21:52 (3,164 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Oh Launderess ! | ||
| Post# 837161 , Reply# 21 8/18/2015 at 05:19 (3,163 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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So then m'lady, | ||
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