Thread Number: 73457
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD - 11/26/17 Westinghouse FL |
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Post# 970016   11/26/2017 at 01:46 (2,341 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Today's picture is certainly a sure fire way to keep those [sarcasm]productive[/sarcasm] top vs front load arguments going...
Still interesting, Westinghouse certainly was wrong to have placed their bets on FL machines at the time, it took another 50 years for FL machines to become commonplace. Their description of agitator action was a little exaggerated because they forgot to mention how most TL machines turn the load over thus washing all the clothes not just the clothes on the center, although if you looked at a Norge of the era their criticism would seem correct except for poor results as CR claimed Norge a top performer. They also forgot to account for the rope making aspects when claiming gentleness. Then again, if you had to regularly deal with "two cups of dirty sand" they really were good performers! Does anyone know why Westinghouse chose the slant design? |
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Post# 970041 , Reply# 2   11/26/2017 at 07:18 (2,341 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 970100 , Reply# 4   11/26/2017 at 14:12 (2,340 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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When I was about 13, one of the "seasoned" old service guys in the shop told me the slant tub had something to do with patents that Bendix had. He was a real fan of Westinghouse even though at the time the store didn't carry it. Of course he was talking about machines he had serviced years ago. As I recall, he was also a real nut. |
Post# 970138 , Reply# 6   11/26/2017 at 18:24 (2,340 days old) by agiflow2 ()   |   | |
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She must have been pretty strong to be holding that porcelain coated steel wash tub the way she was. I would imagine they would have been fairly heavy. |
Post# 970141 , Reply# 7   11/26/2017 at 18:59 (2,340 days old) by johnrk (BP TX)   |   | |
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I thought the same thing when I saw it! Probably was suspended from a monofilament thread...that was used a lot back then. Today, of course, they'd just Photoshop it out. |
Post# 970150 , Reply# 9   11/26/2017 at 20:19 (2,340 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 970153 , Reply# 10   11/26/2017 at 20:28 (2,340 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 970158 , Reply# 11   11/26/2017 at 20:46 (2,340 days old) by johnrk (BP TX)   |   | |
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That's 'cause you're over there, and not here. And today, we've got an overdose of 'sophistication', when what we need is an extra dose of 'quality'. |
Post# 970196 , Reply# 14   11/27/2017 at 04:35 (2,340 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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I grew up driving slant Westys. Fixing them between 9 and 18yo. Once they got away from the gearbox, marvel of simplicity in design and maintenance.
Ours washed for 6 plus throwrugs, running might-nigh every day. In the lives of 2 machines only two things broke that were beyond a ~12yo (me) to fix: the infamous gearbox and the infamous boot.
Golden age of engineering, all that post-WW knowledgebase and gung-ho outlook, fully employed. Then the arabs came and they bought mercedes benzes. Wait, that's Airplane. Then those guys retired and WCI took over the world. Then Whirlpool did but they were accountants and middle managers not laundry people. |
Post# 970202 , Reply# 15   11/27/2017 at 06:13 (2,340 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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H-axis washers (with or without extraction)where wash drums are on an incline have existed commercial side of laundry industry for ages. They still do in various incarnations from several manufactures of industrial laundry equipment.
Pipe: Amount of incline has varied but main idea behind such a design was ease in loading and unloading the machine. Both the now defunct uber washers from Bosch and Miele had tubs with slight inclines (IIRC Miele's 4XXX was about eight degrees), and of course Maytag started it all up again with their Neptune front loaders with tubs that had a deeper incline. Hence upon their release the immediate panning by some critics comparing the new machines to the Westinghouse "Rope Makers" of old. This post was last edited 11/27/2017 at 08:32 |