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Post# 327139 1/27/2009 at 13:51 (5,565 days old) by fluiddriven (Australian Capital Territory)
Checkrate/Likes "...Great News" CLICK HERE TO GO TO fluiddriven's LINK on eBay

Post# 327153 , Reply# 1 1/27/2009 at 14:57 (5,565 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)
Checkrate/Likes I've never seen a lightburn twin tub....

Post# 327365 , Reply# 2 1/28/2009 at 13:52 (5,564 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Ron, I've got a couple, the earliest I have, which is from the 60's is in the link attached, I've got a later one that I parted out and also a Simpson variant that uses the same gearbox, but has an agitator instead of a paddle. They work ok, but it's easy to flood the spinner (Overflow shoots water all over the ground) and the paddle takes up a fair bit of room in the tub. The Link is to the pics of the 60's one, the Simpson version should be there if you flip through far enough. Go to Google videos and search for Brisnat81 and you should find the vids. CLICK HERE TO GO TO brisnat81's LINK

Post# 327375 , Reply# 3 1/28/2009 at 15:04 (5,564 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)
Checkrate/Likes *Fantastic!* Thanks Nate...I'll have a look

Post# 327393 , Reply# 4 1/28/2009 at 16:31 (5,564 days old) by wetguymd (Maryland)
Checkrate/Likes *WOW* How does the paddle work? Does it rotate back and forth? Would love to see one of those in person.

Post# 328658 , Reply# 5 2/4/2009 at 03:24 (5,558 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill Home of the RailwayTrials Merseyside,UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Two Speed Spinner* On the Gold model??? how does that work?? with a clutch or electronic motor control, these look simple yet sturdy machines, that spankulator paddle washer is something out of a sci-fi movie!!!

Post# 328806 , Reply# 6 2/4/2009 at 19:51 (5,557 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Mike, The gold one has no clutch, there is an micro switch on the spiner lid and you open and close the spinner lid to start and stop spinning and washing. This means there is no brake and the machine can take ages to wind down when its full. When I got it, the only thing wrong with it was this micro switch has fused into a big lump of burnt bakelite. A new switch and away it went. There is no seal of bearing between the sping shaft and out tub, so there is an overflow pipe that drains the water off onto the ground should it overfill. The pot metal pump has slowed down, so there have been a few times that its shot soapy water all over my feet when its running. The later machines have two clutches. The motor and pump runs as soon as you plug the power in and you have a mechanical control knob to engage the wash clutch. The spinner lid is connected to a cable that operates the mechanical clutch on the spinner, in one position it engages the drive, in the other it engages the brake. There was an semi automatic version that did washing and overflow rinsing in the wash tub. It'd wash for 5-10 minutes and then do another 5 minutes or so of overflow rinsing. It then stopped and you manually transferred everything to the spinner and then hung out.

Post# 328848 , Reply# 7 2/5/2009 at 06:06 (5,557 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)
Checkrate/Likes Although I no longer own one of these machines, I have owned one and repaired a few. There must have been a huge number of variants on the basic design, as I have never seen two exactly the same. 1. Single motor, directly under the spinner. it drives the spinner through a clutch which is operated by a cable from the spinner lid. (close lid to start spinning.) Belt drive off the spinner motor, around a couple of idler pulleys to change direction, then to the wash gearbox, and a second belt drive from there to the pump. 2. Twin motor, one for spinner and one for wash gearbox and pump. Spinner motor drives spinner directly (no clutch). Spinner has a brake drum with a leather belt around it. To spin - close lid. To brake - open lid, microswitch cuts power to spin motor, energizes brake solenoid, which pulls leather belt around brake drum. Brake is hopeless, drum still takes ages to slow down. This is the model I owned. 3. Twin motor - one for wash and pump, one for spin. Spinner has no brake and no hinged lid - just a cap like a saucepan lid. There is one lying in a collapsed shed near my house, I am chasing up who owns it so see if it can come home with me. 4. A Simpson badged version with an standard agitator instead of the paddle. 5. A Pulsator model with a big horizontal pulsator in the floor of the wash tub. These machines were promoted as being made from rustless fibreglass, that is true of the wash tub and top, but the outer spin can is made of galvanized sheet metal which is very prone to rust. The wash action of the paddle is fantastic. It can clean anything. (big claim!) I repaired one a few years ago for an elderly lady who bought hers new, on recommendation from a friend who worked on a sheep station. She said if it could clean their washing, it could do hers. When I fixed it, I repaired rust holes in the outer spin can (with fibreglass), she said it was the first time it had needed repair and it was about 25 to 30 years old then. Chris

Post# 328947 , Reply# 8 2/5/2009 at 17:29 (5,556 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)
Checkrate/Likes *5. A Pulsator model with a big horizontal pulsator in the fl* I never seen that version! I wonder when that one was made? I have seen paddle versions and the Simpson version, but that was when I was a kid. You NEVER see them these days, though you do see Hoover twin tubs around still. Shame we dont all have more pictures so we can archive the history of this unique machine.

Post# 329024 , Reply# 9 2/6/2009 at 05:45 (5,556 days old) by fluiddriven (Australian Capital Territory)
Checkrate/Likes *BrisNat's Videos* Hey Nathan, do you have any videos of your A38 Simpson? I would really like to see them if you do... Jon

Post# 329026 , Reply# 10 2/6/2009 at 06:12 (5,556 days old) by fluiddriven (Australian Capital Territory)
Checkrate/Likes *....and another thing!* and also your simpson twin tub...would love to see a vid of that too. Jon

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