Thread Number: 23546
Maytag or Blackstone-1950s |
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Post# 366767   7/24/2009 at 20:53 (5,361 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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OK dudes and dudesses, which is better built, 1950s Tags or Blackstones in your opinion? |
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Post# 366777 , Reply# 1   7/24/2009 at 21:18 (5,361 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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The Blackstone will wash rings around the Maytag. |
Post# 366884 , Reply# 2   7/25/2009 at 13:27 (5,360 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH)   |   | |
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Check out the Counsumer Reports articles. In short, Blackstone went from being among the best, to relaitvely mediocre by the end of the decade. From about 1954 on, Maytag was pretty much consistant, maintaining status as among the best overall. |
Post# 366899 , Reply# 3   7/25/2009 at 13:59 (5,360 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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But do we usually trust CR? |
Post# 366910 , Reply# 5   7/25/2009 at 14:23 (5,360 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 366987 , Reply# 7   7/25/2009 at 19:59 (5,360 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 367010 , Reply# 8   7/25/2009 at 20:59 (5,360 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 367019 , Reply# 9   7/25/2009 at 22:11 (5,360 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()   |   | |
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I so wish I had a Blackstone model 350!!!!! |
Post# 367060 , Reply# 10   7/26/2009 at 04:43 (5,360 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH)   |   | |
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Like I had said once before, my grandmother once owned a Blackstone 150. She had it for about 12-13 years. She replaced it with a Norge. Barely 10 years later, she got a Maytag A-606. It was still up and running, when she sold her house 21 years later. |
Post# 367110 , Reply# 12   7/26/2009 at 10:13 (5,359 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Post# 367126 , Reply# 13   7/26/2009 at 11:45 (5,359 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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That literature looks kewl Fred. Could you post its contents? Thanks alot. I've never seen a Blackstone in person. |
Post# 367277 , Reply# 14   7/26/2009 at 17:34 (5,359 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Post# 367278 , Reply# 15   7/26/2009 at 17:39 (5,359 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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More than a year ago, I posted a series of photos of me rebuilding a 350, for shipment to Ben. This is one of my favorites--entitled Feet on Disk, appropriately enough. This is the disk that the inner stainless tub rests on during agitation. During draining and spinning, the tub gets lifted up from this disk. The disk has to be at the correct position on the transmission post, and the best way to set this is to climb into the outer tub and stand on the disk, then tighten the set screw. Customers always loved watching this repair. |
Post# 367297 , Reply# 16   7/26/2009 at 18:13 (5,359 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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Great stuff Fred. Hope there's more. Thanks again |