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Thread Number: 28097
WO-65 oil and water bellows manufacturer |
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Post# 430147 , Reply# 1 4/20/2010 at 10:28 (5,111 days old) by thomasortega  (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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opps, I forgot the pictures... He sent me two pictures of random bellow models. 
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Post# 430148 , Reply# 2 4/20/2010 at 10:29 (5,111 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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pic 2 
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Post# 430154 , Reply# 4 4/20/2010 at 11:25 (5,111 days old) by BrianL (Saddle Brook, New Jersey) |
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I got that e-mail too | ||
| Post# 430158 , Reply# 5 4/20/2010 at 12:30 (5,111 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA) | ||
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I would at least try a set if I had a Unimatic... ...as eventually the NOS supply of these will dry up. It would be a shame to render these classics unusable for a set of bellows that are NLA. | ||
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Post# 430457 , Reply# 6 4/21/2010 at 20:55 (5,110 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I'll | ||
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Post# 430466 , Reply# 7 4/21/2010 at 22:34 (5,110 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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Guys... I still waiting for the measures... How many Unimatics we have here in the club? Hom many others will be found and saved by the members? I'm really optimistic about this bellows. If they work, we all could have an almost infinite and cheap stock of those bellows, even if they don't last as long as the original rubber ones. | ||
| Post# 431723 , Reply# 10 4/28/2010 at 12:37 (5,103 days old) by fltcoils (South Bend, Indiana) | ||
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models and dwgs sent Thomas, I've emailed you the model and drawing I have in various formats. given time I'd be able to check it more closely, but for now this is what I've got. Anyone else interested let me know, I'll fwd the email to you -or I can upload them to a holding bin at Roberts if he likes. | ||
| Post# 431868 , Reply# 11 4/29/2010 at 09:28 (5,102 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Hope this works out
When we're all comfortable with our Frigi's working just fine, we can get forget that now matter how perfect the machine, one tear in the bellows renders it useless. I don't have a spare bellows, and don't know how many Mark Michaels has left, but sooner or later.....hate to think about it.
What I'd like to learn is, since the 1-18 has a perforated tub, what difference does a torn bellows make. For new members, once a tear or hole open is the bellows of a solid tub Frigidaire, the water escapes to the outer tub and gets pumped out immediatedly. We're lucky to have some members working in this. I hope you guys keep abreast of the situation. | ||
| Post# 431889 , Reply# 12 4/29/2010 at 11:59 (5,102 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
from what i see
having torn apart a 1-18 recently and working on rollermatics
frequently if a water bellows tears on solid tub rollermatic the water escapes immediately. the inner oil bellows does not get immersed in water unless there is a complete failure of the water bellows. like you said the water runs out into the outer tub area and is pumped out. so as long as the inner oil belows is good no water gets into the mechanism or bearings. on the 1-18 since it is perforated tub style machine all water in the tub stays in the tub until the drain/spin phase when the motor reverses and the pump drains it out. so if a water bellows leaks it would immerse the oil bellows in water. if there were a small tear in the oil bellows as well it would leak into the mechanism. at least i see that happening, correct me if i'm wrong here! i have been told that some later model 1-18's didn't even use the inner oil bellows which surprises me as i would think it would be more imnportant to use an oil bellows on a 1-18 due to it's perfoarated tub style. the one i tore down last summer had an oil bellows on it. it was leaking around the tub seal, not the bellows. both bellows look great! i did find a tub seal on "parts select" for the 1-18 and they told me they were getting more. when i first started collecting my rollermatics i was worried about water bellows leakage. but i have taken apart 3 of the 6 machines i have and the water bellows are fine even after 45 years! on the one machine that is operational i am very very careful to search pockets etc to make sure i don't load anything into the tub that could tear the bellows like a pin or nail etc. i know bellows for the 1-18 were still available on "parts select" as of last fall. i bought one. and "dave's repair' had some as well as rollermatic bellows. and we can't forget good old mark michaels! as of a week ago he still had about 10 water and oil bellows for rollermatics. | ||
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