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Post# 503852   3/13/2011 at 14:49 (4,763 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 503853 , Reply# 1   3/13/2011 at 14:53 (4,763 days old) by perc-o-prince (Southboro, Mass)   |   | |
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Magic mirror tell us today. Did all our friends have fun at play? I dunno...I got nuttin! Rich |
Post# 503854 , Reply# 2   3/13/2011 at 14:54 (4,763 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 503855 , Reply# 3   3/13/2011 at 15:01 (4,763 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 503856 , Reply# 4   3/13/2011 at 15:01 (4,763 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Post# 503860 , Reply# 5   3/13/2011 at 15:12 (4,763 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 503862 , Reply# 6   3/13/2011 at 15:19 (4,763 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 503869 , Reply# 7   3/13/2011 at 17:13 (4,763 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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You guys who said the Rubber Tub Bendix Economat are correct. Some might remember this recent thread "Taking apart a Bendix Economat". The machine is all done and washing again but there was one little issue, we've never been able to see the vacuum suction extract cycle. You know how I like to break forbidden to see cycles after all, so I took the extra lid dome from the parts machine and cut out the bottom, I installed 1/4" Plexiglas. To my surprise 1/4" Plexiglas works, but really isn't strong enough, it holds, but the pressure it starts to suck the glass down from the center so I had to put a pipe down the center of the agitator so the glass has some support during the suction.
Here is the home made viewer... |
Post# 503870 , Reply# 8   3/13/2011 at 17:13 (4,763 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 503872 , Reply# 9   3/13/2011 at 17:28 (4,763 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 503875 , Reply# 10   3/13/2011 at 17:40 (4,763 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 503880 , Reply# 11   3/13/2011 at 18:01 (4,763 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Nice one Robert....great to see it in action under the cover!!! I assume the clothes are still very wet?? I wonder how much more the Unimatic would get them dryer...
Does the rubber tub go back completely to its smooth sides after the extract and when the lid is opened or only when its next filled with water?? cheers, Mike |
Post# 503882 , Reply# 12   3/13/2011 at 18:03 (4,763 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 503889 , Reply# 13   3/13/2011 at 18:20 (4,763 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 503893 , Reply# 14   3/13/2011 at 18:41 (4,763 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Post# 503897 , Reply# 16   3/13/2011 at 18:55 (4,763 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 503909 , Reply# 17   3/13/2011 at 19:44 (4,763 days old) by washernoob ()   |   | |
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Oh my! Finally got to get the video to load. Youtube seems to be sucking for me at the moment. What a bizarre and fascinating machine. The tub is just killing me. Never seen anything like that. |
Post# 503911 , Reply# 18   3/13/2011 at 19:53 (4,763 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 503918 , Reply# 19   3/13/2011 at 20:23 (4,763 days old) by A440 ()   |   | |
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Very cool Robert! |
Post# 503929 , Reply# 20   3/13/2011 at 21:07 (4,763 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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It reminded me of a coiled boa constrictor squeezing its prey, and just as quietly.
Robert this is way over the top. Impressive that the suction is so great the it pulls the plexiglass down. You did a lot of work and made dreams come true for many people. Thank you. Please raise my donation fee to fifty dollars.
A long time ago, I told you about Mrs. Clark, my Aunts Mickey and Margaret's neighbor who never let anyone in her house which was pure torture for me as she told me the story of her washer from the alley window, a washer that squeezes the clothes. (I don't need to tell anyone here why this lady and I were talking about washers, or who brought it up.)
No, I said you mean wring, a washer can only wring or spin, not squeeze. "No, it squeezes them," she insisted. HOW HOW HOW, I pleaded. I understand now that she really didn't know.
"It just does, it squeeeeezes them." All these decades since I was 7 or 8 years old, I have waited to see the squeezing, and now you've done it . I am flabbergasted and in awe of finally seeing the BENDIX BOA.
A thousand thank you's If there is anything I can ever do for you, please ask! |
Post# 503936 , Reply# 21   3/13/2011 at 21:38 (4,763 days old) by perc-o-prince (Southboro, Mass)   |   | |
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Ab-FAB!! Your work paid off big time :-) Enjoy!!!! Rich |
Post# 503938 , Reply# 22   3/13/2011 at 22:42 (4,763 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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I assume the clothes are still very wet?? Does the rubber tub go back completely to its smooth sides after the extract and when the lid is opened or only when its next filled with water??
As for a agitation cycle film, I'll get to that next week when I can. |
Post# 503939 , Reply# 23   3/13/2011 at 22:49 (4,763 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 503941 , Reply# 24   3/13/2011 at 23:44 (4,763 days old) by A440 ()   |   | |
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Thanks for the answers. Brent |
Post# 503945 , Reply# 25   3/14/2011 at 00:18 (4,763 days old) by westingman123 ()   |   | |
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Wow. |
Post# 503948 , Reply# 26   3/14/2011 at 00:33 (4,763 days old) by autowasherfreak ()   |   | |
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WOW, that is really different. Thanks for sharing. I would love to have a window on my KitchenAid Custom 21, but then I wouldn't get any other work done.
PS: Love the vacuums!!!!!!
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Post# 503950 , Reply# 27   3/14/2011 at 01:16 (4,763 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 503956 , Reply# 28   3/14/2011 at 02:19 (4,763 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)   |   | |
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Post# 503964 , Reply# 30   3/14/2011 at 06:23 (4,763 days old) by kenmore700bill (Lodi NJ)   |   | |
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Post# 503969 , Reply# 31   3/14/2011 at 06:58 (4,763 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 503970 , Reply# 32   3/14/2011 at 07:15 (4,762 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 503974 , Reply# 33   3/14/2011 at 08:04 (4,762 days old) by steve1-18 (Grovetown (Augusta), GA)   |   | |
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How exciting! Super job! Thanks Robert! |
Post# 503988 , Reply# 34   3/14/2011 at 09:42 (4,762 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 503991 , Reply# 35   3/14/2011 at 10:18 (4,762 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 504005 , Reply# 36   3/14/2011 at 11:54 (4,762 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 504013 , Reply# 37   3/14/2011 at 12:26 (4,762 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I didn't ~ YAY .
If I may, EDDIE, did you ever wash by hand? Squeezing is exactly what you do to big things, before twisting them. Gram and me before she got her Pulsamatic-- we did it many Mondays when I was a pre-schooler. Warmest fondest memories. Thanks. She sent most stuff out to a laundry, and would give a very rare correction when I deliberately splashed water on the floor. Always the need for water drama. I adored her.
Cool how the finished load, instead of being pressed against tub ribs, is the complete inverse, pressed against agitator vanes. A true "One and Only."
EDIT: DOI...off on a tangent, ME not Eddie---So you hold the piece between your hands and slowly press them together, just like the tub does. Someone made the paradigm-shifting leap from watching what hands do, to a washtub doing the same thing, and that, of course, is pure genius, and the engineering behind it, brilliant. We should find out who thought of this, locate a photo and make a fun Aworg icon to remember him. This post was last edited 03/14/2011 at 15:42 |
Post# 504030 , Reply# 38   3/14/2011 at 13:21 (4,762 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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Post# 504038 , Reply# 40   3/14/2011 at 14:13 (4,762 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 504040 , Reply# 41   3/14/2011 at 14:14 (4,762 days old) by dj-gabriele ()   |   | |
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That's an impressive job you've done! I guess not even the original designers looked at the machine the way you did! |
Post# 504042 , Reply# 42   3/14/2011 at 14:21 (4,762 days old) by wireman (Lansing, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 504048 , Reply# 44   3/14/2011 at 14:52 (4,762 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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I have waited 60 years to see the Economat extraction. I am old enough to have used the Economat in the early 1950's, and it was always an interesting machine. Thank you for sharing that wonderful video. I simply couldn't get over it. Jerry Gay |
Post# 504077 , Reply# 45   3/14/2011 at 16:45 (4,762 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 504086 , Reply# 46   3/14/2011 at 17:05 (4,762 days old) by richardc1983 (Leeds, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 504088 , Reply# 47   3/14/2011 at 17:13 (4,762 days old) by best-cleaning ()   |   | |
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We had this washer here in Brazil. I never could imagine I see the vacuum in action. Thank you very much for posting this! |
Post# 504170 , Reply# 48   3/14/2011 at 21:21 (4,762 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Do you know the specific purpose of the U shaped rear of center port like slot gizmo? Darrel that is the pressure relief value under there, it allows air pressure to escape during the rinse fills so the tub can expand.
What I meant was who was the engineer that put together this concept into a mechanical marvel. Squeezing clothes was not a new idea when Bendix produced it, fifteen years earlier there was a twin tub washer made by a company called "National Watermatic". Here is the way the May 1937 issue of consumer reports described it...
Didn't you have one of these at the very first wash in in 2001? Yup actually its the same machine Terry as we all used in 2001. Scott, Gary and I found it at the estate sales not long before the convention. I found a couple of pictures of rubber tub fun from that convention... |
Post# 504171 , Reply# 49   3/14/2011 at 21:21 (4,762 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 504248 , Reply# 50   3/15/2011 at 11:36 (4,761 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 504279 , Reply# 51   3/15/2011 at 13:25 (4,761 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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I found a bit more information on the National Watermatic Machine, this is from the Feburary 1937 Consumers Digest Magazine. I thought I'd post it in here because it is interesting and good to have in the archives...
"The mechanical operation of the National Watermatic differs from the conventional type in that the agitator runs continually in one direction instead of back and forth. This action, together with that of the baffles, causes considerable agitation of the water in the tub, whirling it up around the outside of the tub and down at the center of the tub, somewhat in whirlpool fashion. The dryer of this machine consists of a deep pot or container, lined inside with a heavy rubber sack fastened at the top by means of a substantial clamp ring. A heavy cast aluminum lid with bayonet catches closes the dryer after the wet clothes have been put in place, and is locked by slightly rotating the lid. Water from the mains is then turned into the container under the sack, pushing the sack and its load of wet clothes up against the lid. The pressure of the water applied, often 50 pounds per square inch or more, squeezes the water out of the clothes, water running out from under the edge of the lid onto the drain board, where it can be directed back into the machine or into laundry tubs, as desired. This type of dryer is mechanically well designed, quiet and effective, and requires little or no care in placing wet clothes in the dryer. But it does require, for satisfactory operation, a water pressure of at least 30 pounds per square inch, and it is to be noted that one should satisfy oneself in advance that such pressure is in fact available in one's household at all times of day when the washing machine may be required, since there are often large variations in water pressure from city pump reservoir systems, depending upon the amount of water which is being drawn from the mains. |
Post# 504304 , Reply# 52   3/15/2011 at 15:50 (4,761 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Too bad time machines aren't ready yet, so he could go grab us one.
Robert, I'm on my third reading of this sacred text during afternoon tea. What a wonderful surprise. This is fabulous. Almost every sentence sends the mind reeling into washer meditation. Wouldn't it be something to see the cyclonic whirlpool agitation! And the Aspirator--gotta have one.
With our luck, one of these will show up some day.
Thank you so very much for such inspiring generosity. Imagine how many hearts you have lifted up today.
With giant water pressure hugs,
Mike |