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Post# 520241   5/24/2011 at 18:47 (4,692 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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found this on Youtube....and we know who it is.....he got it up and running.....
Holy freakin WOW!......can you see all the applications for all the variable speeds....from super slow handwash gentle.....to kick ass super duty for heavy denims........and that high speed spin....who needs a dryer? please check out all the vids as well....... what an excellent job....some of us may be in the market to have him build one for us.... CLICK HERE TO GO TO yogitunes's LINK |
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Post# 520246 , Reply# 1   5/24/2011 at 18:53 (4,692 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 520534 , Reply# 9   5/26/2011 at 02:14 (4,691 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 520545 , Reply# 11   5/26/2011 at 05:14 (4,690 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Good work Melvin, great to see inventiveness put too good use, how does it work?? is the box on the back a variable speed controller??
The Hotpoint toploaders over here have a gearbox transmission and whilst the washstroke was around 90 opm the spinner basket spun at 1050rpm, wasnt usually the gearboxes that packed up first just the water seals!!
Tom, yes as the spin speed war gathered pace here from the 80's many touted 11sec final spin at 1400rpm "To Fling The Final Bit Of Moisture Out Of The Clothes"...the same today, the Fagor washer dryer spinning at 1200 for 2 mins leaves more moisture in the clothes than the Servis Quartz from the 80's with a solid spin care drum spinning at 1000rpm..for a good 4+ mins |
Post# 520564 , Reply# 13   5/26/2011 at 06:49 (4,690 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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The answer is no because, water is easy to pass under the slotted blade which reduces drag, Try moving the Surgilator with a full tub of water by hand and then do the same thing with a DAA and notice the difference. If I'm correct, I think Sears made a few DAA for their 24" machine before the DD was put into production. That one should fit. |
Post# 520571 , Reply# 14   5/26/2011 at 07:26 (4,690 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 520573 , Reply# 15   5/26/2011 at 07:50 (4,690 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Very cool project Melvin I would give a A for your idea and for actually getting it to run. As for proper application of the motor and or the possibility that the washer will ever be useful to actually wash clothing for any period of time the project would get an F.
The dual-action agitators can successfully be installed in older BD washers, but the agitator style that he used is the least of the machines problems. The wash speed just needs to be set properly for the load and water level. The splined portion of the agitator is not designed to strip under severe load. In fact there is no part in any automatic washer design that I have ever seen that is designed to break to protect other parts of the machine if it is severely overloaded except the overload protector on the main motor. |
Post# 520587 , Reply# 16   5/26/2011 at 09:27 (4,690 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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A Dual-Action belt-drive agitator would fit perfectly in this machine, in fact when large capacity machines such as the innards of this 'new' blue machine were made in the mid 70s, WP was still using the standard surgilator in their Large caps. while KM was using the new DA, the Penta-Swirl, and the Penta-Vane.
There are misgivings in many people's minds about WP/KM agitators in standard and large capacity machines. Both capacities use the same transmission from late 1973 forward, and thus agitators are interchangeable between the capacities. The only visible difference is that the top of the agitator is much lower in the lid well of the machine than it is in the standard. The agitator from a 1986 large capacity machine will fit a 1966 standard Lady Kenmore, for example. It might look stupid, but it will fit. In fact, there were DAAs in all three capacities of belt-drives from the mid-70s forward. The base agitator was the same part, only the auger was different (shorter) on the standard and 24-inch models. As a rule, all agitators in belt-drives are essentially interchangeable, with the following exceptions: 1) Machines built 1963 or earlier which had the single groove agitator shaft that accomodate ONLY a drive block style agitator. Polypropylene splined agitators cannot be used in these machines unless the agitator shaft or entire transmission is swapped. 2) 1967 - 1973 18lb. Large capacity machines - These use an extra tall agitator shaft which require tall agitators which fit only these machines. These models are rare today, any of which are on my dream list. Standard agitators are about 3 or so inches shorter and don't fit flush to the bottom of the basket. Basically, these machines were built to the scale of the original standard capacity models where the agitator rose 6 or so inches above the water line and into the lid well. When the 1974 large capacity re-design was done, the agitators rise only an inch or two out of the water. Gordon |
Post# 520676 , Reply# 17   5/26/2011 at 18:25 (4,690 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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