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Thread Number: 39386
Popular Science July 1947: How to Choose a Washer |
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| Post# 583604 3/19/2012 at 15:53 (4,412 days old) by in2itdood () | ||
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Hmmm ... some how I posted this in Deluxe! ... sorry about that! Part 1 
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| Post# 583607 , Reply# 1 3/19/2012 at 15:55 (4,412 days old) by in2itdood () | ||
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Part 2 Part 2: Nice early GE Automatic! 
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| Post# 583609 , Reply# 2 3/19/2012 at 15:55 (4,412 days old) by in2itdood () | ||
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Part 3 Part 3 
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| Post# 583610 , Reply# 3 3/19/2012 at 15:56 (4,412 days old) by in2itdood () | ||
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Part 4 Part 4 
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| Post# 583616 , Reply# 4 3/19/2012 at 15:58 (4,412 days old) by in2itdood () | ||
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hmmmm Someone must have moved this from deluxe pretty fast ... oops | ||
| Post# 583646 , Reply# 5 3/19/2012 at 16:20 (4,412 days old) by moparguy (Virginia) | ||
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Wow, pretty cool, what a time warp! Thanks for posting. And now I'll keep this in mind when I go shopping... I wouldn't want to hazard my hands in a wringer merely to save that $100 on the initial purchase price! | ||
| Post# 583723 , Reply# 6 3/19/2012 at 19:53 (4,412 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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THANK YOU for this fascinating scan! Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
Post# 583756 , Reply# 7 3/19/2012 at 21:32 (4,412 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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IIRC This Was Posted Before | ||
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Post# 583758 , Reply# 8 3/19/2012 at 21:33 (4,412 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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And I was right, of course | ||
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Post# 583768 , Reply# 9 3/19/2012 at 22:49 (4,412 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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From the photo on the first page it would appear that the most important step is to dress up in one's Sunday best, and don't forget a trip to the milliner for a proper hat. | ||
| Post# 583798 , Reply# 10 3/20/2012 at 00:23 (4,412 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 583865 , Reply# 12 3/20/2012 at 08:58 (4,412 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Neat post | ||
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Post# 583891 , Reply# 13 3/20/2012 at 11:17 (4,411 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Post# 583936 , Reply# 14 3/20/2012 at 14:08 (4,411 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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There Are Mainly Two Types Of Washing Machines
Shift of water or shifting of laundry.
That is one machine moves the water (automatically drains,fills and perhaps extracts), the other one must remove the wash for each step. According to my vintage 1920's through 1940's commerical and domestic laundry manuals it is vastly better to have the former than latter. Indeed most give the advice that once a housewive/laundress understands/experiences having the machine do most of the work she will "insist" on washers with pumps and so forth. While many of us today wax and wane about doing laundry in wringer washing machines they can be dangerous, and semi-automatic washing machines require the user to be more interactive thus her or his time cannot be used elsewhere. While an automatic may take longer to complete cycles one is free to do use one time elsewhere. This is probably one of the main reasons that as time went on semi-automatic washing machine sales declined versus automatics. As for water use, as more and more homes became fitted with not only central heating but a steady supply of hot water (something mentioned above) the reuse of boiling/hot wash water became less of an issue. Washing machine makers were also quick to point out how "unsanitary" reusing of wash/rinse water was and one began to see claims about how laundry was cleaned with "fresh....." water. | ||
| Post# 583976 , Reply# 15 3/20/2012 at 15:50 (4,411 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
what a fun article | ||
| Post# 584406 , Reply# 16 3/22/2012 at 11:42 (4,409 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Thanks, Mark It's just funny to read about the "disadvantage" of the spinner taking 3 times as long as a wringer to achieve extraction.
Yeah and it spins at least twice as much water out of the load. Easy spin = 900 rpms.
We are all products of our time and place. Imagine seeing a spinner for the first time, and thinking, Gee, a wringer is so much faster.
Actually you can put a load of towels thru a wringer pretty quick, but you can also sling them into the spinner pdq, too, and once the spinner starts the bulk of the water is out in
seconds. I'm going to have to time this out someday; it would make a fun video. | ||
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