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Post# 588903   4/12/2012 at 22:35 (4,396 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Can you tell?




Post# 588908 , Reply# 1   4/12/2012 at 22:58 (4,396 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Greenish Liquid?

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Is it the greenish liquid / staining i can see??

Leon


Post# 588909 , Reply# 2   4/12/2012 at 23:10 (4,396 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)        

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'tis the green water time 'o year here in mpls. :)

Post# 588912 , Reply# 3   4/12/2012 at 23:34 (4,396 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Nope lol, no green water, that is just the way the camera took the picture.

Post# 588915 , Reply# 4   4/12/2012 at 23:45 (4,396 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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It looks like the second ring is bigger.

Post# 588920 , Reply# 5   4/12/2012 at 23:56 (4,396 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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I'm with Louis - that lint chaser ring looks a little larger than normal.

Post# 588929 , Reply# 6   4/13/2012 at 00:30 (4,396 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))        
A little off

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Am I seeing transmission oil on the water surface?
Nick WK78


Post# 588936 , Reply# 7   4/13/2012 at 01:00 (4,396 days old) by applianceguy47 ()        

Is it the yellowish stains on the activator?

 

 


Post# 588939 , Reply# 8   4/13/2012 at 01:13 (4,396 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
Is it the

 

two tone tub? (more like three tone).....


Post# 588945 , Reply# 9   4/13/2012 at 01:25 (4,396 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
LaDaDiDaTiDa!

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You forgot the clothes.


Post# 588947 , Reply# 10   4/13/2012 at 02:00 (4,396 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)        
Missing ring?

I am not completely familiar with this model, but isn't it supposed to have three rings? I only see two, but maybe that's just the way the picture came out (?).

Post# 588951 , Reply# 11   4/13/2012 at 03:10 (4,396 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)        
Well....

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Let's see, besides the MINT looking agitator cap I noticed immediately that the lint chaser ring is larger than normal.

Could this be one of those crazy Frigidaire engineering experiments, like the different sized openings found in some of the Deep Action Agitators made for the rollermatic's ???

Looking at the attached pic, I think so.


Post# 588969 , Reply# 12   4/13/2012 at 06:33 (4,395 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)        


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I think there is something up with that water. At first it appears to have some oil floating in it, but it's hard to tell.

Post# 588970 , Reply# 13   4/13/2012 at 06:38 (4,395 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)        
hmm

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It's not just a little off, it's about 4 states off, because that washer is supposed to be in MY basement! (After you fix whatever its problem is)


Post# 588973 , Reply# 14   4/13/2012 at 07:14 (4,395 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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No oil in the water, nor is the color off on anything that's just from the flash of the camera. The 3-ring agitator wasn't introduced until 1956 so two rings are the norm on this machine.

For those who guessed the lint-chaser ring is bigger, Ding Ding Ding.

I was amazed to find out that the motor silencing ring in vintage beehive Oster blenders makes for perfect lint chaser rings! Its a perfect tight fit.

And in case you don't believe me lol, have a close up look, lol...



Post# 588974 , Reply# 15   4/13/2012 at 07:19 (4,395 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Awesome!  Makes you wonder if one day in the Frigidaire engineering department break room, someone found the blender lying on the counter in pieces and this ring missing.


Post# 588976 , Reply# 16   4/13/2012 at 07:26 (4,395 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Uni-Matic washer agitator

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Now the real question how does it work compared to the original? and can you get me three of these Oster rings?


Post# 588979 , Reply# 17   4/13/2012 at 07:29 (4,395 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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It works perfectly John, its a hair thinner than the original so it really moves/splashes the water outwards. Fred says this will give us an excuse to buy more Oster blenders at estate sales lol, they are a dime a dozen here yet.

Post# 588980 , Reply# 18   4/13/2012 at 07:33 (4,395 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
"an excuse to buy more Oster blenders"

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I was thinking the same thing - there are 5 or 6 sales here tomorrow so I'll be shopping for Osterizers!


Post# 588985 , Reply# 19   4/13/2012 at 07:57 (4,395 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        
Oy vey!

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Sacrificing those wonderful Osterizers for a bit of fun! lol

Post# 589009 , Reply# 20   4/13/2012 at 09:46 (4,395 days old) by golittlesport (California)        
very cool

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who knew?? I'm going to have to keep an eye out for an Oster beehive blender and then I can change my 55 two-ring pulsator into a three-ring. Wouldn't that be cool? ... an all-black three-ring pulsator.

Post# 589010 , Reply# 21   4/13/2012 at 09:57 (4,395 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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No frickin' way. This is soooo cool! I'm with everyone else, let the beehives be damned!

Ben


Post# 589024 , Reply# 22   4/13/2012 at 11:18 (4,395 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
The Ultimate Lint Chaser

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Even if it doesn't chase more lint, it has to be a blast to watch. How 'bout a shot of this new-born water current? And how did this discovery come about?

 

"Everybody wants one." ( a famous song, forgot whose )


Post# 589036 , Reply# 23   4/13/2012 at 11:53 (4,395 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Smart and Dumb

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Sorry I missed all the fun, I was watching "Awake" to which I am addicted, and not just because the guy is gorgeous. But I knew the giant Lint chaser was too gigantic immediately, but I have no idea how or where it is in the Osterizer--gotta be inside, right. Or what you were doing inside the blender. ;->


Post# 589047 , Reply# 24   4/13/2012 at 13:12 (4,395 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Since vintage blenders are so abundant and cheap here at the estate sales, Fred turns some of them into adorable lamps. But in order to turn one into a lamp it needs to have its guts removed, including the lint chaser rings.

Post# 589053 , Reply# 25   4/13/2012 at 13:28 (4,395 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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That is the kind of re-purposing that I absolutely love and find very satisfying.  What a great discovery!  YGG!


Post# 589055 , Reply# 26   4/13/2012 at 13:32 (4,395 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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So, for those of us who are going to start pillaging Oster blenders - does this apply to most vintage beehive's, or does it also possibly apply to some of the square base models as well? I have a few spares of both around...

Post# 589059 , Reply# 27   4/13/2012 at 13:38 (4,395 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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So, for those of us who are going to start pillaging Oster blenders - does this apply to most vintage beehive's, or does it also possibly apply to some of the square base models as well? I have a few spares of both around...


I have absolutely no idea Ben. I can't even say that this was in all the beehive blenders, it might have been just a TOL feature.


Post# 589061 , Reply# 28   4/13/2012 at 13:43 (4,395 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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No worries Robert. The discovery was enough of a treasure for the group. Now it's time for the tear down and learning process to begin. :)

Post# 589064 , Reply# 29   4/13/2012 at 14:02 (4,395 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Chase that lint!

Post# 589070 , Reply# 30   4/13/2012 at 14:46 (4,395 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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Wow.....I love how we think outside the box and come up with solutions to problems like this.....excellent!

but funny you mention about Oster blenders.....I just got another one, like I need it, at a thrift store today....and under the Sunbeam nametag, powerful unit!


Post# 589080 , Reply# 31   4/13/2012 at 15:30 (4,395 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
How fun and enlightening. Who woulda thunk? Thanks, Robert

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Next, you'll be snatching up Fred's pretty lamps to light up the WO-65's with their new blender Smileparts.


Post# 589081 , Reply# 32   4/13/2012 at 15:36 (4,395 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)        
Haaay

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That's the blender on my kitchen counter. It was my Grandmothers. Made a tarragon honey mustard vinaigrette salad dressing for Easter with it.

This thread's getting off track.


Post# 589082 , Reply# 33   4/13/2012 at 15:37 (4,395 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Holy Feces

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Wrote that post before bike ride and forgot to put it up.

 

Came home to find it on the screen and clicked "POST" not knowing the the Steroidal Lint Chaser was here flexing. This is a real treat.

 

I have to have one. Who could I pillage tonight? I 'll trade you one SLC for my whole stash of Doctrines.

 

 


Post# 589083 , Reply# 34   4/13/2012 at 15:41 (4,395 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
HOW FABULOUS IS THAT SHOT.

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One of the currents is reaching right up and over to the outer tub. Oscar nominee for sure.


Post# 589102 , Reply# 35   4/13/2012 at 17:12 (4,395 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)        


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Good Lord look at that thing splashing the hell out of that water!


Post# 589165 , Reply# 36   4/13/2012 at 23:12 (4,395 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
In case anyone is wondering...

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This is the Osterizer that the lint chaser ring came from...

Post# 589169 , Reply# 37   4/14/2012 at 00:34 (4,395 days old) by golittlesport (California)        

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Very nice lamp, Fred! How clever!

Post# 589175 , Reply# 38   4/14/2012 at 01:22 (4,395 days old) by applianceguy47 ()        

cute and creative.

 

Those would be equally attractive, and whimsical, as exterior fixtures.  And sturdy. 

If one had those cement pillars I could see them as fixtures.


Post# 589194 , Reply# 39   4/14/2012 at 02:26 (4,395 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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That blender is a Lava Lite waiting to happen.


Post# 589216 , Reply# 40   4/14/2012 at 06:39 (4,394 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Kinda neat-that Oster blender has been repurposed to another appliance--a lamp!

Post# 589252 , Reply# 41   4/14/2012 at 09:20 (4,394 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Thats amazing

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So you didn't have to glue it on there it stays put?

I have on taken apart one of these and it didn't have that inside, now I have to go peeking up skirts!!



Post# 589346 , Reply# 42   4/14/2012 at 15:24 (4,394 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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So you didn't have to glue it on there it stays put?
Nope its super tight, the ID of the ring is slightly smaller than the OEM part, so getting it over the top was a bit of a challenge, but otherwise it seems to stay put.


Post# 589379 , Reply# 43   4/14/2012 at 16:17 (4,394 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)        
It sure would be nice

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to see some video action of that thing Smile



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