Thread Number: 4126
wringers vs spinners |
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Post# 96062 , Reply# 3   11/29/2005 at 07:31 (6,694 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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I read a washer review article in CR from about 1937 and several times they mentioned the safety hazzards of wringers and even went so far as to say that given the advancement in performance of the spinner washers, there was no reason to even consider a wringer washer purchase. One of the machines they reviewed was a Water Witch (?) that used a rubber 'bladder' which was compressed with cold water pressure to extract water from the clothes. It didn't perform well and of course, didn't do well in the water consumption column, but it was interesting... |
Post# 96138 , Reply# 4   11/29/2005 at 15:57 (6,694 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Last time I checked one still could find wringer washers at Lehman's (a website/store in PA that caters largely to the Amish community), so think they still may be in production. IMHO wringers were just plain dangerous to life and limb. Scores of women and quite a few children were maimed by the darn things so spinners always get my vote. Launderess |
Post# 96214 , Reply# 6   11/29/2005 at 22:30 (6,693 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
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Lehman's have the "Home Queen" wringer (new- Saudi made,) and restored electric and gasoline Maytag wringers. They also have Maytag wringer parts, according to their website. They also have the Staber. L/Mb |
Post# 96216 , Reply# 7   11/29/2005 at 22:35 (6,693 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 96270 , Reply# 8   11/30/2005 at 04:59 (6,693 days old) by kenmore62 ()   |   | |
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HI GANSKY1 WROTE WATER WITCH??????I HAVE A 1940 SEARS CATALOGUE THE WRINGER WASHERS HAVE WATER WITCH ON THEM INSTEAD OF THE KENMORE NAMEPLATE |
Post# 96281 , Reply# 9   11/30/2005 at 07:35 (6,693 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Jeff, Cal, Brent and I drove to Lehman's in Ohio a few years ago when we were there visiting. It was a huge store, lots of fun to look around. The converted propane refrigerators were very cool to see. I don't remember much of the other appliances, but I'm not that impressed with the Northstar conversion to retro-look. They are very, very expensive and all plastic. I seem to remember they used mostly GE products under the shells.
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