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Thread Number: 45859
GE Wringer Washer 1950 |
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| Post# 670617 , Reply# 1 4/5/2013 at 08:38 (4,036 days old) by wringer (x) | ||
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Hello, I may have an instruction book I could make a copy of for you. If you will give me the model number I will look in my collection for it. Jim | ||
| Post# 670670 , Reply# 2 4/5/2013 at 13:52 (4,036 days old) by vintagevillage (Morehead, Ky) | ||
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Thanks, I will try to get the model number tonight. I really appreciate it! | ||
| Post# 670720 , Reply# 3 4/5/2013 at 17:07 (4,035 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
Photos, I hope!
Hello Joseph...first time I've seen a post from you here on the club, so I had a look at your profile - and I see that wringer washers are listed as your favorite major appliance! As a kid in the '60s, I used to see them everywhere, but alas, now it's up to us collectors to preserve them (and have fun using them!)
Hope you'll be posted some pics of the machine when you get it. Regards from a like-minded winger washer "aficionado"! ...Brad | ||
| Post# 670777 , Reply# 5 4/5/2013 at 22:57 (4,035 days old) by vintagevillage (Morehead, Ky) | ||
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Another Wringer I have Here is one of the Maytags I have, I have had this machine for 16 years! 
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| Post# 670830 , Reply# 6 4/6/2013 at 09:38 (4,035 days old) by rpms (ontario canada) | ||
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| Post# 670853 , Reply# 8 4/6/2013 at 12:14 (4,035 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
The usual advice here from the Webmaster is to take the small hose to an auto parts store and match it up with one of their many hoses, and then cut to fit.
What a cool machine. Like other guys, would love to see inside the machine and the agitator. I was so surprised and happy to read this: "Here in Ky, where I live, these are hard to come by, as everyone seems to use them." So wringer washer use is alive and well in Kentucky? Would you talk a little bit more about this when you have time. Thank You. | ||
| Post# 670869 , Reply# 10 4/6/2013 at 14:24 (4,035 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
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Another reason to visit Kentucky!
Hey Joseph,
Thanks for sharing about "wringer washer life" in KY! I've wanted to visit the state for many years, so here's yet another reason to do so! LOL. I can just imagine driving down country roads, seeing wringer washes on porches. I have a favorite framed print in my main bathroom called "Maytag Morning" by the artist, Randy Souders, showing that exact thing. I, like you, recall very early childhood memories (about 3 years old) of "helping" my grandmother do the wash. She had a Zenith wringer washer out in the wash house, away from the main house. We used to call it the "bunk house", because my uncles used to sleep out there in the summer. It had an old wood stove for heating. Looking forward to seeing pics of inside the tub and agitator! P.S. Nice to have you in the "club"! 
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| Post# 671056 , Reply# 12 4/7/2013 at 11:14 (4,034 days old) by roscoe62 (Canada) | ||
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I remember this machine When I was young my parents friends had one and kept theirs in the kitchen. | ||
| Post# 671063 , Reply# 13 4/7/2013 at 11:41 (4,034 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Joseph
It is almost as if an extinct species has come back to life. Before your post, most people probably were in your wife's position. Now, we know otherwise. Which leads one to wonder, how many other places are there out there like Little Mayberry where the wringer is indeed alive and well. Long live the wringer. "We are not alone.!" lol
Thanks for your eye-opening contribution to our history. Made me so happy. Boy, I'd love to see that manual, Jim. Maybe you could get it over to Ephemera. Great picture, Brad. Love the argyle sock in the wringer | ||
| Post# 671402 , Reply# 16 4/8/2013 at 15:37 (4,033 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Thanks, Joe. | ||
| Post# 671435 , Reply# 17 4/8/2013 at 19:04 (4,032 days old) by vintagevillage (Morehead, Ky) | ||
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Inside shot of "activator" agitator Here is the inside shot of my GE. Swishes away like a charm! 
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| Post# 671436 , Reply# 18 4/8/2013 at 19:06 (4,032 days old) by vintagevillage (Morehead, Ky) | ||
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Timer shot The timer is really neat. It has several settings including one that is a "hold" setting. On this particular setting, it will "hold", or continue washing until you manually turn it off. 
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| Post# 671440 , Reply# 19 4/8/2013 at 19:17 (4,032 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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VintageVillage, my goodness & congratulations. Your new GE looks brand new. Definately well taken care of. Welcome to AW.org. alr | ||
| Post# 671455 , Reply# 20 4/8/2013 at 20:31 (4,032 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
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"Hold" setting on timer -
The "hold" setting can also be used when operating the pump.
BTW - thanks for posting the pics! The inside of the tub looks pristine, and that 3-vane "activator" agitator looks great. All-in-all, G.E. and Kenmore had a very similar design, that is, until Kenmore changed to the "Visi-matic" wringer configuration. | ||
| Post# 671457 , Reply# 21 4/8/2013 at 21:12 (4,032 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Beautiful
It looks so good and the agitator is just like the one in the early automatics; those sharp extended fins make the water boil live.
How is the timer marked-- 5....10.? How high up in minutes? I like knowing the specs about the timers because some of them use words, "Lightly soiled, " etc, like the Norge, while other uses words and numbers like the Visimatic. So how does the GE roll? Thanks. What a pretty girl. | ||
| Post# 671567 , Reply# 22 4/9/2013 at 10:18 (4,032 days old) by wringer (x) | ||
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Hi Joseph, Have you found the model number yet of this beauty? I am pretty sure I have found the instruction book but will need the model number to know for certain. Thanks ! Jim | ||
| Post# 671590 , Reply# 23 4/9/2013 at 12:40 (4,032 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Attention All Wringer Dukes and Duchesses-- and New Members:
There is a new gem in the POD (picture of the day). Go to main page, click on daily double (upper left top of page), then click on picture of the day.
It's an APEX with the automatic timer in a spiral dasher washer. Spiral dasher refers to a magnificent agitator that looks like two big angel wings. It's not visible in the pic, but I'll try to find a photo later. What's amazing about the machine is the two giant dials both looking like timers, even though only one of them is the timer, in all likelihood. I have never seen two giant dials like this before on a wringer washer. WOO HOO ~ To see this in the flesh would be a sweet day in Heaven. | ||
| Post# 671809 , Reply# 26 4/10/2013 at 13:01 (4,031 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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So glad she's up and pumpin.' I inherited a 50's GE from my Great Aunt Mary, and remember how quiet it was. It did not have a timer, and I can't really tell if yours is older or younger than hers.
Jim, have you been able to get the exact year for this model, or Joe do you already know the year for sure. Thanks. I might still have Aunt Mary's GE today, but when we went back to collect it for our new apartment at the start of our senior year, the lady who lived below us had used it all summer and pleaded desperately with us to let her have it so we did. Glad I did because the good Karma from that gift has sent 6 beautiful wringers since. | ||
| Post# 671816 , Reply# 27 4/10/2013 at 13:38 (4,031 days old) by vintagevillage (Morehead, Ky) | ||
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Karma paid off! It wouldn't bother me a bit to have one of each model of wringer washer..lol Jim was able to help me out, so many thanks to him!! He was right on the model! My next venture is to find a Kenmore Wringer with the swirl agitator! | ||
| Post# 671851 , Reply# 28 4/10/2013 at 17:56 (4,030 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Sorry, Joe, I forgot to say thanks for the sweet timer shot.
It's another unique one, increments of 2. Pretty cool. The only other one I know of that start's so low is the Speed Queen, a precise old gal that starts at 1 and goes up to only 8.
Still can't get over how brand new the control panel looks. I hope you can find a Lady Kemore Visimatic. They DO show from time to time, and they're one of the best toys in the box. Rotoswirl currents. 
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| Post# 671898 , Reply# 29 4/11/2013 at 00:41 (4,030 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Nice pics of all the wringers. MickeyD does the Visimatic wringer have a soft roll? IIRC, with the Maytags the buttons always went up facing the darker roll? The visimatics rollers resemble marble with the colors in them. I really like the Rotoswirl in your Kenmore. arthur | ||
| Post# 671961 , Reply# 30 4/11/2013 at 10:57 (4,030 days old) by vintagevillage (Morehead, Ky) | ||
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WHOA! I think I just drooled a bit over that Visimatic! Going to have to up my search game! LOL | ||
| Post# 671969 , Reply# 31 4/11/2013 at 12:24 (4,030 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Thanks, guys.
Joe, when you said swirl agitator, I knew sooner or later you'd be scouting a Visimatic. If you find a basic Kenmore you can always put in a Rotoswirl later. On the KM wringer washers, they're interchangeable.
Art, the marble was hypnotic to me as a boy--still is, and for some reason the colors stay fresh and unchangeable. I'll run down to the Visi later, as always, but for now, I'm pretty sure that both rollers are soft, haven't popped a button yet ;'D, a cork or too, for sure but not a button, lol. Roto at rest: 
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| Post# 671970 , Reply# 32 4/11/2013 at 12:29 (4,030 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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ROTO WAVES | ||
| Post# 672118 , Reply# 33 4/11/2013 at 23:52 (4,029 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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ROTO WAVES :-) MickeyD, looks like the surf is up in that Kenmore. arthur | ||
| Post# 672193 , Reply# 35 4/12/2013 at 12:13 (4,029 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Wringer washer in the ocean, LOL Roscoe | ||
| Post# 672240 , Reply# 37 4/12/2013 at 15:35 (4,029 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Good Memory
You know what Roscoe, those candy cane rollers are actually the cardboard covers that shielded the real things, more marble like the Visimatic's
This was an N- I -B, new in box machine, a very rare find indeed. That's the thread you remember, 5 or 6 years ago. I'll find it later and link it for you and Joe and all the new wringer men we have. | ||
| Post# 685276 , Reply# 39 6/23/2013 at 19:44 (3,956 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
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Welcome to the club, Suzysaver! | ||
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