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Post# 118358   3/28/2006 at 18:21 (6,597 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)        

I know i made this request before, but it would be pretty neat if someone took a video of what goes on beneath a 1-18 or rollermatic. Have any of you ever done that?




Post# 118383 , Reply# 1   3/28/2006 at 19:32 (6,597 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)        

I'd also like to see an under-hood video of the famous belt-drive WP/KM in action. May have to use slow motion, but the mechanism is fascinating to watch.

Post# 118467 , Reply# 2   3/29/2006 at 04:22 (6,596 days old) by knitwits1975 ()        

Click on "See it Wash"

Post# 118468 , Reply# 3   3/29/2006 at 04:24 (6,596 days old) by knitwits1975 ()        

Oh, you meant in the workings. I don't know if anyone has done that or not. I did get to watch a GE Filter-Flo operate without the back on. It was really something.

Post# 118481 , Reply# 4   3/29/2006 at 06:44 (6,596 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

As far as filming "Rollermatics" in action----it would work a lot easier with the 1-18's. A zoom lens would be needed with the solid-tub type due to the "Jet-Action" type pulsator. Waaaaay too splashy! You would have to set the camera up 10 feet away----maybe more!

Anyone who wants to bring a camera and do the filming is welcome. I've got both type of machines ready to go!


Post# 118515 , Reply# 5   3/29/2006 at 10:12 (6,596 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)        
let me clarify...

When I said "under the hood" I should have specified seeing the actual mechanism operate, how the rollers transfer the motion to an "up and down" action. In the KM world, how the solenoids (wig-wags) engage the cams to shift functions, etc.

That would be sweet.


Post# 119390 , Reply# 6   4/1/2006 at 22:17 (6,593 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)        

so I guess no one has any?

Post# 119395 , Reply# 7   4/1/2006 at 23:32 (6,592 days old) by knitwits1975 ()        

Are you talking about a video taping of the transmission in action with the shrouds removed? or something.

Post# 119895 , Reply# 8   4/4/2006 at 16:02 (6,590 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)        

Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Is there anyone out there that has done this?

Post# 119900 , Reply# 9   4/4/2006 at 16:18 (6,590 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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I did make a video of the inner workings of a Unimatic mechanism with the outer housing removed quite a few years ago. Maybe one of our older members has saved this video as I looked for it but I can't find it.

Post# 120454 , Reply# 10   4/6/2006 at 18:34 (6,588 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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This may be the video to which you refer ...

Unimatic Mechanism


Post# 120477 , Reply# 11   4/6/2006 at 20:56 (6,588 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Yes Glen, thank you that is exactly what I was thinking of.

Post# 120479 , Reply# 12   4/6/2006 at 20:59 (6,588 days old) by westytoploader ()        

Very cool video, thanks!! While easy for me to determine in a Rollermatic or 1-18, I had no idea of what exactly drove the agitation on a Unimatic! Much simpler than I thought...

Now how is agitation accomplished on a Pulsamatic/Multimatic?

--Austin


Post# 120593 , Reply# 13   4/7/2006 at 11:22 (6,587 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)        

Beautiful, that cleared up years of wondering!!! Yeah, Austin, I too would like to see the other mechanisms as well!

Dave


Post# 120654 , Reply# 14   4/7/2006 at 18:02 (6,587 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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added to the seger archives

Post# 120660 , Reply# 15   4/7/2006 at 19:11 (6,587 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Wow, that's a great informational video! Glad you found it, and thanks for posting. I'm not mechanically inclined, so the hands-on visual is especially appreciated.


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