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Thread Number: 61201
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
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Post# 838595 8/28/2015 at 15:43 (3,388 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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OK, this may be Blasphemy to some, but I always have to experiment for some fun, or actually doing what they say can't be done....
so we take a regular Speed Queen washer.....Commercial duty from the Military.... | ||
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Post# 838596 , Reply# 1 8/28/2015 at 15:44 (3,388 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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typical construction from Alliance.....this of course has the solid vane agitator...
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Post# 838597 , Reply# 2 8/28/2015 at 15:47 (3,388 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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and with a quick flip out and install of a GE hydrowave dual action.....which actually fits the agitator hub.....and suddenly rollover and capacity for larger loads is no trouble for the Queen.....
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Post# 838598 , Reply# 3 8/28/2015 at 15:59 (3,388 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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Post# 838599 , Reply# 4 8/28/2015 at 16:19 (3,388 days old) by Murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US) |
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| Post# 838602 , Reply# 5 8/28/2015 at 16:40 (3,388 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
Holy Franken-matics Batman! | ||
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Post# 838604 , Reply# 6 8/28/2015 at 17:07 (3,388 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 838613 , Reply# 7 8/28/2015 at 21:17 (3,388 days old) by mamapinky (blairsville pa) | ||
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Robert, what is that?? Martin, great job! | ||
| Post# 838616 , Reply# 8 8/28/2015 at 21:35 (3,388 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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Some kinda..
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radar toilet or washing machine toilet, hard to tell. Maybe i can find a link.. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Stricklybojack's LINK | ||
| Post# 838626 , Reply# 10 8/29/2015 at 07:03 (3,388 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
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| Post# 838630 , Reply# 11 8/29/2015 at 08:36 (3,387 days old) by mamapinky (blairsville pa) | ||
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Thank you Robert for posting that link on the toilet/washer, funny. I would also like to see a vid of the Queen with the hydrowave agi... | ||
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Post# 838633 , Reply# 12 8/29/2015 at 09:33 (3,387 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Joe, its probably not the size, but rather the slot setup.....I didn't think the GE would fit, or work, but it did....
wondering if the hubs would interchange.....I don't have a full GE machine to check on something like that.....but was always a curiosity of mine.... personally I think the vanes of the SQ could be a bit larger, they work great for small to medium loads, but on the super size ones, could use a little more kick.... | ||
| Post# 838634 , Reply# 13 8/29/2015 at 09:42 (3,387 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
cool | ||
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Post# 838648 , Reply# 14 8/29/2015 at 14:40 (3,387 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 838654 , Reply# 15 8/29/2015 at 15:57 (3,387 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 838674 , Reply# 16 8/29/2015 at 21:37 (3,387 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 838676 , Reply# 17 8/29/2015 at 21:54 (3,387 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Thanks Yogi, for posting! Video #1 brings to mind, Easy Spiralator washing.. I will watch the other 2 vids tomorrow. -A | ||
| Post# 838700 , Reply# 18 8/30/2015 at 09:58 (3,386 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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Post# 839544 , Reply# 19 9/4/2015 at 10:35 (3,381 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA) |
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More blasphemy---
This time a Maytag with a Kenmore Roto-Swirl. This washer belongs to Bob S. in Cleveland. I have a short video that I will post soon.
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Post# 839548 , Reply# 20 9/4/2015 at 11:07 (3,381 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 839557 , Reply# 21 9/4/2015 at 12:43 (3,381 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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A Roto Swirl in a Maytag! Would HAVE to improve it, a Tag is lousy at turnover with anything more than a med size load. | ||
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Post# 839720 , Reply# 22 9/5/2015 at 16:29 (3,380 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA) |
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Maytag/Kenmore video Here's a short video of Bob's Maytag washer with a Kenmore Super Roto-swirl agitator. The washer has the larger 50 cycle motor pulley for faster wash and spin speeds. Bob says it has better turn-over then with the Maytag agitator. CLICK HERE TO GO TO jeff_adelphi's LINK | ||
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Post# 839721 , Reply# 23 9/5/2015 at 16:35 (3,380 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA) |
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I don't know the details of how it's attached, but the Kenmore agitator is grafted on top of the Maytag agitator.
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Post# 839722 , Reply# 24 9/5/2015 at 16:38 (3,380 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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WOW! | ||
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Post# 839725 , Reply# 25 9/5/2015 at 16:41 (3,380 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA) |
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Post# 839726 , Reply# 26 9/5/2015 at 16:43 (3,380 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA) |
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His dryer is a little different too,
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Post# 839814 , Reply# 28 9/6/2015 at 07:03 (3,380 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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That one really pushes the envelope: A Kenmore agitator grafted onto a Maytag agitator topped off with a Whirlpool cap. It looks so wrong in that 'Tag...but wow, witness the classic Kenmore no-holds-barred rollover.
Thanks for sharing these mad, mad experiments with us, Martin, DanManTN, Bob, and Jeff.
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Post# 839820 , Reply# 29 9/6/2015 at 08:40 (3,379 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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yeah, the RotoSwirl seems to work best in a Maytag, plus tack on the 50hz upgrade....
I tried a GE straight vane once, with a regular pulley, nothing spectacular, but was meaning to try out a GE ramped, thinking that would give better results, and by the look of the Kenmore version, it works really well....
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Post# 841476 , Reply# 30 9/16/2015 at 19:05 (3,369 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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John and I talked about heat welding the two polypropylene skirts together. I , too, am curious about how this was done. | ||
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Post# 841499 , Reply# 31 9/17/2015 at 00:27 (3,369 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Be neat to see a video of how this was done! | ||
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Post# 841592 , Reply# 32 9/17/2015 at 21:23 (3,368 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland ) |
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I saw that set in bob's garage. The dryer is pretty well done, he transferred the entire top of an older model on a newer base. He said that the wiring was pretty straightforward | ||
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Post# 841651 , Reply# 33 9/18/2015 at 11:26 (3,367 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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heat welding the two polypropylene skirts together
Tom, thermoforming plastics generally weld fairly well and it's a pretty simple thing to do. Polypropylene is one of the easier plastics to weld too. We have a plastic welding setup here at the machine shop. Years ago we made a number of tanks and fixtures all from Polypro for a local semiconductor manufacturer. Years ago I worked with a local motorcycle shop and we welded broken fairings, most of this was ABS (easy) or Nylon (not so easy).
A plastic welder is basically a concentrated heat gun that looks like a large pencil-style soldering iron. They will use either compressed air or nitrogen or other inert gas which the element heats to as much as 900 deg F. Often times there is a tip that has a plate that helps press the filler material into the weld area. Joint design is very important for plastic welding. The filler material goes soft (plastic state) but never really flows like when welding metals. It is important to get a close fitting joint. Provided two agitators could be fit together decently they could be welded easily and securely. Dr. Frankenstein the lab is calling!
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