|
Thread Number: 68476
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
Vintage Waste King Dishwasher 1958 |
[Down to Last] |  |
| Post# 912253 12/23/2016 at 04:51 (2,674 days old) by PanAmerican747 (Palm Springs CA) | ||
|
Was this WK first dishwasher? 300.00 LOL. It would be nice to have for 50.00.Ebay #262773087199 CLICK HERE TO GO TO PanAmerican747's LINK | ||
|
Post# 912254 , Reply# 1 12/23/2016 at 05:12 (2,674 days old) by akronman  (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
||
try | ||
|
Post# 912260 , Reply# 2 12/23/2016 at 05:59 (2,674 days old) by appnut (TX) |
||
 | ||
| Post# 912261 , Reply# 3 12/23/2016 at 05:59 (2,674 days old) by PanAmerican747 (Palm Springs CA) | ||
|
Thank you akronman! There has to be a lots of vintage appliances treasurers here in Palm Spring! It’s the Mecca of 1950 and 1960 homes! That some were only occupied in the winter months, by snow birds! | ||
|
Post# 912266 , Reply# 4 12/23/2016 at 06:54 (2,674 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
||
 | ||
|
Post# 912271 , Reply# 5 12/23/2016 at 07:44 (2,674 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
||
An interesting brand with a checkered past It sure looks interesting and has unusual racking arrangements but I have a cousin whose parents had one of these in the Sixties, maybe newer, in their kitchen and they didn't like it. And this was back in the days when, if you bought an appliance that proved not to be what you hoped, you lived with it until it broke beyond repair (no one put dishwashers up for sale on eBay because "the wife wants stainless steel"). What I remember most about it was it had, instead of a dishwasher detergent dispenser, a lame little plastic cup that held the powder only until Aunt Sona, with an assist from her knee, heaved the heavy door up to close it and start the cycle.
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 912325 , Reply# 7 12/23/2016 at 14:02 (2,674 days old) by lotsosudz (Sacramento, CA) |
||
The Ceramics Kiln from hell
My parents inherited the same model in about 63. Not a bad washer, with soft water, and dishwasher ALL. the only disadvantage was the dry cycle was so hot, that any lighter weight plastics, ended up a molten mess. Eventually the timer starting sticking at the beginning of the dry cycle. My father tried to fix it, never to work right again. LOL. It was very fast though!
| ||
|
Post# 912328 , Reply# 8 12/23/2016 at 15:16 (2,674 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
||
The rack structure is interesting--bottom rack suspended from the top rails, with (it appears) only a front set of wheels. This must have been only the second spray-arm dishwasher out there (after KA and before Whirlpool)...am I right? Late 50s would have been impeller (GE, Westinghouse, Hotpoint, D&M), arm (KA, WK) and tube (Youngstown, Frigidaire)...right?
| ||
|
Post# 912387 , Reply# 9 12/24/2016 at 05:28 (2,673 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
||
Full wash arm dishwashers | ||
|
Post# 912424 , Reply# 11 12/24/2016 at 11:12 (2,673 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
||
|
In some WK dishwashers, if you looked closely, there was a way to lift that plastic lens off the timer. | ||
| Forum Index: |
| Other Forums: |
|
|
|
|
|
Comes to the Rescue!
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}