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Thread Number: 72049
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 8/14/2017 |
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| Post# 952834 , Reply# 1 8/14/2017 at 04:50 (2,446 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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| Post# 952836 , Reply# 2 8/14/2017 at 04:52 (2,446 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 952838 , Reply# 3 8/14/2017 at 05:30 (2,446 days old) by Gyrafoam  (Wytheville, VA) |
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Only one I remember seeing in action was the one at a wash-in a member had out in Tucson, Arizona years ago. A real nice guy with an interesting collection. I thought after my memories of the "squeezers" this machine was a great improvement. | ||
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Post# 952841 , Reply# 4 8/14/2017 at 06:02 (2,446 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Bendix didn't row their boat down the middle of the stream when it came to top-loaders, did they? Both this and the rubber-tubbed, squeezed-not-spun Economat machines are certainly unique. It reminds me of the wash action in a Kenmore/Whirlpool Calypso.
Solid tub with perforated liner: Does this mean it had the same difficulty disposing of sand as the early Maytags? Ben and gansky1's videos: Talk about rapid rollover! Did the Bendix have tangling issues similar to early Frigidaires? Thanks for embedding the videos, Eddie. This post was last edited 08/14/2017 at 10:47 | ||
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Post# 952857 , Reply# 6 8/14/2017 at 09:17 (2,446 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Bendix! | ||
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Post# 952896 , Reply# 7 8/14/2017 at 15:36 (2,445 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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It's depressing to view that video after just fighting with my Maytag HE TL just to get the clothes wet! | ||
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Post# 952935 , Reply# 8 8/14/2017 at 20:39 (2,445 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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That was my machine in Tucson and the videos, found in an old store/warehouse in Phoenix. Ben and I were able to get it running, but not well and not for long. As luck would have it, Robert found one about the same time, branded Thor in remarkable condition. Amazing that we found two as it was only produced for about one year or so. Robert eventually gave me his Thor version and it now happily resides here, washing away.
It's a decent performing machine, with some qualification. Capacity is small, but it really is more of compact machine compared with other brands. Tangling can be an issue, it's fairly aggressive agitation can cause excess wear, especially if overloaded. I think if this agitator were in a larger tub, some of those problems could have been minimized or eliminated. | ||
| Post# 952946 , Reply# 9 8/14/2017 at 22:09 (2,445 days old) by wft2800 (Leatherhead, Surrey) | ||
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Was there ever a front-loading washing machine to go with the dryer? Or did you just have to buy the Duomatic? I posted a thread on the subject of the 30" Bendixes, asking for info, but nobody replied. | ||
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Post# 952948 , Reply# 10 8/14/2017 at 22:38 (2,445 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Atoms for Laundry
Sorry, must have missed your question on Bendix f/l washers - yes, there were matching washers to the POD Super-Fast dryer. I don't have any pictures at hand myself, but there is a brochure in the Ephemera library for the 1956 Gyromatic. This was the washer that Bendix engineers tested with a small amount of nuclear material to prove how well the Bendix cleaned. Atomic Proof!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK | ||
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