Thread Number: 80017
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Launderall Model LSI by Jacobs |
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Post# 1039451 , Reply# 1   7/25/2019 at 21:45 (1,707 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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The Launderall is an unusual model - it's the only H-axis automatic washer made in the US (they were more popular in Europe). The transmission is what literally drives the machine - there are timing cams in it, along with a mechanism that will alternate the direction in which the tub will rotate. Among the quirks of these machines is the fact that you cannot select a specific washing time or skip a part of the cycle- when you turn the machine on, it's on... It runs through about 10 minutes of washing, then it spins, rinses, spins, rinses again, then does a longer final spin. And the machine has to be bolted down to the floor; even with no clothes in it, it will do a mean rhumba across the laundry room floor!
They were made in the late 40s into the early 50s; if I recall the story correctly, F.L. Jacobs sold the Launderall design to Horton in the early 50s and production of this style of machine stopped shortly thereafter. Someone here may well be interested in one or both of the machines. They are not one of the best ever made but they are kinda fun to mess with... Here's a peek at mine when I was testing it... CLICK HERE TO GO TO turquoisedude's LINK |
Post# 1039454 , Reply# 2   7/25/2019 at 23:15 (1,707 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1039460 , Reply# 3   7/26/2019 at 01:56 (1,707 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 1039463 , Reply# 4   7/26/2019 at 05:42 (1,707 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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So the double revving noises at 1:26, do they accompany ever acceleration to spin? I think it is a neat noise and would love to have something in my house that makes those noises out in the open, maybe an alarm clock or a doorbell. |
Post# 1039481 , Reply# 5   7/26/2019 at 09:47 (1,707 days old) by LowEfficiency (Iowa)   |   | |
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>> The Launderall is an unusual model - it's the only H-axis automatic washer made in the US
I'm assuming you meant that as top-loading H-axis? (Otherwise there are/were plenty of others...) For USA-made top-loading H-axis, there is also the Staber... www.staber.com... usermanual.wiki/Document/DealerS...
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Post# 1039516 , Reply# 6   7/26/2019 at 14:26 (1,707 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1039523 , Reply# 7   7/26/2019 at 16:23 (1,707 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 1039736 , Reply# 8   7/28/2019 at 18:30 (1,705 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Produced their Thor "Cylinder" washer back in early part of last century, and was the only TL H-axis washer on market until withdrawn.
Of course issue with this washer was it used a wringer for extraction. Commercial/industrial laundries then had power extractors (belt or otherwise driven). Don't know how that Phillips toplader h-axis ended up at the Edison center in New Jersey, but am green with envy. edisontechcenter.org/WashingMachi...
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Post# 1039751 , Reply# 9   7/28/2019 at 19:39 (1,704 days old) by jeb (Mansfield Ohiio)   |   | |
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I actual have this model. Tub reverses about ever 4 revolutions. One down fall is the lid is on a track and slides down the from when loading or unloading, water will drip on the floor. |
Post# 1039782 , Reply# 10   7/29/2019 at 01:04 (1,704 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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That makes two club members who have one of these machines. You and MrDryClean in upstate NY.
One popped up last year in Boston area, but just couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. It sat on CL for ages before listing finally vanished. Don't know if anyone bought the unit or it went to scrappers. Cord was cut, so that was a big issue for Moi. Would have needed to rewire from motor connections on up. That or pay someone to do the work. Without a pump using the Thor would have meant a bucket brigade to deal with draining. In the end with the AEG toplader arriving couldn't justify need for the Thor. Maytag wringer is more than enough on the semi-automatic score. |
Post# 1039788 , Reply# 11   7/29/2019 at 05:25 (1,704 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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fascinating machine when you think of the same era Hoover had introduced their first single tub wringer washer here without a switch pump or transmission, that wash action is really energetic. Thanks for the video Paul.
Many people here had the first of slow spin front loaders which washed rinsed and slow spun with ease and but kept the spin dryer (usually Creda, spinning at 2,800) so the whole laundry process was manageable and very efficient over a wringer and / or dolly tub !! Wow a Philips AWB103 looks like in the museum along with the Ariston / Riber Euro washer dryer !! |
Post# 1039844 , Reply# 13   7/29/2019 at 10:58 (1,704 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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Sorry for hijacking this thread but.... Just a couple of weeks until the Niagara reaches the market. In this case, if we consider those super old models, it will be the 4th HATL washer on the market. |
Post# 1039848 , Reply# 14   7/29/2019 at 12:19 (1,704 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1039905 , Reply# 15   7/29/2019 at 20:01 (1,703 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 1039911 , Reply# 16   7/29/2019 at 21:21 (1,703 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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OMFG! It reminds me when I tested the Niagara for overdosing resistance (10 scoops of tide and a Downy dosing dap of Dawn in a full load of towels) The suds did NOT reach the control panel, but it was a mess with the washer vomiting suds everywhere. |