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Thread Number: 84915
/ Tag: Irons and Mangles
Bendix Ironer |
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Post# 1093759 10/19/2020 at 17:38 (1,284 days old) by countryford  (Austin, MN) |
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One of the local Auction houses here happened to have this Bendix Ironer. I've wanted an ironer for a while. I ended up bidding online (online or in house auction) and ended up winning it. I just picked it up today. Here are the auction pictures of it.
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Post# 1093760 , Reply# 1 10/19/2020 at 18:00 (1,284 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Fantastic | ||
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Post# 1093779 , Reply# 2 10/19/2020 at 21:03 (1,283 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Another member of the ironer club! | ||
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Post# 1093782 , Reply# 3 10/19/2020 at 21:41 (1,283 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Unfortunately I have not even plugged it in. I picked it up earlier and then dropped it off at my storage unit for now. We are currently living in a motorhome so all my collections are in storage right now. We are looking at having a house built, around the first of the year. Hopefully I'll then have room for everything.
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Post# 1093816 , Reply# 4 10/20/2020 at 07:20 (1,283 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 Very nice! Looks very similar to the Ironrite except on the Bendix, the ironing plate moves to the roll instead of the roll moving down onto the plate.
I went to an estate sale/garage sale not far from here some years ago and they had this same ironer for sale, not in as nice of condition. It turned out, the owner had worked for a Bendix dealer in the 50's and did many home instruction courses for new owners. He did all the ironing in his own house as well, really loved that machine.
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Post# 1093820 , Reply# 5 10/20/2020 at 07:55 (1,283 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Congrats! | ||
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Post# 1093898 , Reply# 6 10/20/2020 at 20:38 (1,282 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Back when Consumer Reports routinely tested rotary irons, Ironrite and Bendix models were nearly always top scoring.
As both Ironrite company and its patents were alive and well when Bendix wanted to come out with an ironer, the latter had to find ways around. When Pfaff wanted to release ironers however Ironrite (or at least patents) were gone; so they could "borrow" that technology. There is course a learning curve, but soon one does get the hang of things. | ||
| Post# 1095692 , Reply# 7 11/3/2020 at 14:52 (1,269 days old) by texasflute (Weatherford, Texas, USA) | ||
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Very nice find. I have a 1948 Ironrite that I use regularly. | ||
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Post# 1095971 , Reply# 8 11/5/2020 at 15:31 (1,267 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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HAHAHAHAAHA  | ||
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Post# 1096143 , Reply# 10 11/6/2020 at 22:34 (1,265 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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@Jon
You know I love you more than my luggage, and please take no offense, but that Ironrite clip is just priceless. Everyone goes through a learning curve with ironers or presses. Myself have several badly scorched items lying in rag bin from early efforts in using rotary ironer or laundry press. Nowadays it is only the ancient Simplex ironer that gives one problems; lacking a thermostat it truly is like rotary ironing by seat of one's pants so to speak. What did many in with Ironrite ironers was the dual knee pedal controls. Sort of like driving a manual transmission with a clutch I suppose; daunting at first, but once have things down it is rather easy. Ironrite later did go with single control lever, but didn't offer two speeds. Once you lower that roller and things start to move... watch out! Have heard of and seen persons doing undershirts or "T-shirts" on rotary ironers; prefer to use my Elna or Hurley press instead. Less stretching things out of shape. | ||
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Post# 1098199 , Reply# 12 11/24/2020 at 12:28 (1,248 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Congrats on new to you Ironrite.
See following links for smoking motor issue, which is fairly common... www.jitterbuzz.com/the_ironrite.h... discover.hubpages.com/living/Iro... And of course it pays to go to the library.... www.automatice.org/cgi-bi... | ||
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Post# 1098310 , Reply# 13 11/25/2020 at 12:52 (1,247 days old) by gredmondson (San Francisco, California 94117 USA) |
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Laundryguysf,
I wanted an Ironrite 95 for a long time. I loved the light:) Although my desire for owning has passed, I have quite an Ironrite file if you are interested. I am also in San Francisco, Lower Haight. I wonder if some oil moved when you were transporting it. Have you tried posting on Next-door or other social media sites for help with the smoking motor? Since it worked so well when you bought it, I can see your frustration when you smell smoke when you get it home. George | ||
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