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Thread Number: 85769
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
1960’s Waste King dishwasher |
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| Post# 1103196 1/4/2021 at 22:34 (1,206 days old) by 63kenmore (Burlington, North Carolina) | ||
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I ran across this dishwasher while searching for a trash compactor. Thought it was kind of cute. CLICK HERE TO GO TO 63kenmore's LINK on Boise Craigslist | ||
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Post# 1103202 , Reply# 1 1/4/2021 at 23:29 (1,206 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Post# 1103217 , Reply# 2 1/5/2021 at 02:14 (1,206 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Rare One..
Oh My, this is a rare one. I hope someone gets it. Here are photos for the archive. Jackies didn't come through for me. Not sure if they did for others. | ||
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Post# 1103246 , Reply# 4 1/5/2021 at 08:10 (1,206 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Damn!! That's unique for sure! I did not even know there was a portable version of a Waste-King of this era!! The detergent cup reminds me of what the Frigidaire portable top-loaders had (the ones made by Frigidaire, to be precise). It also looks like the cup on this one may be missing a hinged top cover... | ||
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Post# 1103249 , Reply# 5 1/5/2021 at 08:22 (1,206 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 1103253 , Reply# 6 1/5/2021 at 11:14 (1,206 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Waste King introduced their top loading portable around the very early 60s. They had front loading portables, too, but they were based on the built in design. | ||
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Post# 1103257 , Reply# 7 1/5/2021 at 12:02 (1,205 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Wow now that is very interesting. The Beam dishwasher had a skinnier black wash arm, which looks very different than this machine. The spray arm kind of looks D&M shaped but the center of it seems to be open so I'm not sure if Waste King made this top loading dishwasher or not.
The interior of a Beam designed dishwasher:
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Post# 1103273 , Reply# 8 1/5/2021 at 16:09 (1,205 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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OMG! What an incredible machine! This looks too well put together to be a rebadged fudge factory. So many questions:
Those look like the Waste King racks my Aunt Sona had in her WK built-in. Hers also had a Lame-O type of detergent "cup" that held the powder only right up until the door was closed. I am very tempted to buy this thing sight unseen. Y'all know what a whore I am for TL dishwashers. | ||
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Post# 1103278 , Reply# 9 1/5/2021 at 17:02 (1,205 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1103352 , Reply# 11 1/6/2021 at 02:51 (1,205 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Speaking of Waste King Dishwashers....
This photo popped up on a Pinterest feed about how to load a dishwasher. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chachp's LINK
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| Post# 1103722 , Reply# 14 1/8/2021 at 17:57 (1,202 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1103725 , Reply# 15 1/8/2021 at 18:34 (1,202 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Congratulations./ That is the genuine Waste King wash arm. Are those rust spots? | ||
| Post# 1103729 , Reply# 16 1/8/2021 at 18:52 (1,202 days old) by 63kenmore (Burlington, North Carolina) | ||
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No..... that is Capt Crunch cereal that is probably 20 years old. | ||
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Post# 1103772 , Reply# 18 1/8/2021 at 22:34 (1,202 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Waste King Top loading Portable DW Cool that you were able to save this rare DW.
It is a very interesting and unique design, It appears to have forced air drying and a separate electric drain pump so it has three motors.
It also appears not to have a heating element for water heating and drying.
Waste King and several DWs from this time period were not very durable due to pot-metal pump housings etc and the plastisol tubs, it would be unlikely a DW like this would last even 10 years of daily use, probably much less.
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| Post# 1104138 , Reply# 19 1/11/2021 at 13:14 (1,199 days old) by 63kenmore (Burlington, North Carolina) | ||
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John L., Are you saying you think the dishwasher isn’t any good? We will definitely test it out to check for any problems. I would imagine that many parts would be difficult to impossible to find. | ||
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Post# 1104183 , Reply# 20 1/11/2021 at 18:35 (1,199 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Waste King Top loading Portable DW Hi Jackie, I did not say this DW is no good, I said it was not a durable machine based on construction, your DW may run several hundred loads yet as it was certainly almost never used considering its current condition.
In this time period many DWs including, GE, WP, FD were all short lived designs and very few DWs from the 60s lasted more than ten years of daily use, the big exception was KA of course with was passed on a commercial design.
John L. | ||
| Post# 1104233 , Reply# 21 1/11/2021 at 23:09 (1,199 days old) by 63kenmore (Burlington, North Carolina) | ||
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In a few months I’ll repost with the results of the test run. Hopefully with a video if the dishwasher works properly. | ||
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Post# 1104266 , Reply# 22 1/12/2021 at 10:14 (1,199 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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