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Thread Number: 93935
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1960 Blackstone Washer Factory |
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Post# 1186044 7/28/2023 at 10:48 (280 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1186045 , Reply# 1 7/28/2023 at 10:49 (280 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1186046 , Reply# 2 7/28/2023 at 10:49 (280 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1186047 , Reply# 3 7/28/2023 at 10:50 (280 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1186048 , Reply# 4 7/28/2023 at 10:51 (280 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1186049 , Reply# 5 7/28/2023 at 10:51 (280 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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I want this job! | ||
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Post# 1186050 , Reply# 6 7/28/2023 at 10:52 (280 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1186051 , Reply# 7 7/28/2023 at 10:53 (280 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 1186054 , Reply# 8 7/28/2023 at 12:08 (280 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1186056 , Reply# 9 7/28/2023 at 12:41 (280 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Thank you, Robert. I don't remember seeing a Blackstone agitator like the one in the background of picture #5. I wonder if ALL of the washers were tested at the end of the assembly lime. I would have liked to have had that job. | ||
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Post# 1186058 , Reply# 10 7/28/2023 at 13:14 (280 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Thanks for this | ||
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Post# 1186063 , Reply# 11 7/28/2023 at 13:41 (280 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1186064 , Reply# 12 7/28/2023 at 14:17 (280 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Blackstone!
Robert thanks for posting this great information. When I was a kid all the stores I went to didnt carry Blackstone. One place a lumber co carried Blackstone and nothing else. I had got a brochure and mailed away for a gyro spinning top. The advertisement was to acknowledge Blackstone had a perfect balance. They also mailed me a small cardboard figure of their washer. I wish I had those things now. That was in 1965 when I was 11 years old. It was a solid SS tub on display. Looked to have a filter flow setup. I saw a youtube video years later of the way it washed. It seemed to have good turnover and washed well. I never saw one when they made a bigger tub. Only pictures. I wonder why it wasnt carried in a lot of stores?
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Post# 1186076 , Reply# 13 7/28/2023 at 16:50 (280 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1186084 , Reply# 14 7/28/2023 at 19:00 (280 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 1186126 , Reply# 15 7/28/2023 at 23:00 (280 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1186150 , Reply# 16 7/29/2023 at 09:19 (279 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Blackstone automatic, washer, factory
Very neat history. Thanks for posting Robert
So much of this interesting history has been lost but it’s neat when it shows up. Many automatic washers have had water valves in the control panel. Speed Queen did it back in the 60s and many new washers the world over inlet valve in the control panel, John | ||
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Post# 1186172 , Reply# 18 7/29/2023 at 14:17 (279 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Oh to travel back in time... | ||
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Post# 1186295 , Reply# 20 7/30/2023 at 16:54 (278 days old) by Mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Last Blackstone desgined Hoover's
Hi Chris,
Nathan is pretty much correct. The last Blackstone designed Hoover's were the 940/950/955 series of about 1989/90. The Hoover 960 and subsequent 1000 and 1200 series dispensed with the gearbox altogether. From my discussions with 'Meadowbank' who was in the engineering department of Hoover at the time, the decision was purely cost driven. Here's my 1986 Elite 920 in action: CLICK HERE TO GO TO Mayfan69's LINK | ||
| Post# 1186939 , Reply# 21 8/5/2023 at 20:22 (272 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts) | ||
I might have that publication, or one similar to it.
Those models did have the fill valve in the control panel. One annoying feature about that design was the difficulty of replacing the control panel & top, while making sure that the water valve fit into the opening. The valve had a paper/fiber wraparound cover, held by a rubber band, which you had to make sure stayed in place. If not, water would spray where it shouldn't spray. Blackstone stopped appliance production in the mid-1970s. I have a letter from Blackstone, in which they offered my father leftover machines at reduced prices. Letter was dated 1978, give or take. I also have a gyroscope, packaged in a box looking like a washing machine. | ||
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Post# 1186940 , Reply# 22 8/5/2023 at 20:27 (272 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Blackstone! | ||
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