Boy I can well remember this machine, my aunty had one in the town of Cootamundra NSW, she was rather rotund at the time and when spin dry would come she had to sit on top to stop it from dancing across the laundry floor. Jim from AUSTRALIA.
My parents had a Savage machine like this in Sydney AU, I think bought the year I was born (1926). The bowl was aluminium & had two positions, shaft vertical & shaft at 45 degrees. The feet of the unit were fitted with ball ends which sat in steel cups concreted into the laundry floor. The machine was still useable after repairs to the bowl in 1947 - new machines were hard to get for long after WW2 & were not spin dryers.
Awesome. My Grandmother had one of these in the '20s-'30s. My Grandfather thought wringers were dangerous (even I have heard plenty of horror stories, and they were extinct by the time I came along), so he didn't want my Grandmother to have a wringer washer, and bought this instead. I never saw it, but it exactly fits my father's description of his mother's washer, and I recognized it immediately. Coincidentally, my mother's mother never had a wringer washer, either. She always had an Easy Spindrier. I always thought it was an interesting coincidence that in a world where wringer washers were supreme, both of my Grandmothers never had one, but instead always had washers with a spin-dry. Thank you very much for this video.
Weird that your granddad thought that wringer/mangles were dangerous, particularly that powered ones had safely release mechanisms if you got your fingers into it - spin dryers, without lid/lid interlock are far more dangerous than a wringer in comparison; you/an idiot could twist your arm off if you stupendously put your hand in it when it was spinning to get the laundry out.
@@samuelfellows6923 There were lots of stories of injuries and accidents with wringer washers, and even my parents thought they weren't as safe as spin dry washers. My parents always had automatic washers and dryers. Another reason both my grandmothers had spin dry washers was because ironing was better with the spin dry washers. My mother said nothing put wrinkles into clothes like a wringer. They all vastly preferred spin dry washers.
Apparently this is the first-ever spin-dry water/extractor without a wringer. There was also a period of time that "extractors" also existed as a separate third appliance. First use the washer/agitator machine, then move to the extractor machine, then move to the clothes line or tumble dryer.
what a simple yet effective .i wonder if its possible to do a load of washing spin it so that the water ends up back in the tub then load up for another wash in the same water
Chuck, I just received a Savage washer and dryer, but missing the motor and mounting, I trying to see what it looks like . So, any help on this will be graceful, thank you.
If you look up vintage Maytag on here for the guy that restored it, it will show you the engine. It basically looks like a predator engine from harbor freight
Damn now I know what that thing was in the cellar we had in our old house. Always wondered what the hell that thing is. Though the house was maybe 1980 or so. Were those still around then?
You could put an inline valve in the drain hose and not have to reach into the main tub any more and be alot easier.But that would not work with drain pipes higher than the washer unless you just drain it in the yard !!! I never in my life seen a washer like that before i guess it was the frist manual front loader
