That's pretty interesting!! The Auction I got that at there was an Amish guy that outbid me on 3 Maytag engines, I glad he left before the washing machine went up for bid!!☺
It's a late 1928 washer, way cool! Just make sure you unbuckle the wringer for storage or you will get flat spots in it. The 92 engine is 3/4hp and spins at 1100RPM, the twin runs at 1650RPM. That motor must've been a conversion kit, mine was mounted the same way to the same board. Great find, can't wait to see 'er running!
Awesome old machine. I'm going to guess late 1920s. I have a 1933 it was originally gas powered and later converted to electric with the Delco Remy electric motor kit. I actually use it once a week every week on laundry day. They do a better job than anything we have today, very efficient, and use as much or less water as a new machine. I tell people to familiarize yourself with that safety release on the wringer. Also that gyrator operating will sprain or break bones in the hand or wrist of a person who puts a hand down there when full of water operating. Machines like this were made when people had common sense and didn't replace common sense with attorneys like they do nowadays. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, this is quite a neat piece of history. I've seen these cool machines from England called the Acme spinner from the late '50s which spin very fast and are loud.
Good one. My grand parennts used one of these from '38 to '72 for laundry AND churning butter during WWII, when butter was rarationed. Dad found a brokened agitater, ffitted a plywood tray on top if the vertical fins to hold 3 quaet Mason jars lying flat. Grandma fillled the jars half full of cream, turned on the washer, and VOILA we had butter. Their Matag was electrified similar to yours. Wonderful memories. Thanks. Dick
Dad had one and I did laundry in one of those old maytags when I was a boy, I loved running the clothes through the wringer.. my sister broke her finger in that bad boy!
I have the same model. Have to clean it up and grease it. Really appreciate the view of the paint on this one. The paint is worn off on mine, and I was wondering how to color in the embossing on the metal. Neat stuff! Washing machines changed housework so drastically!!
That's sweet, I remember the 60-70 version of them, we had one tell about 1995-1996, we stopped using it when my sister all most broke her arm in the ringer!
Hey there, enjoyed watching your video. I have a later model from 1935 that was in much rougher shape, but the restoration is coming along well. You got a real treasure with yours! I used "Mothers Mag & Aluminum" polish on the crown of the tub - try it on the agitator as well. I see somebody must have researched the serial number and given you 1926 as the model year. I know a guy in Minneapolis who's a great resource on old Maytags. If you want to know anything more about it, let me know.
Cool old machine man, hope you got it at a fair price. I have been spending my money on sheetmetal and supplies so i can get all my patch pieces made up for my truck and camaro. sixty dollars for a 4ft wide by 6ft long sheet of 20 gauge sheetmetal. Not to bad a price, may need more later we will see how far it goes. hahaha good luck with the maytag man.
That motor is a ge is got the maytag washing machine base on it so its original to a maytag but ive never seen one bolted to wood like that very nice my grandpa used to have 2 of them
I'm sure it will get a full restoration at some point, but for now we're just gonna clean it up and see what we got!! i have too many irons in the fire right now!!☺
My grandmother had one of those. She got it as a wedding gift back in the 1920's. I'm not sure but I think this one is supposed to have a foot pedal to start the engine. This is gas powered. THe way my grandma did it was she stepped on the pedal to start the engine, then pushed the lever to the off position so that she could fill it with water, then put the clothes in, switch the lever to on and then add in the soap and start washing. Same thing with rinsing!
I've done laundry in one of those. They are very useful, and I don't wonder that the Amish have stuck with them. They use them with the gas engine, or I've even seen one set up with a horse power, and the horse walked in circles all day to run the machine. But those things can just be left to run as long as you need to get the clothes clean. They are thrifty with water too. We had a well that didn't have much water, and this was the only way to get it done.
Wow very nice,back when maytage was built tough.Can you make the sound like the washing machine working again ?How does that go? lol Had to be a kit for the electric conversionAwesome video this is back when we were a proud country and was 100% american made Thx E :)
Our well would only do 30 gallons an hour on its best day, so if we were lucky, we could fill the washer and a rinse tub over the course of an hour or two, and then maybe change the rinse water after a couple of loads, and still be able to cook and bathe later.
No computers to screw things up. On wash, off done. Wring out excess water and hang to dry in the clean air of yesteryear. Somewhere the soapy water had to be discharged and fresh rinse water added maybe several times
You do all your laundry in one tub of water, so you don't just sort white, light and dark, but dirty white and not so dirty white, dirty lights and not so dirty lights, etc. You do the not so dirty first of each color, and run it only as long as you need, maybe only a minute or two for not very soiled whites, and maybe 45 minutes for grimy overalls. You wash, wring, rinse (in a galvanized tub), wring and if you have a second tub, second rinse and wring, until its damp dry. Then hang it.
I post this stuff because I've learned a lot of old timey skills in my life that most people don't know how to do anymore, but which might come in useful if times get really bad. The Amish know them, but they aren't posting on youtube for others. Some fabric dyes and soil shed in water, and that will stain later loads and make them dingy. So you have to wash whites first, so they don't pick up dye from your jeans.
