Restoration of INSANE 1950s Hand-Powered Washing Machine - Before Electricity!

Hi folks! 👋Loved bringing this vintage hand-powered washing machine back to life. Hope you enjoy seeing how it was done! Cheers! Johnny 🥰

Great idea!

Amazing!!! I was born in 1950. Imagine doing a load of dirty diapers in this?😅❤😊

Wait... Are you from Poland? :D

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Комментарий в поддержку ролика и канала, а также труда мастера.

Theoretically, seeing that it is chain driven, couldn't a handy gal or guy make it into a bicycle powered washer? Exercise that flab and wash that dirt away!!! 💡

Eu assistiria mais se durasse mais tempo p video. Demais!

Damn Johnny, that was one of your best yet, fascinating to watch you work. It was great to see it work too - nicely done!!!

I don't know why but to me it looks like it was handmade some of those sprockets look like they're off a bicycle.

I see how this works; the impeller wheel spins at 4X the crank speed. This in turn creates a ‘whirlpool’ effect that sucks the clothing down to the impeller and screws them round without damaging them. You then rinse it using the same procedure and run it through the rollers before hanging it.

Don’t ANYONE start bitching and whining about doing laundry; we never had it so good!

Que titulo tan tonto, en los años 50 ya había electricidad y en 1901 se invento la lavadora eléctrica.

I am still so amazed at the things you find to restore, the shape they're in and the end result . And they work as well. Love watching every video.

The thing saw more termites than wash loads; you were right to rebuild it.

WAY more parts than I had assumed!

Oh, it’s a clothes washer; I thought it was a DISHWASHER! (silly me)

My grandmother used an electric washing machine with a similar interior. Hers had a washer on one side and the rinse/spin on the other, and the entire thing was covered with a faux wood top. Seeing the washer mechanism brings back a lot of memories.

Yet another, uninformative, silent video with no narration to help the viewer understand what's being done and why.

So your saying there wasn't any electricity in the 50s? 🤣

Parents had the power version in the 40's, used it myself to help Mum. Worked well. In early 60's, at a shearers shed, had a different type of action, thought the other worked better. Was a "plunger' type, the working part was a double cone, with the bottom cone perforated with finger tipped sized holes, where the compression stroke used trapped air in it to push the water through the clothes.

I used to do appliance repair I am more old school ,My washeris 25 years old Kenmore American made put in new transmisstion and pump over 20 years ago still running strong , My dryer is a Almond 1985 I completetly restore all American made ! My fridge is Whirl pool 1985 I just keep it clean AMERICAN MADE ! . I replaced the evap motor over 20 years ago and instlled a ice maker kit Whirl pool its over 25 years old spits out ice like a Thompson Machine gun . YOu cannot buy appliances like this anymore. I aprove of you restoration bravo well done !

I love your work !! Amazing attention to detail what a remarkable little washing machine !! Excellent restoration !! 👍👍

Marvellous. My grandparents had something similar in the 1960’s; I’m not sure it was manual but definitely had a mangle at the top

You have a beautiful home🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

Where is my comment i wrote earlier today

Galvanized wash tub and a clothes wringer. Not much of an agitator, unless its actually missing parts, likee paddles that would have moved tge clothes around better. People didn't just wash one item at a time. Ladies used to use a washboard to get out heavy stains and everything was swished around in soapy water for a length of time. The soapy water was drained away and clean rinse water was put in the tub to remove rhe soap. Thenn everything went through the wringer to squeeze out excess water. Wet clothes were then hung on a wash line to dry

Wait... Before electricity where? we had automatics here since the 1890s-1900s.

You wipe your paint out too thin.

Quand j'étais enfant, ma mère avait une machine à laver qui était équipée d'un brûleur à gaz pour chauffer l'eau et choses inimaginables aujourd'hui, le tambour était en bronze...

La première chose à faire avant de tenter de débloquer tous ces mécanismes grippés, ces écrous rouillés ces vis, c'est de tout lubrifier avec un bon dégrippant

Holy litharge, Rustman! I hope you tested that paint..

The water is cleaner after than before 😁

A wonderful machine. I love to see old appliances restored and think about how our ancestors were helped by these inventions.

Wooooow

А куда в 50-х делось электричество?

You are basically preserving history there, as this is the kind of everyday device that is quite often lost to time.

با سلام واقعاً کارت حرف نداشت ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Shop vac to maximize the amount of lead dust blown in the air from the paint

Great job

Can we say lead pant..lol

NOSSA! Você desmontou e limpou, Fez todos os reparos . Colocou a maquina para funcionar. Restauração exemplar e única no gênero. estou com 84 anos e nunca vi uma dessas maquinas de lavar. Sou incapaz de calcular o valor de seu trabalho. Parabéns.

Я и не знал,что были ручные стиральные машины!!!

I'm very impressed indeed by how well you use good old-fashioned elbow-grease. Great restoration. Thank you for uploading.

I noticed in the disassembly that some insulation or sound deadening was removed from the tub. Did that get reapplied?

👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😘😘

My only critique would have been (and maybe it was trimmed out), taking the rollers and smoothing them in a lathe or other device to obtain an even surface on both before gluing the new rubber on. It looked like the rollers were still 'lumpy' even with their new surface.