Easy Washer 2.0 ; First Test...
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- It uses half the Water, taking less than half the time, to wash, rinse, and wring-out a bucket of Clothes...; despite having to wash the bucketful in two batches....
Two lots of 50 minutes, using 25 litres for each load, gives 100 minutes & 50 buckets of Water...; as compared to 240 minutes and 100 - 120 litres, with the old direct-drive Tumbler-types...., and one doesn't have to freeze one's hands wringing out coldwater washed Laundry in Winter, either....
So, literally twice as good, in each of 3 separate and independant Measuring Criteria...; which is almost "mind-buggaringly impressive", after 20 years spent using the earlier iterations...!
The Miracles of modern Progress, indeed.
And, not only but also..., but my $50 Handheld 3-D Printed UV-Cured Plastic Gap-Filler actually
"Failed to Fail....(!)",
as well - despite the savage violence of the abundant Vibration which was attendant on running the Drum at 5.5 to 1 Step-Up Ratio...!
One wonders how long the Plastic Planetary-Gears will withstand such heavy oscillating Load-cycles....
I'm probably goanna open up the Gearbox, & grease it's Innards with Olive Oil... (because Nylon absorbs Mineral Oils & Greases, and thennit swells up - making Bearings tighten and causing Gears split asunder Radially...!).
Sometimes..., it really IS a matter of What you know, regardless of Who you know...; and trying to lubricate Nylon with Dinosaur-Juice is a total No-No, y'know...(?) !
Such is Life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Hello Chris,
I'm surprised to see that this thing uses almost as much water as my by hand method.
I wash mine in a 5 gallon bucket, 2 gallons at a time with a total of 6 gallons used per load. hand agitation.
The amount of clothes you washed there seems to be equivalent to what I call a load more or less.
The time factor is hard to measure as your machine removes quite a bit of water from the clothes and I do not ring my clothes by hand. I only squeeze them gently. The reason I do not wring my clothes by hand is because I tend to damage the stitching when so doing.
I use a solar dryer so drying time is relevant to the amount of sunshine ( and wind ) we get in the day.
The five gallon bucket I use would cost about $2.50 American if I purchased it new. I recycle old paint buckets instead thereby cutting cost by 100%.
Add hair shortly I will pack a bowl for you but due to social distancing I will not pass it across the ocean but rather smoke it myself in your Stead.
C'est la vie.
Namaste
Richard
G'day Richard,
Thanks mate...
The hardest part of washing with the "Tumble-Drums" was getting the Soap out of the Clothes..., and hand wringing alternating with dilution was using about 85 of the 100 or 105 of 120 litres...
I didn't realise how effective the Spin-mode would be..., so the new unit can probably get through the whole Bucket of clothes in 1:40 rather than 4:00, while using only 50 Litres.
My only worry is that the Drive-Handle & Gear-Train us copping a LOT of Stress - so it's a good thing there's a Spare in the Box.
One wonders if Trumpy has really beaten CoViD-19 in less than a week (?).
Either he's had a mild case, or he's going to suddenly get VERY sick in a couple of days..., or he's tested Negative after hearing of Hope Hicks' Result & this past 4 days has been Play-Acting to make his Supporters think he's immortal & CoViD-19 is not actually a problem.
It's bloody difficult to know what to make of anything announced by the US Government these days...
Such is Life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Your getting soft Wobbles , I did my washing by hand in the bath tub for 5 years .
G'day,
Thanks.
I haven't had a Bath for years, it takes about 160 litres of Water..., versus 12 litres for the Shower.
The Tumbledrum type uses 15 litres to Soap-up the dirty clothes, and then 85-105 litres to rinse the Suds out again.
The Spin-dry function ("Dehydrating"...) is very efficient at conserving water.
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Has it held up well over time so far?
I had one like the direct drive one, which I mounted it a exercise bike.
G'day,
Thanks mate.
Did that actually make it any easier ?
My issue with the Tumble-Drum type wasn't with the turning of the handle so much as the amount of time & water they go through while getting the Soap out of the Clothes...
If the Crank-Handle and Gears can stand up to the strain, then it's an absolutely great idea.
And there is a Spare one in the Box.
Such is Life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
@@WarblesOnALot easier than turning by hand
@@bushmannevkoch9907
Well, yeah, but with the Tumbledrums..., they don't work at all if spun too fast - the Water & Clothes sit at the Ends, pinned by Centrifugal Force...; to wash the Dirt out requires slow "SplooshSplooshSploosh..." tumbling ; so everything is repeately pounded as it keeps falling out of the high end...
They almost need a Step-Down Ratio..., rather than a Bicycle's Step-Up Drive-Train.
This thing is cunning, in that the Tub of Water is under the rotating perforated Drum, which has Agitator Baffles moulded into the outer-wall..., so even when the Clothes stick to the Drum - they get dipped in the Puddle once per Rotation, for 45 Degrees either side of Bottom Dead Centre, and during the rest of the 270-Degrees the Soapy Water is being flung out of the material again....
And without the Puddle in the Tub, it spins almost all the water out of the fabric - cutting the Rinse-Water required by about 60%.
Cunning as a Shithouse Rat..., when closely considered...
Such is Life,
Have a good one...
;-p
Ciao !
@@WarblesOnALot when I was building off the grid container house in 1990 I mounted a exercise bike to a Hoover Twin tub and it's still working . If used it's for 2 not 6 when we took the kids out. I try to find the photo's
how to DIY..
The drain hose doubles as a water level indicator.
G'day,
Thanks mate.
Yes, indeed...; it's very clever that way - the Magic-Washer has a spring-loaded Valve, operated by the insertion of the Outlet Pipe...
All things considered, it's been very well thought-out.
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
The next time my wife complains about doing laundry, I'll show her this video. I'm curious if these machines were invented in the 19th century. Simple mechanism but remarkably efficient. I enjoy your videos. Cheers from up north to down under.
G'day,
Thanks mate,
As long as the Gearbox and Crank-Handle can stand up to the Strain, then it's a great improvement ; half the water and half the time...
If it breaks down unfixably though, it'll be a pain to go back to the Tumbledrum.
Such is Life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Perfekt hvor kan jeg købe den hene
Mine broke just now :( it worked great until then
Can you please watch the biggest blanket that can fit
G'day,
Thanks.
Actually, I've been recovering from a fairly rough and gruelling style of Treatment for Cancer, so I've been taking my stuff to the Laundromat, and being Coalfired Lazy, kinda thing (!).
Such is life,
Have a good one.
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
I Think that You Should Replace the Legs with a Stronger Base, Ciao.
G'day,
Thanks mate.
Actually, the Legs & Base are surprisingly rigid...; my worry is for the Gearbox & Crank-Handle, which are very heavily loaded.
Time will tell, I suppose.
Such is life,
Have a good one.
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
How much
G'day,
Thanks,
I dunno...;
It was a present from my mother, and she died in 2022, but she got it from a
Mail-Order Company called
"Innovations", and I vaguely recall them being somewhere around the $120 mark (?).
Good luck with finding them now...(!).
They're a bit delicate, actually the main Shaft in the Step-Up Gear-Train is
Nylon,
Square,
And only about 5mm thick.
So heavy loads,
Vigourous operation,
Or
EVER reversing the direction of the Cranking are
ALL
Likely to shear off that
Little Square Shaft...
So it really isn't amazingly practical, in real life.
Since returning from being treated for Cancer, once a month I spend 2 hours drinking Coffee in the Laundromat in town and emerge about $20 poorer but with clean and dry Clothes all done till the Bag runs out of Socks, or all 3 pairs of Work Jeans are too dirty to wear (!).
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe,
;-p
Ciao !
We're can I buy one from
G'day,
Thanks !
My mother got them from the
"Innovations"
Catelogue...
It's a Retail Consumer Mail Order Busyness targeting
Little old Ladies who buy stuff after getting a Brochure in the Mail every couple of months.
If you search for
"Innovations...Mail Order...Australia "
Google should put you in touch with them...
Whether they still have any - that will be a different question
Entirely.
Good luck!
Happy Solstice Festival !
Stay safe...
;-p
Ciao ,!
hey warbles...rachel wants to know something...that something is if you won the lotto would you stay as you are now or would you change? (the way you live that is)...she's a curious girl...mitchell
G'day,
Thanks mate.
Um, well, if money was no object...; I would put up the 20'x 30' Prefab. Shed, and stick a Verhanda around it, effectively a bigger version of this little Hut, I'd get propper Water-Tanks, and a bigger Solar System..., and I'd have a bew Fence put around the whole Block.
I'd have to buy my wife's name off the Title-Deed first though - so as to be able to leave a valid Will.
Basically, I would be trying to live like this but on a slightly larger & shinier scale.
I was raised to be a Hillbilly, and I greatly enjoy the lifestyle (!).
Such is Life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
@@WarblesOnALot thanks for the reply mate...my kiddo read your reply this morning...hope you can get your wife off the title/deed in the near future
@@mitchellandrachelm5700
Thanks mate,
I don't see anything changing any time soon, one of us has to die for the other one to inherit their share of the Property..., and I don't expect her to drop dead any time soon.
Last week was the anniversary of her eldest son hanging himself, and I haven't heard of her having done a "Copycat", so clearly stress & grief aren't pushing her in that direction...
It's 18 years now, so I suppose that if they have Elections in the Afterlife - then his Shade is now old enough to cast a Vote there (!).
I used to worry about her at about this time of year, but she seems determined to outlive myself, and her mother is 91 & not out.
Perhaps I could "Point the Bone" at her, but I don't want the bad Karma attached to that.
As long as she stays a hundred miles away from me, then I'm doing pretty well.
My greatest fear is to have her show up on my Driveway, with everything she owns in a Shopping-Trolley..., here to invoke the "In Sickness & In Health" Clause....; my plan for that would be to issue her with a Tent & point her at the Yarraford Camping Ground.
If I welcomed her here, out if sympathy, then she would pick a fight, call the Cops, have me dragged off because she "felt frightened" ; and then I would be homeless and the Wildlife would have to put up with her, and her Cats, and her Dogs.
So I devoutly hope that she never shows up.
I spent 7 long bloody years observing the "For better or for Worse" & the "In Sickness and in Health" Clauses, and I don't reckon I could do that again.
After decades of preaching Pacifism, she could easily provoke me into treating her like a Computer - and punch the Datapoints into her awareness for her.
My son hasn't spoken to her for about 15 years, and my daughter first moved back here a couple of months ago - and then conspicuously did not go and visit her over the long weekend..., so apparently watching her Mum violently shake a Dog by it's Ears while screaming into it's face (for having resisted being dressed in a miniature T-Shirt...), has finally convinced her at age 30 that a Violently Selfish Bitch is always lurking within, just below her mother's Skin - permanently gritting it's Teeth, quivering with rage, & always ready to burst through the thin veneer of propriety & gentility - which she thinks she projects so well...
Such is Life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
@@WarblesOnALot i hope i don't end up in your predicament in the coming months/years ahead mate...stay healthy & outlive/wit the nut hey
any big of this
G'day,
Thanks...
I dunno if they make a bigger version...(?) ; bigger would be better - but the Nylatron Shaft and Gears in the Primary Drive -train are already right on the hairy limits of overload failure.
So, having tried to repair a broken Shaft, and had the Steel Screwed Epoxy Repair snap-fail first time in use...; I would expect a fully-metal train of Gears and Shafts in Bushes, to cope with the existing Unit - and then make something which can wash a 10-litre Bucket of dirty (dry) clothes, or a double bedsheet, or a Towel...
But then it would need to be bolted to a Concrete Slab, or heavy built and braced Wooden Flooring...
In my opinion.
Such is life,
Have a good one.
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
I am shocked you do not have a real washing machine !
G'day,
Thanks.
I have got a 240-Volt Washing-Machine, but I've never tried using it, initially I didn't have enough (petrol-powered) Electricity to feed it ; and I still don't have a Tank on a Tower - or an Electric Pressure-Pump, with which to supply it with Water.
So I've been using Hand-powered Washing-Machines for 20 years - before that I used to take my Washing in to town.
This Gadget is great, it used 50 litres and 1:40 to wash the Bucket of Clothes, instead of 120 litres and 4 hours...; so as long as the Crank-Handle & Gear-Train can cope with the strain then I'm delighted with it.
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
More stable
Washing clothes is women's work. Get a woman. lol
Washing clothes is never women work! Don't make such sexism comments! Wash by your own, get a life!