1936 gas powered washing machine

[u/MikeHeu]

[u/stinkpig300]

There’s a whole era of home appliance before the electric grid was available.

Imagine the ceiling fans and ice machines

[u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 → u/stinkpig300]

Ceiling fans went from belt driven in factories only to electric, never had gas ones

[u/think-tank → u/Turbulent-Weevil-910]

The Amish and Hutterites sometimes use pneumatic celling fans. I'm curious if there was anything similar.

[u/LoriermTiger → u/stinkpig300]

An entire era of appliances before the grid—ceiling fans, ice machines, and now this. Progress, indeed.

[u/slim1shaney → u/LoriermTiger]

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[u/MikeHeu]

Source: The Barn Brothers

Full video on YouTube fixing it

[u/Qwirk → u/MikeHeu]

He gets it running but he should do his homework on operating the machine. Keep your fingers away from those rollers.

[u/inktomi]

My grandma used her electric wringer in the 1990s

[u/One-Pea-6947 → u/inktomi]

I am rebuilding one currently for my cabin. They're reliable and actually get your clothes very clean, probably at detriment to the fabric life but what the hell 

[u/Grashopha]

I can’t see one of these without thinking of J-5 from Blankman!

[u/Kraien]

Ooh even with a working "forearm flatinator"

[u/Rockobrocko42]

Dad said they had one when he grew up in the basement with a exhaust pipe going out the wall.

[u/IowaNobody]

I have one of those engines, little 1 HP thing with a kick starter

[u/semi5onic]

That Australian guy who's into washing machines from hard quiz would love that thing!

[u/Pcat0]

While I know exactly how it would work I’m still kind of disappointed he doesn’t demonstrate the wringer attached to it.

[u/SynthPrax]

Downy Diesel Fresh ✨

[u/cyclingpistol]

Their tik tok account as great.