2-stroke washing machine.....

[JDgreen]

But why not!? Instead of the smell of bread, you could have the spell of exhaust fumes! :laughing:

Direct quote here: "SPELL of exhaust fumes...." :confused2: Guess you are joking about getting dazed and dizzy about carbon monoxide gas? :laughing::laughing:

HEY has that Maytag run 10,000 mowing hours yet?

 

[twall]

The exhaust goes out that 10 foot tube with the muffler on the end of it. (probably didn't get a pic of the muffler.) I'd think you'd put up a fire-proof ring thingy on the wall and run the tube outside. I doubt it's so it could be run into the kitchen.....

 

[twall]

But a gasoline-powered appliance in the house? As partial as I am to two-stroke engines I don't think I want one in running in the house.

These are the same people, in the same time period, that ran gas lines in their house to power the chandelier, and they used candles on dried out old trees at Christmastime. Running a 2-stroke engine inside with a pipe routing the exhaust outside probably was one of the LEAST dangerous things they did.........

As far as noise - look at the Model T........once again, the same sophisticated crowd. :biggrin:

I'd imagine 80 years from now, they'll be laughing at us, too. Or saying They used THAT? REALLY?

 

[jmurray01]

Direct quote here: "SPELL of exhaust fumes...." :confused2: Guess you are joking about getting dazed and dizzy about carbon monoxide gas? :laughing::laughing:

HEY has that Maytag run 10,000 mowing hours yet?

No, I meant smell...

 

[Two-Stroke]

These are the same people, in the same time period, that ran gas lines in their house to power the chandelier, and they used candles on dried out old trees at Christmastime. Running a 2-stroke engine inside with a pipe routing the exhaust outside probably was one of the LEAST dangerous things they did.........

As far as noise - look at the Model T........once again, the same sophisticated crowd. :biggrin:

I'd imagine 80 years from now, they'll be laughing at us, too. Or saying They used THAT? REALLY?

It is interesting that the Amish would find electricity objectionable while a gasoline engine is OK. It seems to me that if you want to go back to the 19th century you would be consistent -- candles, wood stove, etc.

 

[JDgreen]

It is interesting that the Amish would find electricity objectionable while a gasoline engine is OK. It seems to me that if you want to go back to the 19th century you would be consistent -- candles, wood stove, etc.

Been thinking about that 2 stroke Maytag, anybody know what ratio of gas to oil that would use? First 2 stroke engine in had in '88 was a chain saw, that used a 16 to 1 mix. Seems like every other two stroke I have owned since has been 40 to 1.

 

[Grass ala Mowed]

It's the connection to the outside world that the Amish object to. Apparently gasoline, kerosine, and diesel fuel purchased from the English and brought home in the horse drawn buggy is okay, as is using an English neighbor's landline telephone for an emergency call, but having the electric or phone lines coming into their dwelling or workshop is not. Go through Lancaster, PA some morning, at all the larger Amish farms you'll hear a diesel or gas genset powering the flash milk chiller so they can comply with USDA regulations and sell their surplus milk to the local dairy COOP. I have also been inside a woodshop full of Delta woodworking tools with the electric motors removed and replaced with flat belts to a jackshaft driven by a diesel engine. Just like stepping back 125 years, except it a diesel engine and not a waterwheel powering the shaft.

 

[Two-Stroke]

Been thinking about that 2 stroke Maytag, anybody know what ratio of gas to oil that would use? First 2 stroke engine in had in '88 was a chain saw, that used a 16 to 1 mix. Seems like every other two stroke I have owned since has been 40 to 1.

I'll bet it was about 16 to 1. Maybe lower -- some early two-strokes ran on 8:1, I think.

I sure would like to see one of those washers. I've been a loyal Maytag user for decades.

 

[Two-Stroke]

It's the connection to the outside world that the Amish object to. Apparently gasoline, kerosine, and diesel fuel purchased from the English and brought home in the horse drawn buggy is okay, as is using an English neighbor's landline telephone for an emergency call, but having the electric or phone lines coming into their dwelling or workshop is not. Go through Lancaster, PA some morning, at all the larger Amish farms you'll hear a diesel or gas genset powering the flash milk chiller so they can comply with USDA regulations and sell their surplus milk to the local dairy COOP. I have also been inside a woodshop full of Delta woodworking tools with the electric motors removed and replaced with flat belts to a jackshaft driven by a diesel engine. Just like stepping back 125 years, except it a diesel engine and not a waterwheel powering the shaft.

That's very interesting but I would think it would be much easier to just get a generator that cranks out 110vac and then you can use anything that runs on regular house current.

By getting a wood-powered generator, they wouldn't need to deal with buying gas from the "English". Where I live, firewood is so abundant that it could be used for all household needs -- you just have to do the cutting, splitting, carrying, stacking, etc.

 

[twall]

One thing I know about the Dutchmen; if they aren't inconsistent, they aren't Amish. :smile:

We are as surrounded with Amish clans as areas in PA (who are far more famous for their Amish contingency), but they aren't the same as the PA kind. They all seem to evolve differently. For them up here, generator electric is OK in their shops, but not in their houses. But not Grid electric. Same with phones (OK in the business). 20 years ago, they weren't allowed anywhere on Amish property; today seems to be a new day.

They also use Wisconsin V4-powered equipment like it's going out of style (well - I guess it did). Old McCormic-deering balers, grain elevators, bale elevators, etc., but they pull the old stuff with a horse. City folks seem to adore them, thinking they're quaint - they are just another hypocritical religious cult. :thumbdown: