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I think the first time I saw something like this was in the 90s, and I'm sure it was around before that. Not sure what is so unique about this.
by zohch 5y ago
I think the first time I saw something like this was in the 90s, and I'm sure it was around before that. Not sure what is so unique about this.
- namdnay 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machine#/media/File:Pyykki-Maija_crank-operated_washing_machine,_1940s.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machine#/media/File:Py...
- JKCalhoun 5y agoAfter watching it work, I want to add a flywheel and a treadle.
- stronglikedan 5y agoThe clothes are sort of a flywheel.
- notahacker 5y agoYou can buy plenty of cheap hand or foot cranked ones from China on Amazon for camping or for supposed environmental friendliness. This one has a nice story, donated labour and possibly adaptations unique to the situation of refugee camps
- vanderZwan 5y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmh4Uwjo-GE&t=1m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmh4Uwjo-GE&t=1m Also, it exists. The people who will go from having to slap clothes on rocks to this wouldn't be as quick to shout "meh, it's been done before"
- h2odragon 5y agoIt made me think of a contraption I saw once. It was exactly the opposite of a washing machine, for covering big cloth tubes with some tar-like goop. Someone took a bush hog, turned it upside down, welded a steel drum to it with some drain holes and a collar that slipped up or down to block them. Hooked up to a tractor it spun the drum around; they used the higher PTO speed and lifted the collar for the drain cycle. I'm sure rednecks have been making washing machines on similar principles since steam engines.