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Post# 11547 3/28/2007 at 17:12 (6,236 days old) by air-waycharlie  (USA) |
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As mentioned on the contemporary forum, a group of assembled for Helen's and Ida's birthdays in Milwaukee in January. In addition to the beautiful connie they gave me, Jeff Parker gave me this wonderful Lewyt upright------one of the last, (or maybe even the last), to come from Lewyt. I had been drooling over this vacuum at his house during past visits and he very generously gave it to me. It is now one of my prized possessions. Many thanks to Jeff! 
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Post# 11549 , Reply# 1 3/28/2007 at 17:17 (6,236 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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Closer Look
Here we have the motor and housing. It is a two-speed and twin fan making it very powerful for it's time, the early 1970's, I believe. Of course, a dirt finder healight and one of the most unique features, the height adjuster moves ALL 4 wheels making it one of the most accurate height adjusters made. The early Electrolux uprights had this type of adjustment. I think Singer also utilized this feature for sometime as well. (If I am not mistaken, Singer made this vacuum for Lewyt which by then was a dying name.) Great colors and nice shine! 
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Post# 11550 , Reply# 2 3/28/2007 at 17:18 (6,236 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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Post# 11551 , Reply# 3 3/28/2007 at 17:20 (6,236 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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Post# 11552 , Reply# 4 3/28/2007 at 17:22 (6,236 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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Post# 11553 , Reply# 5 3/28/2007 at 17:23 (6,236 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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Post# 11554 , Reply# 6 3/28/2007 at 17:24 (6,236 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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| Post# 11560 , Reply# 7 3/28/2007 at 18:55 (6,236 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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WOW!! How fabulous! I didn't even know that Lewyt made any uprights!! | ||
| Post# 11562 , Reply# 8 3/28/2007 at 19:02 (6,236 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Well it certainly looks identical to my Sears and Singer twin fan uprights a la Ryobi et al from Andersen NC or SC. And from your description of the sounds from it it sounds like them as well, almost ear splitting. | ||
| Post# 11567 , Reply# 9 3/28/2007 at 21:03 (6,235 days old) by myhooverco () | ||
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Wow...Charlie that is a pretty machine. I have never seen one. It must be a rare bird indeed. Those Singers are very loud machines...I am not sure why though. Any thoughts? --Tom | ||
| Post# 11594 , Reply# 10 3/29/2007 at 05:56 (6,235 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Two fans - twice the airflow-noise?? Just a theory, I've never seen or used a twin-fan upright! | ||
| Post# 11603 , Reply# 12 3/29/2007 at 07:57 (6,235 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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Funny, that SCM badge..i've seen that on this typewriter of my grandmothers. What company is that? sure i know Smith Corona made typewriters but..what!? heh Ian | ||
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Post# 11609 , Reply# 13 3/29/2007 at 10:35 (6,235 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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RE: the noise. Well, maybe twin fans does have something to do with it. I am going to guess that the type of metal used in the construction, most likely some kind of pot metal, produces something of an echo chamber making it loud. Also, there is no real insulation around the motor or fan chambers thereby allowing noise to escape. Just a guess. For the size of the motor, it is very powerful and the RPM's are high judging by the pattern left on the carpet at an average rate of back and forth action during vacuuming. Also, an interesting note, on the beater bar, next to the the actual beaters and the brush strips, I find a fine coating of white powder that I have seen on Hoovers, Air-Way's with the beater bar, (pre-Quiet Series power nozzle), and true beater bar Eureka's. That white powder, as explained to me a number of years ago, is dead skin cells from humans and pets and really, really fine dust. Sometimes it is slightly tan in color. I've noticed that it only shows up with the beater bars demonstrating their effectiveness of really getting the "crud" out from the base of the rug. That being said, I am impressed with the Lewyt. Others vacuums that perform very well that I use regularly are: Kirby's, Electrolux's, (both upright and canister),and a Tri-Star and these brush rolls/power nozzles/agitators do not have that fine white/tan powder-like residue. Is it from the lack of a beater bar? Is it due to different brush roll design or air flow? I was told when I was very young by a vacuum store owner that when you see that residue, you have an effective vacuum cleaner. Any thoughts on this? Charlie | ||
| Post# 11622 , Reply# 16 3/29/2007 at 13:12 (6,235 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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The Point is, why is their badge on vacuum cleaners? Interestingly I saw one on that Shetland cylinder that was on ebay too.. ah wait, Shetland and Lewyt are connected aren't they? lol | ||
| Post# 11632 , Reply# 17 3/29/2007 at 17:01 (6,235 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Here's a little something on SCM, they did in fact own Proctor Silex for awhile. CLICK HERE TO GO TO petek's LINK | ||
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