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Thread Number: 26962
Air-Way Sanitizor Tom Gasko design |
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| Post# 301500 10/11/2014 at 19:21 (3,482 days old) by Ericaustin (Dallas, TX) | ||
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I will be getting one of these. See pics below. Are these powerful? Can bags still be obtained? Any info would be greatly appreciated as I have never seen one in person. | ||
| Post# 301503 , Reply# 1 10/11/2014 at 19:31 (3,482 days old) by Ericaustin (Dallas, TX) | ||
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Too cool!!
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| Post# 301505 , Reply# 2 10/11/2014 at 19:36 (3,482 days old) by Metaphor () | ||
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Hmmm. Kind of a modern take on a Kenkart. Hesco shows the bags available, 12 bags for $10.73 (cheap!). They turn up on Amazon too. No schematic for it on Hesco. Bummer. I love this buying vacuums sight unseen. Oh, I've never done it, nope, not me (heh, heh, heh). | ||
| Post# 301506 , Reply# 3 10/11/2014 at 20:00 (3,482 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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| Post# 301519 , Reply# 5 10/11/2014 at 21:43 (3,482 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
No doubt that Tom will see this and chime in with the real story.
I don't know how many model iterations there are or their differences but it all springs from the pre-war model 55 vertical stance 'fire hydrant' in purple or blue hammertone. This was Air-Way's redesign language after the sublime upright Dirt Master of 1938/39. The concept was engineered in a sleeker modern shape in 1949 thru 1954 as the blue Model 66. This 'sputnik inspired' styling continued with the green Model 77 with 'astrogator' hose swivel dome. The purpose of the 4 corner runners was so that the vacuum could also be laid on any side and pulled along the carpet & floors with easier access to the bottom directed blower port. Not sure when the metal Tool Caddy was introduced but it is a honey - shaped cutouts corresponding to two floor nozzles, a felt snap-on polishing pad, a horsehair triangular dusting brush and the crevice tool. designed to be carried or hung on the handle for storage & transport room to room. Next improvement in the two-tone turquoise Model 88, was the addition of a caster and rear wheels, the axle of which was bent to serve as a cord wrap. Sometime during the run of the 88 the exhaust port was moved from bottom of the machine and placed on the side with a sealing trap door (which would be above the back wheels when in the horizontal position. Here Tom needs to insert the consecutive history (and corrections) of when the powered brushroll port was introduced and about the 88 Mark I and II , the Puce Yellow & Cream Mark V and so on...up to the Centurion and Guardian. Somewhere in there are a Burnt Orange and Purple models. Final picture is my FrankenHoover creation that took many folks by surprise - or horror - at the Minneapolis Convention. It also took a prize which stunned me as I built it as an imagineering exercise in re-cycling and had intended to leave it behind after the Convention. Now, of course, it has a debatabley dubious Pride of Place between the Air-Ways and Hoovers - with a lovely First Place Blue Ribbon. It began as a too-much-time-on-my-hands vacuum store trash bin sourced double brush Hoover Windtunnel V2 with a destroyed upper section but the motor was good. Those double helix brushes intrigued me. Once I got started I couldn't stop. The Tim Hortons dustbag container is a 2 liter double-wall thermal mug. I drilled 1600 perforations in a spiral pattern in the liner cup which is a perfect fit for an Air-Way or Electrolux bag. The Dirt Devil hose & wand make above-the-floor cleaning a breeze. So, it runs like an Air-Way with integrated Power Nozzle. It didn't do half bad in the cleaning contest and was fun to watch & use. The handle with cordwinder came off a rusty old eureka floor polisher and the Monster Hand is an animated table-crawling Halloween prop that strokes the Dust Canister - inducing even more exciting static electrical suction and dirt agitation. Okay, I made that last part up. :-). Anyway, I believe the Air-Way line of vacuum cleaners are among the top 6 ever designed and manufactured during the Age of Genuine Innovation. This post was last edited 10/11/2014 at 22:00 | ||
| Post# 301532 , Reply# 6 10/11/2014 at 22:30 (3,482 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID) | ||
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| Post# 301762 , Reply# 8 10/13/2014 at 21:48 (3,480 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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88 with side exhaust! That must be a Canada only model, I never saw or heard of such a thing here! | ||
| Post# 301990 , Reply# 10 10/15/2014 at 23:18 (3,478 days old) by Ericaustin (Dallas, TX) | ||
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Picked it up today I think I am in love! This is the only machine that is easy to push on my thick shag 8 x 10 rug! And the crap it picked up!! Omg! Ok I'm in vacuum geek fest over here...
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| Post# 301993 , Reply# 11 10/16/2014 at 00:39 (3,478 days old) by Ericaustin (Dallas, TX) | ||
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Bags The only bags I could find were the crappy 1 ply. Anyone know where decent filtering bags can be found? Luckily she gave me 4 Airway bags but I know those are NLA. | ||
| Post# 302015 , Reply# 13 10/16/2014 at 08:57 (3,477 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
Try Air-tec.com | ||
| Post# 302035 , Reply# 14 10/16/2014 at 10:14 (3,477 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
My 2001 Signature Series and the Centurion 2000 that belonged to the late Austin Wilder
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| Post# 302036 , Reply# 15 10/16/2014 at 10:17 (3,477 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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My signature series was made the very first day of production. It has a two speed high efficiency lamb motor. The speed selector is called Select-A-Flow because you can select high or low airflow. The red light is the Sentry light. It illuminates when the cleaner is plugged in, so the operator will know if their kids are playing near it, if the switch is pressed the machine will start. Kind of like the green light on top of the plastic bodied Electroluxes.
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| Post# 302037 , Reply# 16 10/16/2014 at 10:21 (3,477 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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It's easy to make your own HEPA cloth allergy bags. Obtain some Riccar or Simplicity type F HEPA bags. Cut the bag off right below the cardboard collar. Place the open ended bag into the Air-Way. Remove the plastic top from an old Air-Way bag. Insert the plastic top into the machine, and trim the excess bag cloth about two inches above the plastic bag top. Fold the cloth inwards, and close the Air-Way lid. Simple.
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| Post# 302090 , Reply# 17 10/16/2014 at 19:32 (3,477 days old) by Ericaustin (Dallas, TX) | ||
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Some pics from the manual | ||
| Post# 302092 , Reply# 18 10/16/2014 at 19:37 (3,477 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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Post# 302248 , Reply# 21 10/18/2014 at 03:00 (3,476 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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Yes,true these machines were DTD quality-but the book is kinda tacky for the quality of the vacuum.But I don't look at the book if at all-just use the vacuums instead. | ||
| Post# 357711 , Reply# 22 8/15/2016 at 12:58 (2,808 days old) by dprocket (KANSAS) | ||
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sorry to resurrect an old thread. I have one of these Signature series vacuums. The Rugmaster nozzle has gone out. Does anyone know if/how this can be replaced? I don't know if I should replace the part or just buy a new machine. | ||
| Post# 357726 , Reply# 23 8/15/2016 at 18:21 (2,808 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
David
When you say your Rugmaster powerhead is broken, is it like the one in reply 10? If so, that is a standard Kenmore/Panasonic powerhead & is very popular & is very easy to find parts for. It is also produced for Centec Systems for use with central vacuums. I would take the whole vacuum into a vac shop, let them diagnose & repair the powerhead, it is likely something simple. If they cannot repair the powerhead, then go onto the Centec website & buy a new powerhead from them.
Rob | ||
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