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Post# 55499   11/29/2008 at 22:15 (5,598 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 55500 , Reply# 1   11/29/2008 at 22:16 (5,598 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 55501 , Reply# 2   11/29/2008 at 22:30 (5,598 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Vacuum Polisher? Patent application dated 1953, Made in Great Britain for export to the Commonwealth - yes, that's what it states. Sadly, the bag is gone - I asked - it arrived without it. But it will be fairly simple to carve a piece to attach an old bag to (I'll use the dark red sateen bojack bag that came with my Hoover 913 that Tom A gave me a real Hoover bag for). The handle has a spring hook for one. I think Doug Smith knows about these... The brushes are removable and accept snap-on pads but the bases extend below the rubber bumper edge. Would there be some sort of casters to use it as a vacuum alone? Why would a polisher have such a powerful vacuum stream? Is this what one uses to smooth & polish fresh terrazzo floors? WTF? Oh well, its pretty and metal and red and Bakelite. LOL |
Post# 55502 , Reply# 3   11/29/2008 at 22:50 (5,598 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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From the back: A pale green/turquoise Compact C-4 with front knob sliders and the hose. The Kingston with hose and 4 tools. This one pulls an astounding 82" - much stronger than the Monitors that pull 55". The wackydoodle Fillery vacuum polisher. A chrome, aluminum and oxblood red Canadian Electrolux triple polisher Model BA-5. It was 50% day at Sally Ann so I got it for $4.50. An excellent condition Hoover Runabout with all the tools under the lid and a chrome collapsing wand and Turbo Floor tool. A Hoover Pod vac, I couldn't leave it behind. Now I officially have a growing Pod Vac sidebar collection. Out of the picture is a chrome Sunbeam Touch 'N Blend 9 speed blender. A whole bunch of round and square cupcake pans, cake tins and wire grill stands to fit the new GE 1.5 cubic foot Profile Series Microwave/Convection oven I had to get last week when the 23 year old Kenmore nuked its last. Since the new one has a turntable and round raised rack (made muffins last week and the pan kept banging into the oven sides when the turntable revered) few of my pans work, as the Kenmore had no turntable. |
Post# 55553 , Reply# 7   11/30/2008 at 19:13 (5,597 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Workin' through the pile of new trash. There's just too much stuff on the kitchen floor and I've stubbed my bare morning toes twice already and that's before the first coffee. Rearranging attic to accommodate vacuums up to the eaves. The GE and the Hoover Runabout wre good to go up and now the Electrolux polsiher has had a once over up it goes too. It is such a joy to work on machines made of aluminum and bakelite. They look so sorry & hopeless with decades of grime and old polish caked on 'em but a little elbow grease and steel wool, magic eraser and rubber restorer shines them up right. Next, the Compact...still has an original style blue/green motor filter and it's clean! |
Post# 55651 , Reply# 8   12/3/2008 at 23:01 (5,594 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 55652 , Reply# 9   12/3/2008 at 23:04 (5,594 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 55653 , Reply# 10   12/3/2008 at 23:07 (5,594 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 55654 , Reply# 11   12/3/2008 at 23:28 (5,594 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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The bottom is it's best side. Model 4-D. So, since I can't concoct custom tinted Hammertone like Rick, but can get Krylon and Tremclad Hammered Finish exterior patio furniture spray enamel in light grey, dark gray, brown or slate I will paint the central cylinder light grey but mask out the bottom between the runners to preserve the original shade, which won't be seen without a prostate exam type inspection on the Judging Table. I'm told the Canadian Firestone version of this vacuum came in light hammertone Grey. :-) If the stripped aluminum caps are as I suspect polished under the paint (those polished circumferential bands are part of the cap casting) I'll re-polish them to a gleam and see how it looks against the grey hammertone. I know the side trim will have to be hammered as well. The nameplates are riveted but are easily masked out. This won't happen overnight but perhaps before I leave for Syracuse mid December. Dave |
Post# 55663 , Reply# 12   12/4/2008 at 06:51 (5,593 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Could you do a shot of the front cover latches opened? The Tank is not completely round is it? Great machine! Rick |
Post# 55667 , Reply# 13   12/4/2008 at 09:09 (5,593 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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The bag rim and opening are round. And my mistake, the aluminum bag cover seats inside the polished aluminum tank rim band. At the motor end it is a one piece aluminum casting with band polished. As for the interior I don't know how the bag managed to escape lying in the rust rot puddle but glad it did. One less thing standing in its way to a deserved restoration. Again, I'm-so-amazed-I-have-to-keep-saying, at 82" lift this particular Kingston sucks better than a Canadian Lux Z89..not as hushed, tho. Lookee, the original screened motor filter in shiny like-new condition! |
Post# 55678 , Reply# 14   12/4/2008 at 14:17 (5,593 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Those are really nifty latches! Thanks Rick |
Post# 55721 , Reply# 15   12/5/2008 at 17:24 (5,592 days old) by dustmoot ()   |   | |
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I am very impressed by the third picture. Excellent finds, all around ! |
Post# 55742 , Reply# 16   12/6/2008 at 00:04 (5,592 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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This arrived by Post from Utah this morning. Got a thing for a teardrop shape...on anything. :-) The 12" wide DAVIS Electrosweep electric carpet sweeper was a luxury item for the well-to-do. Instead of a manual carpet sweeper, it was electric (less work to use). It was probably manufactured in the late 30's. It has a one piece Bakelite body and contains nothing more than a small AC motor geared to a cam arm that sweeps the brush forward and back in an arc, in contact with the surface. No wheels, it simply glides across the carpet on two polished steel base plates which open to dump the debris, just like a manual Carpet Sweeper. Went after it because I contacted the seller to be sure the Bakelite was chip & crack free. Thus assured, I bid. In order to have it shipped reasonably I had her discard the straight maple pole handle but send all the handle hardware such as cord hooks and bolts. I have a salvaged stock of thinner maple broom and mop poles so that was easy. It arrived tightly swathed in bubblewrap layers in perfect filthy condition. Bakelite color loses it's 'faded fog' and comes back to life with Mother's Mag Polish and wax. The cord on it was petrified vintage lamp cord, of which I have an un-petrified stock. The cord is replaced and it works quite well. I plan to put new cloth woven covered lamp cording on it, tho. The motor sweeps the brush back & forth flinging carpet and floor dirt into the two side bins. And it looks so sexy doing it. Almost as sexy as the pre WW1 Streamlined Moderne manual KENMORE sweeper beside it. Like the Kenmore, the Electrosweep's andle bale, hardware and screws are nickle-plate. With the Oak BISSELL 'Grand Rapids' I guess I have a carpet sweeper sub-collection happening. LOL |
Post# 55743 , Reply# 17   12/6/2008 at 00:25 (5,592 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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I've always thought a handi butler would be a nifty and appropriate thing to have for polishing and detailing aluminum parts. Watched a few alone go on Ebay but they tend to sell high or are missing major bits like buffing wheels or the flexishaftcable chuck thingie. Then I stumbled across this extraordinary dark red/maroon accessory set for the KIRBY Classic on Ebay for $9.99 !!! and it's in Northern Detroit - Madison Heights to be exact, a half block from the Oakland Mall. Now, I don't have a KIRBY Classic yet but that's no reason not to snap up soooo many parts at such a price, eh? The hose alone is the perfect shade for the Westinghouse T-4. I know because I have a flamin' red Kirby hose on mine ( that came on a Fairfax) that screws to the Westy connectors perfectly. But it is so garishly red against the pale orchid hammertone... So that's why I continue on this Thread - I'm off on another pick-up daytrip to east Michigan on Monday. And this time I'll go armed with Thrift Shop addresses on the GPS. Anyone want to meet up for lunch, say in Ann Arbor, maybe, Chad? |
Post# 55744 , Reply# 18   12/6/2008 at 00:26 (5,592 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 55745 , Reply# 19   12/6/2008 at 00:37 (5,591 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Creatures of the Night Slumber Party attendees guarding the Double Floor Polisher Pen. I keep finding these Sealy Countin' Sheep among the kid's toys at thrift stores. Too adorabley stoopid looking. When I have all 100 I'll stitch them together into a duvet cover blanky. Then I too will be adorably stoopid looking at certain times of the day and night. I have 23 so far. So please scoop them up when you find them and send them home to Stratford Ontario Canada, please. Dave |