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Thread Number: 17511
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| Post# 188938 7/7/2012 at 18:48 (4,308 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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| Post# 188939 , Reply# 1 7/7/2012 at 18:52 (4,308 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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Hamilton Beach No.12 | ||
| Post# 188990 , Reply# 2 7/8/2012 at 06:34 (4,307 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
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| Post# 189004 , Reply# 3 7/8/2012 at 10:19 (4,307 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 189077 , Reply# 4 7/8/2012 at 22:30 (4,307 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 189079 , Reply# 5 7/8/2012 at 22:48 (4,307 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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| Post# 189081 , Reply# 6 7/8/2012 at 22:51 (4,307 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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Hi John...
The height adjustment is on right the side by turning the knob, as you can see in the photo. It has lots of what appears to be deco trim but really haven't a clue about its age.
I've seen model 14's painted and unpainted but know nothing about this particular unit other than the fact it doesn't make milk shakes. Any information you have to share would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. 
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| Post# 189238 , Reply# 7 7/9/2012 at 17:01 (4,306 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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My opening statement... | ||
| Post# 189248 , Reply# 8 7/9/2012 at 17:13 (4,306 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 189321 , Reply# 10 7/9/2012 at 23:47 (4,306 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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Pat -
Some of the 14's were hammertoned, but the earlier ones were not. I have never seen a hammertone 12's, though. I have found an ad of a 14 that I will post when I can figure out how to duplicate it (it is a 1/4 page ad along a right-hand margin; my stupid scanner/printer does not know what to do with this or how, so I will have to take it somewhere and reduce at, and bring it back and scan it.) The ad is dated 1941.
Bernie: I am still looking for a brochure/partial ad I have SOMEWHERE of the 12 and 14. I HOPE it has a date on it. | ||
| Post# 189354 , Reply# 11 7/10/2012 at 08:37 (4,305 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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Hi guys....
I found a 1946 ad for a model 14 on Ebay, and it's interesting that John has an ad for the 14 dating from 1941.
That puts it back a ways in time. The question I have now is: Was the model 12 produced as a price-pointed version of the 14, or was it a model produced before the 14? I'm no expert, but based on the lovely deco bag logo and belt cover plate, I would think it's an earlier machine produced in the 1930's, perhaps late 30's, of the deco era. The bag is black with white silk-screened logo. The boiler plate states that Hamilton Beach is a division of Scovill Mfg. Co., Racine, Wisconsin. (see 1946 model# 14 ad link) CLICK HERE TO GO TO truckerx's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 189359 , Reply# 12 7/10/2012 at 08:52 (4,305 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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HB was sold to Scovill Mfg. in 1922.....
History
Founded in April 1910 by inventor Frederick J. Osius in Racine, Wisconsin, the Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Company took its name from two men Osius hired, Louis Hamilton and Chester Beach. He hired Hamilton as the new company's advertising manager, and Beach to work as a mechanic. Osius did not care for his own name, so he paid Hamilton and Beach $1000 each for the right to use their names instead. The company mostly sold products that Osius had invented and patented, but Chester Beach had invented a high-speed fractional motor in 1905, which the company used in many of its products. Osius designed the agitator implement for the company's first drink mixer, the Cyclone, introduced in 1911. Hamilton and Beach left the company in 1913 to form their own firm, Wisconsin Electric Company. Osius sold Hamilton-Beach to Scovill Manufacturing in 1922 and moved to Millionaires' Row in Miami Beach. | ||
| Post# 189402 , Reply# 13 7/10/2012 at 17:40 (4,305 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 189403 , Reply# 14 7/10/2012 at 17:45 (4,305 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 189404 , Reply# 15 7/10/2012 at 17:47 (4,305 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 189406 , Reply# 16 7/10/2012 at 17:54 (4,305 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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Bernie -I have noticed, in reviewing the trade catalogues and vintage ads, that Hamilton Beach kept its model numbers for many years. They would add features to a model, but not change the number. I guess this made for a very short model list. I believe they kept the Model 14 until at least the mid-50's; not sure about the 12.
Speaking of the early days, here's a H-B ad from 1922, showing how their small home motor could be adapted for their vacuum, fan, mixer, sewing machine, and polisher. Donch'a love the vacuum? I think they had a vibrator, too, but it may not have worked with the small motor. 
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| Post# 189420 , Reply# 17 7/10/2012 at 22:14 (4,305 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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OK...
I'm thinking that the clue to the date of production of the No.12 could lie within the serial number. Serial numbers on other products often contain dates of manufacture. I will ass-u-me that serial# 523669 could be decoded as 5-2-36. Since the model 14 was in production in 1941, let's guess the No.12 is an earlier model. The trim shouts Deco, so guessing it's between 1936 and 1940.
I'd appreciate any other views, and thank you guys for the information already given. | ||
| Post# 189426 , Reply# 18 7/10/2012 at 22:31 (4,305 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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John...
In the 1947 Good Housekeeping ad, wouldn't that be a model 14 at the bottom rather than a model 12 because of the obvious headlamp? I couldn't find any notation for the model number of the upright.
In the following post regarding the adaptable motor, could that be Mr. Beach's fractional motor invention? | ||
| Post# 189474 , Reply# 19 7/11/2012 at 08:05 (4,304 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 189649 , Reply# 20 7/12/2012 at 12:30 (4,303 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
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John... | ||
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