Thread Number: 31557  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Junk 1947 Kenmore Re-purposed
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Post# 348765   3/27/2016 at 14:32 (2,941 days old) by busy161 ()        

I found an old Kenmore in a Barn and the I thought it was cool. The guy gave it to me. I had it laying around for a couple months so I made a House fan out of it to hang from my ceiling. It took much to fabricate this but now I call it the Inter Galactic Space Cruiser. The older than me crowd says it looks like Flash Gordon's ride. That is an old oscillating fan I found on eBay and disassembled and polished and rewired. The video's are awesome. Here is are some pic's. When hanging it also oscillates back and forth in time with the opposite direction of fan. When you wind the chain a couple times it spins then stops and spins the other way. If anyone has these old Kenmore's that are ready for the junk pile I will buy and think of more re-purposing. In the pictures the fan is spinning but camera locked in on the blade. It moves quite a bit of air. It is now complete has I polished the spear Today.

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Post# 348768 , Reply# 1   3/27/2016 at 15:08 (2,941 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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That's fantastic!! smile

 

Have you heard of Jimmy Descant, a/k/a Rocketman?!

 

Check out the link and see "Past Art" and "Cool Pix."



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Post# 348801 , Reply# 2   3/27/2016 at 22:19 (2,941 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI)        

I recall that someone on here turned two of those Kenmore Commander tanks into a jetpack.

Post# 348803 , Reply# 3   3/27/2016 at 22:58 (2,941 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)        
Very Nice!

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Post# 348823 , Reply# 4   3/27/2016 at 23:44 (2,941 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)        

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That is totally wicked cool!

Post# 348836 , Reply# 5   3/28/2016 at 01:42 (2,941 days old) by busy161 ()        
cb123

The project was suppose to be a torpedo but morphed into space ship.

Post# 348852 , Reply# 6   3/28/2016 at 10:05 (2,941 days old) by Marks_here (_._)        
Awesome!!

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That's better then some of these projects that have been posted!!

Post# 348854 , Reply# 7   3/28/2016 at 10:26 (2,941 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)        

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Could have made a cool Graf Zeppelin out of it. I can see it now--a Hindenburg replica with a '50s hot rod style flame paint job.

Post# 348857 , Reply# 8   3/28/2016 at 11:47 (2,941 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
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This is one of the best and most skillful vac reuses I have seen!!I'm thinking more J Vernes 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.'
I had one friend with a welder that is slowly making a vac robot out of last years discards.There are many more to go this year including shapes and sizes that I feel would make a Starship Enterprise.I have the same Sears,other bullet shapes,round,round & tall,round & flat,old hand vacs,older hand vacs,old uprights,older uprights and more & MORE.I will have more time after April to sort and sell/scrap vintage vacs.If you might be traveling further east in TN please be in touch.
In addition to the Mustang do I see a Nova and a GTO (possibly Riviera)?Great cars!
Jimmy Martin
423-268-4841



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