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Thread Number: 3196
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| Post# 35482 3/22/2008 at 21:07 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Dave from Statford came by today for some thrift-storing and vacuuming so without further adieu here's some pictures from my cam. He took some too but inadvertently deleted them but will have more tomorrow. Here's Dave testing out my Kenmore 
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| Post# 35483 , Reply# 1 3/22/2008 at 21:08 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Here's Dave recent find Electro Hygiene alongside my blue Royal. No difference really 
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| Post# 35485 , Reply# 2 3/22/2008 at 21:11 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Daves Master vacuum he got not too long ago. Made for the Canadian Tire stores here in Canada. We think it pulled about 72 on the gauge.. the Royal and Electro H above both pulled 75 & 76. 
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| Post# 35487 , Reply# 3 3/22/2008 at 21:37 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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The champion sucker though, my old Filter Queen 200a pulled a remarkable 92. Here it is with the FQ polisher 
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| Post# 35488 , Reply# 4 3/22/2008 at 21:40 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Dave thrilled to bits after he found this excellent condition Proctor Silex Juice-It. That's my Omega juicer next to it. 
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| Post# 35489 , Reply# 5 3/22/2008 at 21:43 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Next it was down to the Lido Lounge where floor washing was the order of the day pitting Daves vintage Hoover floor washer against the modern Hoover Floor Mate. Little Ben taking it all in. 
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| Post# 35490 , Reply# 6 3/22/2008 at 21:45 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Rub a dub scrub 
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| Post# 35491 , Reply# 7 3/22/2008 at 21:48 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Me with my Floor Mate 
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| Post# 35492 , Reply# 8 3/22/2008 at 21:50 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Dave Floor Mating his way into the entertainment center 
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| Post# 35493 , Reply# 9 3/22/2008 at 21:51 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Me again in my messy kitchen 
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| Post# 35494 , Reply# 10 3/22/2008 at 21:53 (5,868 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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More pics to follow tomorrow | ||
| Post# 35499 , Reply# 11 3/22/2008 at 23:10 (5,868 days old) by scott55405 () | ||
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Looks like a fun day, Pete! 92 for the Filter Queen, wow that's a lot! Do you like the Floormate? | ||
| Post# 35503 , Reply# 12 3/22/2008 at 23:24 (5,868 days old) by swingette () | ||
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Tommorrow the nude pixxx. | ||
| Post# 35504 , Reply# 13 3/22/2008 at 23:27 (5,868 days old) by swingette () | ||
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... and nice Royal and Electro Hygiene too! | ||
| Post# 35506 , Reply# 14 3/22/2008 at 23:35 (5,868 days old) by luxg () | ||
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Pete it looks like you and Dave are having a ball!! That suction power on your Filter Queen is amazing!! Looking forward to more pictures. | ||
| Post# 35509 , Reply# 15 3/23/2008 at 00:25 (5,868 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 35511 , Reply# 16 3/23/2008 at 00:31 (5,868 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Went around town to all the local Thrift stores. | ||
Post# 35521 , Reply# 18 3/23/2008 at 06:32 (5,868 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 35524 , Reply# 19 3/23/2008 at 08:31 (5,868 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Morning in front of some of Pete's mixers, blenders & to
Yeah, so not only did I delete the pix of Pete piloting the Lewyt 120 Big Wheel and the field testing of the Turbine Carpet Brush heads I brought along but now the camera battery is dying and dumbo Dave forgot the battery charger. Pete is now the official papparazzi of the micromeet... In spite of my unpreparedness, I also got a second Westinghouse Model FW-81 with the User manual and Recipe Book. No bowls or juicer this time. Motor's making scary grinding noises so this one will get a complete teardown before it's turned on again. "The smart, streamline design of your Food Mixer means more than beauty! There are no cracks or crevices, no bumps or humps, to collect dirt. Just wipe it clean with a damp cloth. Ribbed bowls are easy to hold, even when hands are wet or greasy." 
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Post# 35526 , Reply# 20 3/23/2008 at 08:40 (5,868 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 35528 , Reply# 21 3/23/2008 at 10:28 (5,867 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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Page six of the User Manual.... Preparing the machine for chest hair removal. | ||
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Post# 35529 , Reply# 22 3/23/2008 at 10:48 (5,867 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 35538 , Reply# 23 3/23/2008 at 12:27 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Trying out the Kirby Omega 
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| Post# 35540 , Reply# 25 3/23/2008 at 12:35 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Turbine Tool Sextet Whirl-off Competition.
The votes are counted and the results are in: If it ain't got a metal flywheel turbine it ain't worth attaching to a vacuum source. The 3 items in the front - Sunbeam Turbine Brush, Preco Power Brush and the Filter Queen Pow-R-Polisher (on exhaust) - performed magnificently with a satisfying windup whine without bogging down in the plushxurious deep carpet nap. The back 3 - Miele, Generic and the Compact Cyclonic Turbinette - all with plastic turbine wheels, clattered up a racket and ground to a halt as soon as you began pushing them. I think they are meant only for smooth floors and jute/sisal weave carpet matting. Headed out briefly to a local downtown Sunday Flea market and wouldn't you know it - I found both the small and large clear glass banded mixing bowls for the Westinghouse Streamline Mixer posted above. My luck! 
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| Post# 35541 , Reply# 26 3/23/2008 at 12:42 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Pete shows a couple of Kirbys who's boss of this carpet. | ||
| Post# 35544 , Reply# 27 3/23/2008 at 13:09 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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A surprise box for Dave to take home 
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| Post# 35545 , Reply# 28 3/23/2008 at 13:12 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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A fun Acme Supreme Juicerator with the ever popular induction motor like the Omega for whisper quiet cetrifulgal operation. 
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Post# 35546 , Reply# 29 3/23/2008 at 13:50 (5,867 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 35548 , Reply# 30 3/23/2008 at 14:18 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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I was really surprised how well those old metal turbine floor brushes work. Here's Dave packing up the treasures to head home. 
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| Post# 35549 , Reply# 31 3/23/2008 at 14:20 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Fitting it all in to the Subaru 
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| Post# 35550 , Reply# 32 3/23/2008 at 14:23 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Mike, here's some closeups of that Kenmore. Backside there's a little two speed toggle switch opposite where the cord retracts. On the right side of the machine you can see where the crevice tool slides inside for storage. It's an odd shaped crevice tool,, as in the next pics 
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| Post# 35551 , Reply# 33 3/23/2008 at 14:25 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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closer upper of front Although there's nothing really special about these old Kenmores I kinda like them. They work well, they're not quiet but they're not noisy either. This one is much quieter on low and seems to work just as well 
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| Post# 35552 , Reply# 34 3/23/2008 at 14:28 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Grand opening. the foot operated on/off switch on front. The more deluxe Kenmores always usually had a bigger foot switch across the full width and would hide the tool sets under a lid cover 
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| Post# 35553 , Reply# 35 3/23/2008 at 14:31 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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The nozzle. No adjustments on this one, works fine though and I think it's sized just right The power nozzle for the blue model is so big it's almost cumbersome to use. 
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| Post# 35555 , Reply# 36 3/23/2008 at 14:37 (5,867 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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I almost forgot, Dave brought me this unwanted Hoover Legacy. Certainly not a Hoover of old and no quadriflex agitator but it'll do as a good loan-outer for someone non vac worthy LOL 
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| Post# 35558 , Reply# 37 3/23/2008 at 15:57 (5,867 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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Nice Dave it looks like u 2 had fun we shoud have a mini meet sometome I see u have quite the collection | ||
| Post# 35570 , Reply# 43 3/23/2008 at 19:27 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Hey Pete! Trip home took a little longer than intended...
The only place Pete & I didn't make it to is the massive junk barn place in Petrolia, which is on my way east...sorta. Since it was 3:30 when I pulled out of the driveway (left the dead, I mean discharged, battery camera behind and had to dash back for it), I figured I'd drive straight home to play with stuff. Pete, as I passed the Petrolia exit the car just steered itself to the right and...found the place easily by the railroad station. Glad I stopped by because... First, with all the talk about Fantoms I noticed this Fury with metallic green accents half buried in a snow pile and froxen to the ground. After scouring the inside buildings wher I found more neat stuff, I examined it and decided to free it from the ice. The guy had a newer looking Fantom in scratched up shape inside the store for $35. This frozen one seems to be all there, triple extending aluminum wand & hose great, rubber canister gaskets in good shape, Clean (new?) HEPA filter cartridge installed and it runs-ish. So I got it for $5 to dry it out, reassemble it and see what all the Fantom Fuss is about. It also appealed to me as a demonstrator because it is narrower and lighter than the Fantom I fixed for Lena a few months back. Please forgive me, Vintage Metal Gawds. 
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| Post# 35572 , Reply# 44 3/23/2008 at 19:45 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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More Westinghouse Steamliners...
The place is a bit more organized where mixers and blenders are concerned. On the shelf was a complete Westinghouse on the stand and a Dormeyer on the stand along with the usual all years of Sunbeams. No Bowls to be seen anywhere. :-( There's a heap of assorted juicer bowls and reamers, etc - at least a dozen - you'd have to sort through to find the one you need/want, and in a box beside that another Westinghouse streamer w beaters and no stand in excellent cosmetic condition. You really need to take a strong flashlight to this place to see what's what in the dark corners and under tables. Do I really need a spare standless one? Yes, I did. LOL This is the manual that came with the one that had no bowls, that I located in clear glass this morning. I luv the shape - the Moby Mixer! 
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| Post# 35573 , Reply# 45 3/23/2008 at 19:51 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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But this is THE find of the day!
On my way out with the Fury once again my eyes were drawn sideways and I saw this standing in 2" of ice & snow just waiting to be destoyed by the snow coming in this week. I fairly leapt upon it! So, speaking of late 30's streamline moderne styling applied to previously plain old houshold goods we present...The Kenmore Touch-O-Matic Carpet Sweeper in shaped Oak, embossed rubber and gleaming chrome. Obviously these are all before pix. 
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Post# 35574 , Reply# 46 3/23/2008 at 19:51 (5,867 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 35575 , Reply# 47 3/23/2008 at 19:56 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 35576 , Reply# 48 3/23/2008 at 19:59 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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The functional bits. | ||
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Post# 35577 , Reply# 49 3/23/2008 at 20:05 (5,867 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 35578 , Reply# 50 3/23/2008 at 20:06 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 35584 , Reply# 52 3/23/2008 at 20:26 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 35620 , Reply# 53 3/24/2008 at 00:44 (5,867 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Great Finds! | ||
| Post# 35633 , Reply# 54 3/24/2008 at 07:05 (5,867 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Noticed late last night that the varnish coat on the oak is so dry you can flake it off as dust with a fingernail. So I will carefully remove it around the gold decaled letters, touch them up as best I can, a light sanding, a swab of golden oak stain and a new shiny protective finish. She'll gleam like new again. The rubber bumper is held in place with 4 tack brads - it acts like a large rubber band to keep the chrome wheel caps snug against the side of the sweeper box. They are otherwise unattached. I am amazed at the general; condition of the sweeper, considering how many times it probably banged against furniture legs. Taking a 1 hour run back west tonight after work to the Nauvoo Road to pick up Felix from his neutering adventure. Dave | ||
| Post# 35710 , Reply# 55 3/24/2008 at 22:38 (5,866 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 35711 , Reply# 56 3/24/2008 at 22:39 (5,866 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 35713 , Reply# 57 3/24/2008 at 22:51 (5,866 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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He was mighty happy to get home again. First thing he did was trot around the house to familiar spots making sure everything was as it should be, checked out the odd smell of the new pine-ish smelling Fantom Fury for a few minutes, then finished off his tour by climbing up the screen door, leaping to the attache case and ricocheted off the cat cage (probably to prove to himself, and show me, he still could)...and promptly fell asleep on the linoleum. :-) What a character. While he was snoring I started taking the Fantom completely apart and washing the parts. Gonna make it as like new as I can. Felix joined me to watch from his favorite tabletop towel. Dang, he's adorable and smart as a whip! They love him so much at the Vet Hospital in Watford - Pete's sister Pauline works there - they want to keep him. This is where he was socialized on a daily basis for 2-3 weeks before I got him. Perfect timing in that another major snowstorm is due to hit southern Ontario on Tuesday. 
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Post# 35756 , Reply# 58 3/25/2008 at 07:28 (5,866 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 36124 , Reply# 59 3/27/2008 at 23:02 (5,863 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Fantom Fury redeems itself in my sceptacle eyes...
Oh, I'm not about to start collecting them but after putting this Fury back together after stripping it down to the motor and washing everything clean it runs - loudly - and pulls a respectable 51" through the hose inlet (before the combination hose/wand is connected. If you know this type of vacuum you know the suction is through the hose (inside of which is a two piece collapsing aluminum wand) when in the handle-up lock position. As the handle is lowered for floor use the suction is redirected to the brushroll and the hose is cut off. The brushroll is wood with shaft bearings and the roll had swelled and dried in an oval shape, binding it to the brush supports and dividers. The bearings were wobbly loose in the wood cutout, which has a bumpy ring liner to seat the bearing. So I filled in the spaces with 5 minute epoxy, inserted the ring against it. Once just set I hammered the bearings home and left it overnight. All centered and fixed. This took up the slack in the belt which had burned through some of the surrounding plastic channel. It spins so fast I wouldn't use this vac on a polyester carpet...but then I wouldn't have a plastic carpet in the house anyway. LOL Clearly you want to empty the bin and central dust tube thoroughly after each use or the fine dust will cake up into a hard lump. The headlight is certainly stylish but the illumination of the the floor is virtually useless. Anyway, it's a narrow path heavy cumbersome noisy vacuum cleaner that is not very maneuverable. But it does pick up dirt quite well and has interesting compact looks. Frankly I'd rather use the Hoover Dam to do the same thing better and funner. I like the collapsing wands inside the expanding hose but really, Hoover did it better...and funner. :-) Was the FURY the first itteration of J Dyson's ideas for Fantom? There is something to be said for vortex bagless vacuums with multiple chambers for different sized debris. I was surprised at all the microfine dust it picked up from a few passes over the hallway carpet - about an 8 feet long path. Along with all the lovely cat hair in the bin. I'll go over all the carpets in the house just to see what it picks up then set it aside on display. 
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| Post# 36126 , Reply# 60 3/27/2008 at 23:11 (5,863 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 36128 , Reply# 61 3/27/2008 at 23:21 (5,863 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Meanwhile, back in Kenmore Touch-O-Matic Land
The shellac scraped off easily and i used dental tools around the gold stamped lettering. A first stain of golden oak brings out the grain nicely. Since this pic I have touched up the letters with old gold paint and gave it an overall honey oak stain. Plan is to protect it all under severeal coats of rubbed out shellac till I achieve a piano finish..ie, french polishing. I recognized the smell of shellac as it scraped off. Also, the chrome bits are not chrome at all. It's all nickel plated steel. I believe the use of shellac & nickle date this sweeper prior to WW2. As does the styling. And so it goes... Dave 
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Post# 36167 , Reply# 62 3/28/2008 at 07:44 (5,863 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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I believe the word is sceptable | ||
| Post# 36174 , Reply# 63 3/28/2008 at 08:50 (5,863 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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Hey Dave I have a fury and cyclone XT they work great and they pick up soo much I hope u enjoy the fantom. although I wonder why urs is so loud mine is pretty quiet could it be the bearings?? Mike | ||
| Post# 36339 , Reply# 65 3/29/2008 at 17:29 (5,861 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Continuing this Kenmore Carpet Sweeper theme... | ||
| Post# 36340 , Reply# 66 3/29/2008 at 17:35 (5,861 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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The newly contrived Lux-O-Lewyt polisher
The Lewyt 120 has become the vacuum of choice for the crowded kitchen workspace as it has a small footprint, pumps out lots of inches and is easily booted...er...nudged out of the way on those spin-on-s-dime wheels. Yup, that's the Hammertone blue Turb-o-tool with the drill chuck and a lambswool polishing pad. 
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| Post# 36341 , Reply# 67 3/29/2008 at 17:37 (5,861 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 36342 , Reply# 68 3/29/2008 at 17:41 (5,861 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 36362 , Reply# 69 3/29/2008 at 20:44 (5,861 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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A sleek reinterpretation of the humble Carpet Sweeper returned from the Land of Forgotten... Joining his older sibling from Grand Rapids, Sister Bissell. Under the skin the exact same mechanism. The late 1930s/pre WWII Kenmore Touch-O-Matic. Thankfully (?) I have only 2 carpet sweepers so I'm not collecting them...yet. Get 3 of something and yer collectin', Mister! 
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| Post# 36366 , Reply# 70 3/29/2008 at 21:07 (5,861 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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I'll close this thread with something turquoise I've been searching for for a long time, the Interactive James P Sullivan aka Sully that goes with the interactive Mike. They were sold as sets. Hard plastic Green one-eyed Mikes are a dime a dozen at thrift stores but I've never found a Sully til now. He's a plush cuddly one and no doubt stays in the toybox. Both have rather impressive animatronic faces with moving mouths, rolling and blinking eyes and touch sensors. Start one up, the other comes to life and they'll have a cogent back and forth conversation for 10 minutes, accompanied with waving arms from Mike. Sully's head turns to wherever Mike is. Based in Markham Ontario Canada, Thinkway Toys are the folks who developed the circuitry and are responsible for all the Disney Interactive toys from Monsters Inc in 2001 and Toy Story 1,2&3. Pete can tell ya, I spend as much time in Value Village Toy sections as I do in Appliances. LOL Dave 
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| Post# 36471 , Reply# 71 3/30/2008 at 13:46 (5,860 days old) by em-tor64 () | ||
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Wow, great job on the Kenmore carpet sweeper, it's beautiful. I really like the deco style of the wrap around bumper. Love the Lux-O-Lewyt polisher set up! | ||
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Post# 36496 , Reply# 72 3/30/2008 at 16:42 (5,860 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 36711 , Reply# 73 3/31/2008 at 22:08 (5,859 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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The Kenmore really captures debris well!
As does the Bissel. I tossed sawdust on the carpet and both of them swept up a clean path in one pass. Touch-O-Matic is a sly bit of Streamline Moderne Age Marketing smooze. Sure, as soon as you touch it and send it across the carpet it does set in motion a whirling brush with an upper comb that spits the dirt into the two bins...but heck, that's what all carpet sweepers ever did. :-) But it sure does look classy. 
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| Post# 36713 , Reply# 74 3/31/2008 at 22:09 (5,859 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 36716 , Reply# 75 3/31/2008 at 22:26 (5,859 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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If it had a power nozzle under there it would be a Shark | ||
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Post# 36787 , Reply# 76 4/1/2008 at 06:14 (5,859 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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