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Singer Golden Power Master
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Post# 451843   4/21/2022 at 18:00 (707 days old) by ecaden1 (clayton,NC)        

Hello everybody, I just picked up this Singer golden Power Master. I have never had a singer vacuum before, and honestly I probably would not have picked it up if it were not for that lovely floral print on the bag. I only payed $20 for the machine, which is okay with me. It is in okay shape and everything seems to work okay and the motor sounds great. It is currently completely useless due to that fact that the end caps for the brushroll have crumbled. I was able to fit a Eureka bag and belt which seemed to fit just fine, but I still cannot use it with how the brushroll is as it falls out within a few seconds.
I have never used one of these before, but for the tiny bit that I did use it, it was absolutely horrible. Although I cannot complain that id did not seem to pick anything up because the previously mentioned brushroll, it was extremely hard to push across the carpet even on the shag setting. it seemed so be easy enough to move on the low pile area rug in one room, but the rest of my carpet, which is higher pile, but by no means shag. it would absolutely wear you out to even do one room.
Either way, it is a cool machine, And I am sure it would work perfectly fine, I don't think that I will be going out of my way to find the parts, as I would probably never use it with all the vacuums that I have that are seemingly so much better, but it is a cool addition to the collection, and I am glad that I got it.
On a side note, the bag topper which is the "box top" style bag, which is like a thick cardboard type material was all bent from years of being pulled upward by the spring, so I was able to bent the tabs that held it in place out and remove and flip it over, so now it is bent the opposite way. It already looks better, hopefully over time it will straighten back out.


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Post# 451844 , Reply# 1   4/21/2022 at 18:53 (707 days old) by Kloveland (Tulsa)        

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I do have an extra set of end caps for those. If you would like me to mail them to you then send me an email with your address. My email is in my profile. Those are fun vacs!

Post# 451855 , Reply# 2   4/22/2022 at 05:21 (706 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)        

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Rare vacuum! You got a great deal!

Post# 451864 , Reply# 3   4/22/2022 at 10:49 (706 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree)        
Yes Indeed!

My grandma had one.

Post# 451865 , Reply# 4   4/22/2022 at 10:55 (706 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Walter,

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my late aunt had one. She worked for Singer as a sewing instructor. I remember seeing that in her house. When it died, she replaced it with a Convertible. Big memories there!

Post# 451867 , Reply# 5   4/22/2022 at 11:05 (706 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Singer (and then Bissell) made a version of that vacuum for decades. The brush roller from machines 20 years newer will fit. Normally a brush roller will come with new end caps in the box. eBay would probably be a great place to start a search. Interestingly, we can still get brand new belts that actually fit your model.

Post# 451872 , Reply# 6   4/22/2022 at 12:02 (706 days old) by ecaden1 (clayton,NC)        

interesting... I have never had a singer machine, nor do I know much about it. I know the motor bearings sound great and it does run really well, and it is in pretty good shape. I believe that I found the end caps for the brush roll.
What type of bag and belt is actually supposed to be used with this machine? For the test run I used a Eureka F&G bag, which seems to fit okay, and a Eureka type U belt, which I have no idea what that went to, but I had them in my basket of random crap, and they also seemed to fit just fine.
I do not have a 3D printer, but it seems like making new end caps for these would be pretty easy if you had an old one to make a template out of or however it is you create a 3D printing. It seems like that is a pretty common issue with these machines, I have seen 2 other people who had one who also had the broken end caps.


Post# 451882 , Reply# 7   4/22/2022 at 14:41 (706 days old) by Kloveland (Tulsa)        

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I put your end caps in the mail this morning. I’ve found several of the plastic 80/90s versions of these at estate sales and a few parts for them from Garry in OKC several yrs ago. It’s a fun vac.

Post# 451897 , Reply# 8   4/22/2022 at 18:04 (706 days old) by ecaden1 (clayton,NC)        

Thank you very much! I am looking forward to seeing how it preforms. I doubt I will use it on my higher pile carpet, but I can use it on the lower pile are rugs here, and the lower pile carpet at my other house.

Post# 452054 , Reply# 9   4/26/2022 at 17:42 (702 days old) by ecaden1 (clayton,NC)        
I got the parts

It definitely is working a lot better now that the brushroll is not flopping all around. Thank you very much for that.
I am going to take it to my friends car lot tomorrow which has lower pile carpets and see how it does on them (I doubt that that have been vacuumed for at least a year)


Post# 452058 , Reply# 10   4/26/2022 at 21:43 (702 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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Seeing this Singer upright reminds me how important some of Singer’s contributions were to the early development of the upright vacuum cleaner. They were the first to reposition the motor sideways which opened up a whole new world of design possibilities, including Hoover’s bypass system for their innovative Dial-a-Matic vac.

Having two fans seemed to be a great idea on paper, but I don’t think these dual fan Singers ever were able to outperform standard Hoover and Eureka uprights in the 1960’s and 1970’s.



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