Thread Number: 7526
Lux nozzles part two. Again, etc., et.al., revisited, section "B", "They're Back!" |
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Post# 82982 , Reply# 1   10/25/2009 at 12:59 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Side view: |
Post# 82983 , Reply# 2   10/25/2009 at 13:00 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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As you can see this thing was pretty nasty. Rear View. |
Post# 82985 , Reply# 4   10/25/2009 at 13:05 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Newly died bumpers.....and the newer aluminium nozzle. |
Post# 82987 , Reply# 5   10/25/2009 at 13:08 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Now, the swivel connector. I just assumed it was darkened with age. As I attempted to clean it up, it was revealed that it was actually painted a dark grey. So was the attaching plate! |
Post# 82988 , Reply# 6   10/25/2009 at 13:11 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Before pictures of nozzle number two. I am hoping this is either a Lux model V or XI rug tool. I have both machines, but not a tool to go with either of them. |
Post# 82989 , Reply# 7   10/25/2009 at 13:13 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Different view of mystery nozzle. It has the smaller (1") opening. |
Post# 82990 , Reply# 8   10/25/2009 at 13:14 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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This is how long it is...10.5" |
Post# 82991 , Reply# 9   10/25/2009 at 13:15 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Bottom view. |
Post# 82995 , Reply# 13   10/25/2009 at 13:35 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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1. Nozzle. |
Post# 82996 , Reply# 14   10/25/2009 at 13:38 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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rear view. It polished up pretty good. Really has some deep imperfections though. Any help with the identification of this nozzle would be greatly appreciated! |
Post# 82997 , Reply# 15   10/25/2009 at 13:40 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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XXX WWII nozzle re-assembly. You can really see in this picture how the front of the nozzle has curved over time. |
Post# 82998 , Reply# 16   10/25/2009 at 13:42 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Having changed shape, the plastic no longer wanted to go where it was supposed to. I could barely get the screw holes to line up! |
Post# 82999 , Reply# 17   10/25/2009 at 13:44 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Completed nozzle. All re-painted, shined up, and new rubber parts! |
Post# 83000 , Reply# 18   10/25/2009 at 13:46 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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...of the nozzle. No. Just the swivel connector. |
Post# 83001 , Reply# 19   10/25/2009 at 13:48 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Front view so you can see the logo detail. |
Post# 83002 , Reply# 20   10/25/2009 at 13:52 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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When was this upholstery tool made????? Is it even for a US machine? Sorry - blurry. I'll describe it. Turquoise (ish), plastic. |
Post# 83003 , Reply# 21   10/25/2009 at 13:54 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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What years were these little guys made? |
Post# 83005 , Reply# 23   10/25/2009 at 13:59 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Much larger, deeper logo. |
Post# 83006 , Reply# 24   10/25/2009 at 14:00 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Steel |
Post# 83007 , Reply# 25   10/25/2009 at 14:01 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Aluminium. |
Post# 83008 , Reply# 26   10/25/2009 at 14:03 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Is this right? |
Post# 83009 , Reply# 27   10/25/2009 at 14:06 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Hey wake up! You'll miss the tag-line! No Lux nozzles were harmed in the making of this photo-play... just brought back to life. Rick |
Post# 83010 , Reply# 28   10/25/2009 at 14:21 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Don't ya wish there was an erase button? Dyed not died. Forgot this.....the bottom of the plastic XXX nozzle does not have this small "gleaner" section like it's aluminum cousin. |
Post# 83029 , Reply# 31   10/25/2009 at 19:59 (5,267 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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"Don't ya wish there was an erase button? Dyed not died." Well, logic dictates that one must be newly died before a ressurection can take place, eh? Spelling typos under the time-sensitive gun of posting such magnificent pictures of a thoughtful thorough essay on tool restoration are understandable but perhaps 'we' are taking the 'magnificence' too far? Clearly Rick, your polished nozzle is a mere 10" long, not the claimed 10.5", mmm? But let that pass. :-) I believe that the all aluminum slim mystery nozzle is for the 1931 thru 1939 Goblin cylinder. The Electrolux logos would have to be stamped in to the steel while the aluminum would have had the logo as part of the mold. I don't know when the change was made but I wonder if it was somehow connected with the war effort and perhaps the plastic nozzle came about for the same reasons? Btw, that is a beautiful piece of nozzle resurrection whatever 'M' polishing products you used. I get the same results from Mothers and steel wooling. I luv your detecting and noting the color of the rubber and the little detail about the gray paint... Dave, running, ducking and dodging down prairie dog burrows for opening references to man's predisposition for misreading 12" rulers. |
Post# 83034 , Reply# 32   10/25/2009 at 20:45 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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It's 10 5/8Th's inches! Must be another one of those camera/smoke mirror doohickeys. |
Post# 83036 , Reply# 34   10/25/2009 at 21:08 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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It's Meguiar's. Irvine CA. I've used this stuff since I used to machine polish the lacquer finishes I applied to pianos. |
Post# 83037 , Reply# 35   10/25/2009 at 21:10 (5,267 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 83038 , Reply# 36   10/25/2009 at 21:10 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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And the MAAS. I had no idea it had a scent. "French Lavender"...they have a website. www.maasinc.com.... |
Post# 83039 , Reply# 37   10/25/2009 at 21:20 (5,267 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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You may be right, Rick, if it does indeed measure over 10" side to side. Faced with no identifying marks it may be an early Goblin or other import nozzle. I propose that until more humorously opinionated folks join this wise and wonderfully perplexing thread we'll accept all answers as correct... My 10" Goblin has a Bakelite insert sporting the Hopping Goblin Imp with a sawtooth 'gleaner' comb completing the rim edge. |
Post# 83040 , Reply# 38   10/25/2009 at 21:24 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Maybe? |
Post# 83042 , Reply# 39   10/25/2009 at 21:31 (5,267 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 83043 , Reply# 40   10/25/2009 at 21:40 (5,267 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Dave, let's not fight over how long our nozzles are. Besides, it's not the size that picks up dirt.....it's the air flow. |
Post# 83045 , Reply# 42   10/25/2009 at 22:01 (5,267 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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An interesting page - Swedish Electrolux's competition, if not inspiration was the British Vacuum Cleaner Company that swept Queen Victoria's dirt from under the Palace carpets. In a presaging echo of the Dyson Legend, in 1900 a young 19 year old London fellow attended at St Pancreas Station for a demonstration of how much cleaner the railway carriages would be if you could blow the debris from one side of the carriage to a dustbox on the other side. Unfortunately the billowing clouds of dirt would not accommodate and he left the Station mulling over a problem he knew was well worth thinking about. Conceived in 1900 and patented in 1901, Mr Hubert Cecil Booth mounted his machine on a horse drawn cart, trundling it around London doing the dirty deed for homes, apartment lodgings and stores. "While Westminster Abbey was being prepared for the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Mr Booth was invited to prove the cleaning powers of his new invention on the Coronation Carpet. The Royal Household were very impressed by this demonstration. The King and Queen instructed the Lord Chamberlain to request Mr Booth to do a further demonstration in their presence at Buckingham palace. This time his demonstration was so successful that his first two machines were sold to Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle." |
Post# 83047 , Reply# 43   10/25/2009 at 22:19 (5,267 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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That little tool is a rare gem made for the equaly rare model XX (20), Electrolux's latest model to replace the XXX (30). Problem was that the US went into war production and the model XX was scrapped. After the war, the XXX was brought back and the XX was never seen again. (Except for a few collectors). There were suposidly two styles one was a dusting brush, and the other an upholstry tool. I think it's from 1943. Alex Taber |
Post# 83120 , Reply# 45   10/27/2009 at 04:01 (5,266 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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That was a cord holder. You know how there is the little thingy to hold the cord on the model E, AE, L and a few other models that have the cord winder as an optional tool? Well it was also on the XX. Thank you for the info, I'm glad to know the exact year, and that fits! 1941 would be about three years after the XXX was introduced. As I said, the war stopped all vacuum cleaner manufacturing, and Electrolux went into 'war production' making the "motors that fight!" You are right about the colors too. I have a model XX, very quiet, great suction. Some of the attachments like the dust brish, and upholstry tool were gray bakelite. It was a good machine, but very few are around. That one is definetely a keeper! Alex Taber |
Post# 83170 , Reply# 46   10/27/2009 at 22:12 (5,265 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 83302 , Reply# 48   10/31/2009 at 12:04 (5,261 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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That junk shop in Michigan City is where a lot of my first machines came from, so yes, I remember it very well. As for the XX, as it was more less an afterthought, Electrolux didn't want to admit they introduced it. When I wrote for info to the company back in 1979 asking for info on the C-A Electrolux's only wet/dry comercial model, they said it didn't exist, never had. I told whoever it was that I'd used it. "Was never sold!" was the answer. About two weeks later I got a letter from Charles McKee, the President of Electrolux. He included the instruction book for that model and a nice letter thanking me for my interest in their company. He told me I know more about their history than the top brass did. So for whatever reason, poor sales, the war, or just that the previous model the XXX was way too popular (pick one) they dropped the XX. Great machine, as I say I have one and love it! Alex Taber |