Recent content by kirbyklekter

It's nice to know that important parts like the main spring can still be purchased for these after over 100 years. In contrast, my friend can't get anyone to fix his 7 yr. old 2500.00 refrigerator because the part is NLA. Jeff, same word for word!

If you lift the player box off of the lower cabinet, that would be the size of my music box. Makes me wonder if there was an option to order a more complete unit that stood on it's own legs, and what I have is half the story! My parents had a new late 50's hifi that could play 78's and with...

Human, if yours looks close to the photo you have a nice looking piece of history there. I like the legs on the player sitting atop the storage box, kind if elegant. About a year ago I was gifted a 1914 Victrola . Not the big model that has legs, more of a table top. I wouldn't call it portable...

Belated Happy Birthday! That's great that you were able to get all the grand kids together at once. Do they live in close proximity to each other? Growing up I think we only got everybody together maybe twice like you have. Everybody was so spread out! I sure enjoyed seeing all the cousins...

Check lesinutah's post earlier in this thread for more info on Kent Oyler's passing and his web site.

These are beautiful Keither, a favorite of mine. Which model are you still looking for?

I bought mine just like yours in 1981 for 49.95 I used it once to clean the shag rugs in my apartment. Unfortunately, the trigger to spray the hot tap water and soap mix concentrate snapped and a leak ensued. I fixed that but the noise! Hearing protection is a must! I still have it but use...

amtraksebo1997 I'm sorry this came late. I'm also sorry that I'm still learning how to create clickable hyperlinks...I know. You can google brush seating and commutator cleaning stone" and you'll be taken to lots of info on said product. They can be found on E-bay for instance. Instructions on...

Very nice. You got a lot done in two months. I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through your photos, you're a great photographer too! One question, do you repack or replace the bearings after they've been through the dishwasher? Asking for a friend,lol. Also wanted to say welcome to Vacuumland!

That looks really nice and would be pretty easy to maintain it's shiny appearance.

Trading stamps We had both S&H Green Stamps and Blue Chip Stamps. Blue was the larger of the two. Funny I remember mom having a bowl of water with a sponge soaked to use to moisten the back of a page of stamps to then paste into the book. Later they came out with a wider stamp to use for a...

Suds question Can people who have jet spas or similar take conventional baths with soap and shampoo? Are they for water massage only, because I would imagine the bubbles could get out of hand and beyond with a little too much lathering of soap on ones body. Is that a thing or what?

More to the story Emptying the dust bin in what ever method works for you is fine. All too often with bagless there's still the various filters that have to be removed so you can shake them out or tap them against the inside of your regular house trash bin outside or what ever and that can be...

Size overkill My friends just finished having a main bathroom completely remodeled, down to the 2x4's. They doubled the size of the shower and had the overhead sunburst shower head installed,over 100 water jets, and then a handheld sprayer on the wall. I house/pet sit for them when they are...

Bobby You'll probably have the cover off by now, but was going to ask if the lens for light is removable from the outside or if there were any screws by the exhaust port under handle. What a great find! Beautiful. I did have a Eureka that had both the screws and the two spring clips holding the...