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Smoke and..... mirrors. Lots of vacs could do that if you got a really good seal against the ball. The idea of suction though is not to overdo it to the extent you have a hard time dragging the floor tools across the cleaning surface. Elux salesmen used the three steel ball test(or was it...

Unless...... he had another 1205 motor, most likely he put in a Lamb motor....most dealers do. They're OK, but I prefer the original motors. A lot of the problems with any old tank is that most people just think they're some old tank and so when something wet gets spilled on the floor, they...

Don't.... even start with me and vintage stereo electronics. I've been in that for over 40yrs. We've gotten to a place where it's like trying to buy your way into Heaven. The people with the money attempting to do that, have absolutely no background in audio and no clue what they are doing...

The Elux.......... salesmen were not always predators. I know of at least two that serviced their customers for over 30yrs......were never pushy and fixed their machines for pennies, if needed. My mother-in-in-law was one of those customers. She lived in the same house for 45yrs and the Elux...

Very....... cool Chris on the 1205! Be sure to share the restorers name and contact info if you really like the job he did. Nice looking Super J...I have a few to restore....not sure how many. I have a lot of armatures and brushes.....should be fun. I don't know what to expect pitted...

I don't...... want to get into a member Battle Royal(pun intended) but....... In one room that is carpeted sat something heavy that smashed the pile down. I've hit that spot with my Royal, my Hoover Convertible and the PN for the Diamond Jubilee. Guess which one is the only vac that...

Sadly...... I don't have recollections of vac shops. I'm pretty sure the Rexair was taken care of by a salesman. I have no idea where my folks got the upright Hoovers and how they were ever fixed/maintained. It wasn't my dad....he would have just bought a new one. I wound up fixing everything...

Aftermarket..... parts have become problematic because they're almost always made now of Chinesium. There used to be 'levels' of aftermarket parts and it was folly to pay the markup of dealers like Aerus. But when you buy a used Elux vac for $35, it's a bitter pill to swallow in paying over...

You can...... say that about anything that was human made.....'they're only new once'. It's also a tired trope. They get to do anything they want with the Olympia....just turn away if you must. Kevin

Yeah....... it's like winning the lottery. It happens to people who may not 'deserve' it but who are we to judge? At least they shared the vid and perhaps will read the YouTube comments. I bought a Diamond Jubilee new from a salesman....actually salesperson because she was a woman. We didn't...

I've mentioned...... these innumerable times in here. They seem to be more like a Teflon type material. Plastic I would assume to be stiffer after all the yrs. I tried a touch of grease and that worked until dirt attached itself to the seals. I interchanged them to different sections...that...

Didn't you....... post this yrs before? I remember looking at a 1205 with very similar colors. And sure...why not paint your vacs whatever color you want......you own it! Kevin

Mostly..... as these things play out.....they go to the landfill. It's only if one of us gains knowledge of its existence, do they get saved. Word is not out that ancient, rusty vacs have any value to anyone in particular. I don't think people on eBay selling old, rusty vacs represent...

I would try...... the judicious use of a real heat gun along its length. The stiffness you observed is on a molecular level and the heat may rearrange things. You could also drop the cord in boiling water for ten minutes and then remove. Yeah, there's spray battery terminal cleaners you can...

It's......... popular with 3D printers. It might be strong, but it's affected by heat and UV rays. Almost all the plastic inside my car is ABS. Which is fine for me because it repairs easily with ABS plumbing glue....permanently. I had a small part break off on my new Connie's hose because...

Another hobby...... chainsaw restoration....there is a guy that has access to one of those expensive machines at work. He began printing an unobtainium plastic fan that bolts to a chainsaw flywheel. He's selling them for about $40 a pop. His company would making zero profit at that price...

Kudos on the painting effort. But....if you don't have one yet, find the retro Connie....WONDERFUL machine. Personally, I like the painted one over the stainless. Kevin

@kirb519.... It's been "new" for over ten yrs now. Yes, making the molds for sand casting is a perfectly viable option for 3D printing and being done. Kevin

I've seen some in action too....fail completely and dangerously.....hence trying to bring us back down to the real world, while disputing claims that 3D printing is saving 'hobby' machines from the brink of extinction. Like virtual reality, which was going to change life as we know it on...

Well...... before we all get on that shiny new pony we call 3D printing..... The consumer machines only layer which is woefully weak compared to plastic mold injection. I've seen the parts fail from these machines quite catastrophically. There are however, commercial machines approaching a...