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  1. rowdy141

    Strange Kirby Bag

    "...daring you to pop the trunk. " 😨
  2. rowdy141

    Kirby Tradition Heritage Legend replacement Tubes

    Thank-you guys, I'll check those out today.
  3. rowdy141

    Strange Kirby Bag

    Hi Huskyvacs! Ahh, the smell of old oil 😊 That's what I like about restoring Sewing Machines. LOL.
  4. rowdy141

    Kirby Tradition Heritage Legend replacement Tubes

    I have the original plastic tubes for my 'daily-driver' Kirby vacuums, and I'm looking to buy new chrome/aluminium Wand Tubes for them. Perhaps a telescopic tube? I want to use these machines on a regular basis whilst conserving the original plastic tubes which are more scarce and fragile. Can...
  5. rowdy141

    Strange Kirby Bag

    What a sad image. Makes me want to cross the Atlantic just to rescue it. I feel the same way seeing old cars in a scrap yard. I want to restore them all!
  6. rowdy141

    Polishing A Kirby

    Hi Les! The Hemp/String wheel I have here (the only one I've seen) is really course. I'm going by BriGuy's photo and assuming all those fine in-line parallel scratches were the result of machining? I would have thought it unlikely that he was so accurate with hand-sanding in one precise...
  7. rowdy141

    Which carbon brushes do I use for Royal 884?

    I guess that's where the term 'To receive a Dressing Down' comes from? To be reduced in height.
  8. rowdy141

    Which carbon brushes do I use for Royal 884?

    I too wondered about filing Carbon Brushes to make them fit. It can be done. Sand by hand, on flat diamond plates used for sharpening woodwork plane irons & chisels. They're modern equivalents of the old India Sharpening Stones. They remove material quickly and accurately, while keeping...
  9. rowdy141

    Polishing A Kirby

    I'd suggest your stitched wheel might be too harsh? Or you're pressing too hard, instead of letting the wheel do the work. It appears as though the stitched wheel itself may be scoring the soft aluminium? Perhaps consider a hard FELT wheel? Softer than stitched Hemp(?) but firmer than a...
  10. rowdy141

    Hepa bags. A gimmick?

    I'm genuinely questioning this whole concept. In our old Electrolux, we used a shake-out dust beg for twenty years or more. It worked just fine. Our carpets weren't dirty. And there were no carpet-washers in those days. Electrolux recommended we use only genuine Electrolux paper bag inserts...
  11. rowdy141

    Hepa bags. A gimmick?

    I'm keen to learn about this fascination with Hepa filtration. Is everyone hypoallergenic all of a sudden? Suffering from hayfever? Filtering the air of a room constantly? Using their vacuums to do the filtering? When you turn your vacuum Off, you are breathing in the pollen and sub-micron...
  12. rowdy141

    Does anyone hot rod their Vacs?

    A modded Hoover Constellation could race that Electrlux hot-rod!
  13. rowdy141

    Airflow with cloth outer bag

    Hi Les, Thanks for your take on my 'theory'. Ah, so the Vents in new plastic canisters are just to prevent the door from blowing open, not to improve airflow through the paper bags? Gotcha. I'm sort-of throwing this idea out there, whilst still trying to get my head around the dynamics, so I...
  14. rowdy141

    Airflow with cloth outer bag

    I think we could probably improve airflow on cloth-bagged vacuums which have inner paper bags, by leaving the zipper slightly ajar. I bought a new replacement Outer Bag for my Kirby Tradition. Its not as well made or nicely finished, as earlier bags; no Kirby label, Bag Topper too deep, raw...
  15. rowdy141

    Attachments for my 1979 Kirby Tradition...

    Merry Christmas Ben, Les, Stale cake and a vacuum? I'd welcome that. Beats anything OUR neighbours would offer. Are you missing the Shoulder-Strap too? The one that clips onto the portable-use Handle? It stores rolled-up in that small rectangle, inside the case.
  16. rowdy141

    Help - New 13 inch Kirby Heritage Brushroll...

    I upgraded to the newer Wooden Four-bar Brushrolls this year. They're readily available everywhere. It's a big improvement on the old Grey Two-bars, but that's just because you get two beats at the same area of carpet in the same time. As for stiffer bristles, I haven't seen any. I presume...
  17. rowdy141

    Plano TX Kirby Service Center closing Nov 2019

    Do you suppose Service Manuals would become available too?
  18. rowdy141

    How to flock and de-flock a Christmas tree.

    Flocking seems to have been a mainly USA-related custom? I'd never heard of it before. I suppose Australia would have needed it, with their Christmas in the middle of a summer heatwave!
  19. rowdy141

    Something satisfying with an old vac

    I agree. Vintage quality & design is part of the appeal. Restoration is rewarding in itself, feeling you've preserved something, and if it functions too, that's a bonus. This not only applies to vacuums though; Valve Radios, Sewing Machines, Clocks, Fans... Before you know it, your home looks...
  20. rowdy141

    I am being silly, but.......

    You could ask your neighbour if he wants the leaves. Spend hours raking them up, and boxing them. Then tell him the cost of postage. You'll never hear from him again. I guess that's your aim? This is not how to get on with people. Enjoy the tree. Rake up the leaves. Bin them. And enjoy a...
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