aeoliandave
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Dear Gawd, I LOVE this Singer!!!
The one with the snapped in pieces handle. The only repair possible was to disassemble, clean up the fractures, line 'em up, lay on a film of clear packing tape, re-insert the control bits and screw it back together. Shows on close inspection of course but there is no other way short of a donor handle from a trashed S.
The reason the Belden cord wouldn't come out more than 2 feet is...the rubber had de-vulcanized itself around the cord reel and dessicated itself into a solid mass. Figured I'd have to replace it but upon pulling and chiseling it away from the reel the rubber crumbled off and I am left with a very nice supple grey cotton woven cord. The threads and inner wiring is in great shape for demonstration use! So back on the reel it went.
This S-2 must have been put away a long time ago and forgotten, likely in a hot attic, which preserved it beautifully.
The rest of the 2 speed machine is primo. It certainly puts out a strong blast of air - I'll have to seal up the bottom sometime and get a suction reading. No dents or gouges anywhere, just a few minor surface scratches on the paint. Rubber surround bumper totally unscathed, like new. After an intense Magic Eraser session, it could pass for a few years old. The lamp still lights and I was surprised to find the headlight lense is glass! Cleaned up the brushroll & bearings, put on a Hoover round belt and off she went.
It does make a different kind of sound with a harmonic whine from the two fans at either end of the motor and the double air path but I don't find it objectionable. I wouldn't say it's any louder than yer usual vintage upright.
Well, it's just so beautiful a realization of the fertile mind of Raymond Loewy. It comes apart so easily and even tho it is entirely cast from aluminum/magnesium it is not heavy at all. The only plastic on it - which I'd say is Cycolac - is the handle.
It's a pure pleasure to run over the carpets and floors.
The one with the snapped in pieces handle. The only repair possible was to disassemble, clean up the fractures, line 'em up, lay on a film of clear packing tape, re-insert the control bits and screw it back together. Shows on close inspection of course but there is no other way short of a donor handle from a trashed S.
The reason the Belden cord wouldn't come out more than 2 feet is...the rubber had de-vulcanized itself around the cord reel and dessicated itself into a solid mass. Figured I'd have to replace it but upon pulling and chiseling it away from the reel the rubber crumbled off and I am left with a very nice supple grey cotton woven cord. The threads and inner wiring is in great shape for demonstration use! So back on the reel it went.
This S-2 must have been put away a long time ago and forgotten, likely in a hot attic, which preserved it beautifully.
The rest of the 2 speed machine is primo. It certainly puts out a strong blast of air - I'll have to seal up the bottom sometime and get a suction reading. No dents or gouges anywhere, just a few minor surface scratches on the paint. Rubber surround bumper totally unscathed, like new. After an intense Magic Eraser session, it could pass for a few years old. The lamp still lights and I was surprised to find the headlight lense is glass! Cleaned up the brushroll & bearings, put on a Hoover round belt and off she went.
It does make a different kind of sound with a harmonic whine from the two fans at either end of the motor and the double air path but I don't find it objectionable. I wouldn't say it's any louder than yer usual vintage upright.
Well, it's just so beautiful a realization of the fertile mind of Raymond Loewy. It comes apart so easily and even tho it is entirely cast from aluminum/magnesium it is not heavy at all. The only plastic on it - which I'd say is Cycolac - is the handle.
It's a pure pleasure to run over the carpets and floors.
