Cast Cutter with Eureka Vacuum Cleaner

[electrolux137]

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https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/for/d/huntington-beach-vintage-cast-cutter/6784390571.html

 

[gj3476]

 

[ultralux88]

Those are so cool! Eureka built the machine specially so they could add that pole and saw. Saw one up close and personal when I had to have a cast removed off of my left arm... I want one, just not $140 bad...

 

[gj3476]

I think it was originally just a canister vacuum.

 

[tolivac]

Remember that cast cutter well-but not the vacuum.My brother broke his arm-I went with him to the hospital the day his cast was to be removed.the doctor came up to my brother with that cast cutter saw-I was so scared for him!!!!So the doc showed the cutter wasn't dangerous-he held the blasde against my bare arm while it was running-the blade vibrates-The tools sold in tool places today for-the "sonic" vibration sanders-saws-work just like the cast cutter.However the cutter can cut bone and was used to cut bones or skulls open during autopsies.The vacuum on the machine is a good idea!!

 

[kenkart]

They sold the same Eureka

Except with hair clippers attached to barber shops.

 

[paul]

Photos

Among the many different cast cutters with vacuums, these online vac photos looked most familiar to me.


1. Stryker #8380-210 "Vacuum Cast"—Eureka 900-Series "Super Roto-Matic" type

2. Stryker #855 "Plaster-Vac"—Eureka "Power Sweep" type

3. Stryker #864 "OrthoVac"—Hoover "Sweepette"/"Portapower" type

4. Zimmer #8899-02 "Cast Vacuum"—Royal? canister type

 

[kirbylux77]

Paul, Pic 4 looks more like it's a Oreck XL Commercial Canister rebadge to me, not a Royal. Look in the archives, there are some threads on the Oreck.

 

[repairman]

That canister was built by Mastercraft and private labeled for Oreck. Mastercraft also made the Bigfoot power nozzle to go along with it.

 

[paul]

Thanks for the info, guys. I have little knowledge of Royal and Oreck.