collection of vacuums

[vacuser]

collection of my vacuums.so many vacuums, so little time.

 

[luxy1205]

vacuser

Very nice collection!!! I'm totally jealous of your Kirbys!!! -Michelle

 

[fantomfan]

Lovely Kirbys!

I have many kirbys as well! They're great!

- 512 (Aunt's Parent's)
- 515 (Grandma's freind)
- Sanitronic VII (goodwill)
- Classic (craigslist)
- Heritage II Turbo (flea market)
- Vacuette ( veteran fund sale)
- G4 (craigslist)

 

[vacuser]

to:MICHELLE

o.k. michelle, why are you jealous? do you not have enough kirbys? that chain saw your wielding there might have me scarred ! you don't cut up your old vacuums with that do you ? LOL here's a pic. of my 511 i got recently. you might be seeing red. LOL again !! i have to put some shine on this one.

 

[luxy1205]

vacuser

Ha Ha!!! I've just come to really enjoy Kirbys and am scared because I could collect them like I collect chainsaws! I have 117 saws as of right now, but that literally changes almost daily! Nope, saws and vacuums get along nicely. Ha Ha! I have all of my vacuums in our bedroom, so that would be 9, and I have 2 chainsaws the we restored in there too! I've got 10 stand mixers, 9 Sunbeam Mixmasters, 1 Dormeyer, and 10 electric hand mixers! A boat load of clock radios, I know off the top of my head that I have 4 in our bedroom that I switch off between to wake me up in the morning! Oh yeah, I also collect circular saws!!! I have 4 so far. One is from 1948 I think, it's a Mall circular saw!!! The thing ways more than a Kirby! Ha Ha! I love your 511!!! I've got to take both of mine apart and get them both running good! I can't wait to use a Kirby for the first time! I use my 1205 Electrolux everyday named "Luxy", but she's getting tired and has some issues that need to be addressed, so until I get to fixing her, I want to use one of the Kirbys. In your opinion, which of mine would work better, the Heritage II or DS50? I have 2 Parakeets and a Chihuahua, so vacuuming is really required at my house! I was just curious because I don't know which one to get going first? Thanks again! Here's a few pics of my madness! Ha Ha! -Michelle

 

[luxy1205]

Kirby & Walton

Here's a pic of how well my Kirby and Walton the 1979 Homelite XL 12 get along!!! Ha Ha! Btw, I restored Walton, my first chainsaw resto I ever did a few years back!

 

[luxy1205]

Our Livingroom Madness!

Here's a pic of our living room. Notice all of the saws, clocks, and radios??? I have way more chainsaws and clock radios in other parts of the house as well!!!

 

[luxy1205]

Some of my Stand Mixers

Here's a pic of only some of my stand mixers! I can't even get them all in the same pic!!! I'm restoring my 1937 Sunbeam Mixmaster model 3b named "Bernadine", right now. My husband restored my very first stand mixer, a 1950 Sunbeam Mixmaster model 10b named "Geraldine". He painted her pink for me!

 

[luxy1205]

Electric Hand Mixers

Here's all of my hand mixers minus one. A while back a gave a hand mixer I had to my mom to have and she passed away last September so my aunt brought it back to her house for me. I'm just waiting to get it back.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

vacuser

I noticed you have two Royal metal uprights, both of them of the commercial type.

On the one that says "Mercury" on its shake-out bag I believe that to be a model 606 pre-1975.

But I am curious as to the one that has the hose adapter in the plate opening... what is the model number for that, please?

Thank you,



Ben (KirbyClassicIII)

 

[vacuser]

to: MICHELLE

well michelle i'm totally impressed by all the items that you like to collect but you might be leaning to the hoarder side. LOL you can seek help before it's too late.do you sell any or just collect? now as far as which kirby to use, if you're a dust fanatic the heritage with the micron disposable bags are the way to go, but as for me i love the older machines & some dust has not taken me out yet.i've been around kirbys my whole life.sorry about your moms passing, mine passed 9 days before christmas in 2012. keep me up to date on your kirby adventure if you decide to take that on.does your husband collect stuff as well?

 

[super-sweeper]

clock radios!

Set them ALL to go off at 6:30 sharp, it'll wake both you and the neighbors!

 

[tolivac]

SUPER COOL!!!Besides vacuums-another power tool collector.I have a small collection of tools-including circular saws.Have a Mall saw in a red metal carrying case with extra blades-Mall saws had a weird profile arbor-you could only use their blades on their machines.Have a beast of a Skillsaw-10" worm drive-15A motor!this critter cuts thru 4X4's like a hot knife thru butter!Was collecting tools besides vacuums-heavy on the Kirbys-while we had a ReTool store here.Smallest saws I have are 4" Craftsman and Rockwell.These cut plywood and shelving stock so well-and lightweight.Your "Walton" the Homelite chainsaw looks so much like one my Dad borrowed from a freind almost 40 yrs ago for firewood cutting sessions in the Black Hills-Of course the fun part was cutting on the saw-worst was lugging the wood to the truck.Beautiful restore job on Walton!!I don't have many chainsaws-just two electric ones.Remington and Homelite.Have several "Sawzalls" though.Used to work in a tool repair shop.Got some that way.Seems like with vacuums-the collecting branches out into tools,radios,cameras,kitchen equipment,lighting equipment, and so on.

 

[gus]

Michelle, IMHO you do right, if that's what you make you happy, go on. I don't think you need help at all!. Just enjoy you life. Personally I don't like to be so overstuffed, BUT this is questionable. Just be yourself, be careful with chainsaws, like electric knives they can be dangerous. Hugs Gus

 

[luxy1205]

vacuser

I'm afraid I might become a hoarder!!! My problem is that I want to have all of these vintage things for myself. I see too many people that don't know any better, just throw old things away because they smell funny or it doesn't work anymore, it's old and doesn't work right! This is why I buy, take, and garbage pick!!! I want the old stuff that smells funny and doesn't work right! Ha Ha! I want to fix everything and then marvel in it's glory-ness!!! Most of the clocks/radios on that black shelf in the photo don't work or work correctly yet. To me, even though it doesn't work, I still love to look at it until I get around to fixing it! I see beauty in broken stuff and can see past it to what it can be! I just collect. For me, the stuff I have, I love, and couldn't see selling it. I do fix other peoples' stuff time to time. I've fixed some saws for people in the past and just got done rebuilding a 60's GE electric hand mixer I bought for my cousin's bridal shower. I don't mind dust, my house is covered in it, no matter how hard I try to clean it! I'm not a typical vacuum collector. I like my house clean, but I'm not going to devote my life to cleaning it. I like vacuums for the same reason I like all of my other stuff, because it's gotta motor that can be rebuilt and made to run right and if for nothing else, to just look at it! My DS50 it is! Ha Ha! I'm more partial to the oldies! I'm actually thinking about changing my Heritage II over to a shaker. I like easy. I don't like buying bags for vacuums! Thank you for the kind sentiment! I'm sorry to hear about your mom! It's rough! In my vacuum pic, you can see a 1205 in the middle of the other Electroluxs, that was my mom's, his motor and goodies are in those plastic bags on top of him. I need to sandblast him and paint him up! I've just got way too many hobbies going at one time! As of right now, I have to finish my mom's lux, fix my "Luxy", fix my Kirbys, paint a chainsaw that's waiting in the paint booth, and paint my 1937 Sunbeam that's waiting in there too! Plus, I garbage picked a Snapper push mower from the 60's or 70's last fall and need to rebuild that as well! Those are on the list first, I have way more to add to it! My husband collects chainsaws too. I have way more than he does! He loves Chevy Chevettes! We both have one and are looking to buy another one! We will hopefully be restoring our cars this summer. I forgot, I have a 1974 Triumph motorcycle that I'm restoring in our basement too! Like I said too many hobbies!!! I will keep ya updated on the Kirbys! -Michelle

 

[luxy1205]

super-sweeper

Ha! I've thought about setting all of the clocks at the same time! I actually would love to do that with our chainsaws! Have 117 running motors at the same time! That's ridiculous and unnecessary, but fun trumps! Ha Ha!

 

[luxy1205]

tolivac

That's funny that you should mention your Mall's metal case! My Mall came with one too and the instruction booklet! I only have 4 circular saws so far. I get mine at garage sales. I think the most I paid for one was $10.00! That's so cool that your dad used to have an XL 12!!! We have 4 of them. I use one named "Zippy" to cut with! They are fun little buggers! That's so cool that you used to work at a repair shop! That's a dream to me! I would love to do that! My husband doesn't care for electric saws, but I like them! I've gotten 2 for free from friends and got 2 for my birthday from my husband. They have their place. I'm a girl so, after cutting with big heavy metal saws, it wears ya out! The electrics are fun for when ya want a break from gas powered, vibrating monsters! Ha Ha! I love Homelite 150's!!! To me, they are the best saw! Loud as heck! I actually restored one for our next door neighbors, we are good friends with them. Also, I'm restoring a 150 right now. I tore it all apart and sandblasted it, just needs to be painted. Let's see, I have 2 150's for work only, and 6 to look at! Ha Ha! When I restored the 150 for our neighbors, I'm on a chainsaw forum and posted pics of it, a guy wrote to me and sent me his 150 for free!!! He loved how the one turned out and he wanted me to have it! He sits nicely in our living room now! The pic is of the 150 I restored for our neighbors. I named her "Lolly", a play on their last name, just to make it more personal. Also, the graphic on her bar is not original. I designed that myself and my husband painted it. I did rebuild, sand, and paint the saw myself. The Homelite on the air filter cover and clutch cover were hand painted be me too. The front hand grip had a black plastic like coating that I tediously hand stripped and hand polished! She was a labor of love!!! -Michelle

 

[luxy1205]

tolivac

Here's another pic of "Lolly".

 

[luxy1205]

tolivac

This is what "Lolly" started out looking like. This saw is my dear "Eggbert". The "Lolly" pics got lost on our old computer when it crashed! My husband hasn't messed with that computer yet, so all I have to compare her to is my "Eggbert". Which she looked just like him, actually worst! She had some company logo gouged into her body everywhere! Thanks to good old fashioned hand sanding! Ha Ha!