Columbus Sylvia and attachemts

[gsheen]

So this is the second machine I got from the same lady, this one a upright with brand new attachments.
The base was severely yellowed and the fan mad a noise when it ran, the bearings were also shot.
The cord too was a little short for my liking

 

[gsheen]

The motor was stripped, new 608 bearings fitted.
You cant get the belts for these machines anymore so I used the large belt from a dyson dc14 clutch. Worked a treat

 

[gsheen]

I sanded the base and buffed it up to a high gloss agian.

 

[gsheen]

The attachments are new, the extention tubes are very long, longer than any I have found before, much longer than any on modern day vacuums that still use two separate tubes.
The hose is also very long for a upright vacuum, especially a budget one like this one

 

[gsheen]

Their are two base plate covers that clip over the base plate of the machine, one is obviously for hard floor vacuuming as it has a felt strip( that fell off and I forgot to add it back for the pic ) it also fearures the lever to activate the higher wattage button like the converter plate.
The other plate has a odd extra side piece on one side and little pins and a very narrow opening but does not have the lever to operate the higher suction. The instructions have no info on the tool usage

 

[gsheen]

All hooked up, the only issue is the machine is very light and you can easily tip the machine over when just moving the hose slightly

 

[madman]

Nice. It doesn't have its own cord? Do you just use any old extension cord, or does it come with one?

 

[tolivac]

Interesting little vacuum and attachments-like the idea of the pigtail cord-you can then get a cord as long or short as you need.Does this use disposable bags? or is it a dump bag?

 

[gsheen]

I think the cord shorted out at some stage and someone cut it off. It normally has a long cord on it.
I simply fitted a new cord.

It can take paper bags but I think allot of people used it without.

This machine was sold in the Usa under the Regina brand but with a different hood

 

[crazykirbydude]

This looks very similar to the Regina Brush 'N Beat.

 

[funvacfan]

I have one too...

but it is branded Fakir. I've also seen them branded Genie, Eatons Viking, Clarke 500.

Beautiful lightweight machine!