Electrolux TurboTool

[electrolux137]

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Here's the box for the main unit. Accessories included the floor polisher/scrubber, drill bit, rotary saw and hedge clippers!

 

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This photo is currently running on eBay; has been on there for several months. When the seller comes down on his $29.95 price, maybe he'll sell the photo.......

 

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And, finally, this photo compares the Model F version of the Turbotool with the Model G version. Note the turquoise bumper and the white shampoo splash guard on the G version.

btw the very first version of the shampooer setup did not have the pull-string shampoo release. There was a knurled spring-loaded silver knob on top that the user was obliged to bend down and unscrew to release shampoo and then bend down again and screw it closed again, having to repeat that procedure every time more shampoo was required. Electrolux folks soon realized the tedium of that process and came out with the more efficient pull-string setup.

 

[kevin]

Great info. and pics, Charlies (#s 28-31). Thanks for clarifying and adding!

 

[electrolux137]

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A couple more things ...

First, a flyer about the Turb-O-Tool (actual size 8.5"x11") ...

 

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Article from June 1957 issue of Popular Mechanics.

 

[kevin]

Way cool images in #s 33 and 34, Charles. Thanks again.

The capris and pointed flats in #33 make me think of Laura Petrie (wasn't she the first TV actress to wear them on a show?), and the guy in #34 reminds me of Ozzie Nelson; I'm still thinking about the woman in #34--for some reason she doesn't strike me as Harriet Nelson ... maybe Hazel Burke or Thelma Ritter? haha

(Thelma Ritter):

 

[kevin]

Another classic photo of the air-powered floor polisher ... this time with a Model LXI:

 

[ronni]

Here's a Youtube video showing the Model G Turbotool in action:

 

[electrolux137]

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Here's a photo of the E-Automatic with new turbo tool that I found somewhere.

Interesting point: The combo floor/rug tool is the earlier Model E version - note the "naked" neck with no spring-clamp. That feature was first introduced in the E-A.

As for the Turb-O-Tool (as it was called at the time), note the optional circular saw and hedge trimmer accessories as well as the power screwdriver & drill bits. I don't know what the second, third and sixth accessories in the bottom row are.

(The rug shampooer accessories weren't added until the Model F came out.)

 

[tolivac]

Unknown tools-#2 looks like a paint stirrer,#3 appears to be a jigsaw,and the last one is a "flycutter" holesaw.Nice set-would love to have one!!!Bet that saw would really cut when the device is hooked to my NSS m1 or my Tornado!Basically,all the tools shown to use with the turbo tool motor are just like those used with electric drills at that time.With this turbo tool,or electric drill you can have a complete toolkit to do many jobs.Too bad you can't get these anymore!!!Just be so cool to have and use!

 

[tolivac]

Nice video showing the turbo tool used to wax a beautiful wood floor.Is there a wheel for the turbo device to buff the floor with so you don't need to use the Swiffer like tool?The Swiffer tool did a good job,though.Too bad I don't have any wooden floors-mine are vinyl and carpet.And two tile bathroom floors.No fun for polishers there.

 

[ronni]

I'd enjoy having a complete set of the Turb-O-Tool's accessories, too. I don't imagine they were sold in large quantity; however, due to their rarity. I wonder if Kirby's Handi-Butler had some of the accessories photographed above? I believe that attachment lasted quite a while. Thanks for posting the photo, Charles.

Rex, you could always get a later Turbotool with the Rug Washer attachment and clean your carpets and rugs with it along with volunteering to clean your church's or club's kitchen with the scrubbing and polishing brushes and pads. I would think that it would have had a buffing pad as part of its function was to polish furniture.

 

[kevin]

Page from a 1959 Turbotool Manual

 

[kevin]

Little Pro (sold circa 2000-2001)

Originally posted on a 2013 Vacuumland thread by tig21er:

 

[kevin]

Turbo Foam Used with Little Pro

 

[ronni]

I thought photos of a Turbotool award model from a current eBay listing belonged here.