FREE - good Kirby motor units - Classic 1CR, Omega, Tradition

[lesinutah]

Pics.

These are before pics. I dressed them up to gauge the vacuums condition.
I sanded the nozzle by hand for an hour. The one someone took a knife too.
I may finish both up tommorow. I did the hardest part so far. I
I do have my 9" DeWalt professional polisher. I could throw sanding padds on and get it quick. I'd use clamps holding piece to worx bench and get it done. It goes Fromm 80 rpm to 6000 RPM.
I just getting excited to finish a vacuum for first time in a while.
Les

 

[lesinutah]

Pics.

These are before pics. I dressed them up to gauge the vacuums condition.
I sanded the nozzle by hand for an hour. The one someone took a knife too.
I may finish both up tommorow. I did the hardest part so far. I
I do have my 9" DeWalt professional polisher. I could throw sanding padds on and get it quick. I'd use clamps holding piece to worx bench and get it done. It goes From 80 RPM to 6000 RPM.
I just getting excited to finish a vacuum for first time in a while.
The last picture is a close up off nozzle before.
The reason fully assembled vacuum looks good it's camera settings
Les
Les

 

[texaskirbyguy]

Wow Les - you really are going out to prove that almost any abused Kirby can be brought back to a great condition! When I sent those two Omegas, I knew one would be a resto candidate, but not the other. I never imagined one would try to restore that tore-up nozzle. EXCELLENT job though!! Talk about perseverance!

If anyone wants the Traditions or the two good Classics listed here, they are not in bad shape at all. With bags and cords they would make great vacuums.

If anyone wants some challenges, well I have some of those, too. )

 

[rivstg1]

Les, good job on those deep scratches! sanding was required! polishing is the big challenge next for that, I have some in the same condition and thats what I did too.....sand with agressvie grit gradually going finer....wet sanding as well before the polishing

 

[lesinutah]

Yes

Heavy sanding is still required. I used 80 120 220. Then steel wool and do it again. I sanded in same direction as the scratch. Once the scratch was level with sanding I went left right when scratch originally was up down. The reason I did this was blending the metal and it goes away. I did use 800 2000 wet sand and 3200 wet sanding. Then steel wool helped blend quite a bit. It's snowing today and I deep cleaned and vacuumed with sanitaire blue line.
The buffing I have 2 6-8 inch buffing wheels. I got one wheel per rouge. I have a flannel wheel that cleans it up.
I do have the DeWalt car buffer I have wheels for. I try not to use it because a 9" buffing wheel going 3500 RPMs I have to clamp everything down so I don't kill someone.
It made the tradition, classic and Omega shine pretty quick but flipped the tradition 50 feet which I was on basement deck it was on level ground 50 feet away.
Ill finish this week. It's just 35 degrees and snowing again.
Thanks for compliments I'll keep people posted.
Kelton it's no model c emtor. That I'm envious of.
Les

 

[texaskirbyguy]

That sure is a lot of sanding! My pinched nerves would never let me do that; I would need a power sander for sure. Keep up the great work!

And like they say, practice makes perfect. I also have about a dozen more practice units available for ya! )

 

[texaskirbyguy]

Doomsday for these is four days away...

Two Traditions and four Classic 1CRs that are all easy restorers (just add cord and bag assys), and one 1CR like-new shampooer set in ratty looking box. All working.
Still have some castings and salvage 1CR units but those are less important.

ALL IS FREE to a local collector/re-seller/dealer or just pay shipping. Fedex is still open and I can take it.
For local pickup I can out it all on the walk close to the house if I know you are coming, so there will not have to be any socializing. Just load and go.
Friday evening it all goes to the curb.

IF you email me please leave a phone number. Yahoo seemed to have killed my ability to send emails. I can read mails. Apparently 20 years with them was long enough...