Singer S1

[briguy]

Dave, I thought you would find the S-4 an interesting model in the lineup. I want to know more about the history of the entire line as well if anyone of you Vacuumlander's out there have any details or pics.

John, I would like it if mine were to take paper bags like yours did. However I may try to convert mine as Dave did if I can do so without destroying it! We'll see...

Now I need to get giving her the spa treatment & make my first Youtube vid.

 

[aeoliandave]

Keep throwing those monkey wrenches and eventually we'll

The paper bag option must have been introduced after the S-1 and was possibly a retrofit any Singer vac shop could do to a 'bagless' model. Only after examining a great number of Ss could one reliably come to a conclusion as to which had what and when. My grey S2 shows no signs of being anything other than a single cloth bag arrangement.
I bagged it simply enough, based it on the Hoover top-fill paper bag idea with the paper 'proboscis' extension. Found a corrugated tube that would fit snugly inside the short inside black cloth baffle and stepped on it to shape it into a slim oval with a J curve at the bottom. I did this to avoid bending and choking the uptube while creating a minimal profile bulge showing through the outer bag when collapsed. Rubber banded the cloth collar on the new uptube. The paper bag with the top fill trunk I used was the right width to fit the narrow Singer bag, so it creates no unsightly bulge there either.

Thanks for the info, Karl. I found the Museum picture and that's another reason - as if I needed another - to try to get there sooner than later.