Vintage Royal Vacuum project

[lesinutah]

That

Is the carbon brush housing. Leave the housing in. If you have a soldering iron put the soldering iron where it's soldered on and the wire will come loose.
I'd take degreaer spray it in the housing and all the parts and power spray everything.
Make sure to shoe reassembly pics because my model 98 is exactly like yours and I've not got to the restore yet.

 

[mivintagevacs]

Here are a few additional photos

 

[lesinutah]

Its

The carbon brushes housing. They break easily and removing and reinstalling them.

 

[mivintagevacs]

Thanks I will leave them both in and remove the wires as you suggested. I’m taking a lot of photos as I go and will keep posting here for reference.

 

[royalsuper]

Ben ,do not try to remove The carbon brushes housing they are coated with a kind of electrical insulator ..even by putting oil and gently tapping on it they will not come out and at worst the insulation (plastic?) will break! it's things are much too old to be out of their housing .

 

[mivintagevacs]

Thanks guys, I did not remove them, I heated up the solder and pulled the wires from inside. I am cleaning the housing now.

 

[mivintagevacs]

Upon further inspection, I’m thinking maybe the handle switch is original but I’m not sure if it’s complete. There was a piece of green material that someone attached at some point to go around the switch. I’m not sure what the reasons for this was. It seems like there was a decorative cover around the switch that went missing.

 

[mivintagevacs]

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[mivintagevacs]

Well disassembly is pretty much complete, next step will be refinishing most of the parts. I think I will leave some original patina on a few select parts but the long portion of the handle is pretty rough and will probably need sandblasting and repainting gloss black. I think I will leave the wood parts as is, just clean them up.

 

[royalsuper]

you can remove the rust from the suction nozzle attachment system and paint in chrome color !many parts of the royal standard were painted black
https://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=23/08/hdb8.jpg
https://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=23/08/d7o1.jpg

 

[mivintagevacs]

I was debating removing that piece from the nozzle so that it could be nickel plated with the other parts. I have a rivet tool for installing vintage solid style rivets like these. I would just have to source the same style rivet that was used on the nozzle. Painting it would work as a backup plan, I just don’t think it will hold up very well on that part.

 

[mivintagevacs]

I've been working on the reproduction badge using adobe illustrator and photoshop. I'll be looking into producing it on brass. I would really appreciate any verification on the month in the bottom left corner. If anyone out there has a vacuum with this badge, it would be a huge help! The photo I referenced was very blurry. I really enjoyed this part of the project and it definitely gave me greater appreciation for the artwork that went into these nameplates. [this post was last edited: 3/2/2023-07:18]

 

[royalsuper]

Ben ,it's very impressive it looks like an original plate ! (dysonman1) Tom Gasko must have the same plate on his royal vacuum cleaner

 

[mivintagevacs]

Thanks Romain, I will try to reach out to Tom if he doesn’t chime in. I agree I think his machine would have the same plate. I also need to source a set of number stamps so that I can stamp it with the numbers on my fan housing when finished.

 

[huskyvacs]

That nameplate mockup you created is fantastic, Ben! If you can find a company that can make that onto real high quality tin you'd be in business!

If you can make a tutorial on how to get a vacuum's model tag into a digital format like that some time, I'm sure many of us would appreciate it. I have no idea where to start.

 

[mivintagevacs]

Thanks huskyvacs! There are illustrator tutorials on YouTube, but I started by tracing the location of the holes on the casing and tracing the other badge I had. Then I scanned the tracing in and overlayed the image that I had. I had to do some warping of the image to take the perspective out of it and flatten it out. Then in illustrator I path out all of the graphics for the crown/ banner and Royal type. Here’s a photo of it mocked up on the housing to check the scale. The screws that attach it aren’t in the best shape. One of them is okay and the other is quite mangled. I will have to try to clean it up or replace them both. Not sure where to buy such tiny screws! [this post was last edited: 3/2/2023-17:51]

 

[mivintagevacs]

I will tune it up a bit more but I will wait to order it until I can hopefully verify it against a clearer image. [this post was last edited: 3/2/2023-17:04]

 

[lesinutah]

Make

Sure to put a model number on it. CNC shop with the right software could make a model plate.
I will say very nice mock up. You don't want the plate to out look the vacuum.

 

[mivintagevacs]

Thanks Les, I plan to stamp the numbers into it from my housing. I’m going to look into this company to make the plate

https://etched-metal.com/brass-copper-nameplates/

 

[lesinutah]

Nice

That's awesome you found a producer. When you get a quote maybe email me how much it cost. That is way cool.