aeoliandave
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aeoliandave
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for vacuum cleaners.
Dave likes vacuum cleaners.
Dave likes to find vacuum cleaners.
Dave likes to run vacuum cleaners.
When Dave finds a vacuum cleaner he runs to it.
Dave likes to snatch up old vacuum cleaners and run like the wind.
Run Dave, run.
See Dave run.
See Dave run like the wind for the checkout...
Dave likes vacuum cleaners.
Dave likes to find vacuum cleaners.
Dave likes to run vacuum cleaners.
When Dave finds a vacuum cleaner he runs to it.
Dave likes to snatch up old vacuum cleaners and run like the wind.
Run Dave, run.
See Dave run.
See Dave run like the wind for the checkout...
aeoliandave
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What the heck kinda Hoover hose is this looking like a piece of alien spinal cord? And what's with the handle and that sliding button-ish thing?
extraditgitzz
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Dave......
Plain and simple, you like most Canadians, are my hero.
Wished I lived in Canada where the coolness is.
Plain and simple, you like most Canadians, are my hero.
Wished I lived in Canada where the coolness is.
aeoliandave
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It's a 1970s Hoover Celebrity Custom model S3007 on wheels with three push button suction levels obtained by the mechanical cam action of sliding gates closing louvers in sequence.
That hose handle switch is a pneumatic on/off switch! A brown 1/8" diameter rubber tube runs down the hose along the spine. At the vacuum hose inlet a gasket connects the air line to another brown tube that runs around the rim, over and through the hinge and then down to the control panel where another pneumatic acts upon the microswitch piston like a ball point pen rachet. The vacuum can also be turned on/off on the control panel with a spring loaded sliding switch.
I know all this because I took the sucker all apart tonight to find out why it wouldn't work - nothing more than a crushed air line. Now it works. What a hoot.
Man, those Hoover engineers were fairly bursting with clever Rube Goldberg ideas.
The 89 was $5 and the Celebrity was $10 at the Bibles For Missions Thrift Store in Waterloo.
That hose handle switch is a pneumatic on/off switch! A brown 1/8" diameter rubber tube runs down the hose along the spine. At the vacuum hose inlet a gasket connects the air line to another brown tube that runs around the rim, over and through the hinge and then down to the control panel where another pneumatic acts upon the microswitch piston like a ball point pen rachet. The vacuum can also be turned on/off on the control panel with a spring loaded sliding switch.
I know all this because I took the sucker all apart tonight to find out why it wouldn't work - nothing more than a crushed air line. Now it works. What a hoot.
Man, those Hoover engineers were fairly bursting with clever Rube Goldberg ideas.
The 89 was $5 and the Celebrity was $10 at the Bibles For Missions Thrift Store in Waterloo.
aeoliandave
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Of course it works!
I did not know such a Celebrity animal existed. I'm totally entranced with the engineering of this pneumatic switchgear.
The inlet rubber gasket with control hole and you can see the brown air line exiting to the left entering the rim flange.
The hose turns and locks in position, mating the control air lines.
I did not know such a Celebrity animal existed. I'm totally entranced with the engineering of this pneumatic switchgear.
The inlet rubber gasket with control hole and you can see the brown air line exiting to the left entering the rim flange.
The hose turns and locks in position, mating the control air lines.
aeoliandave
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Here the brown line exits and passes around the lid hinge through the Bag compartment's rubber trim sealing ring where it (should) run through guides past the cordwinder to the control panel up front.
There is enough slack that the tube can't get crushed or stretched in this critical area.
There is enough slack that the tube can't get crushed or stretched in this critical area.
aeoliandave
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Here's where the tube got crushed flat between the tool holder molding and metal lid, perhaps during an ill-informed service call...or at the factory?
I suspect the former as there are clear molded channels to route the electric cord with the air line beside it without getting fouled during assembly.
I suspect the former as there are clear molded channels to route the electric cord with the air line beside it without getting fouled during assembly.
aeoliandave
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Underside of the Control panel showing the pushbuttons with cams and the louver gates in the lid. Pushing any button slides the gates up and down in an additive action that gives 3 suction levels.
To the left, the Bag Full meter.
And to the right, the utterly fascinating pneumatic switchgear.
To the left, the Bag Full meter.
And to the right, the utterly fascinating pneumatic switchgear.
aeoliandave
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The switch pneumatic piston (which is a cylindrical rubber sleeve turned inside itself to form a double walled air tight tube. Squeezing the hose handle switch causes the sleeve to inflate and force the piston out to act upon the microswitch and the ratchet wheel.
aeoliandave
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When mere electrical hose wiring, two pin pigtails and a tog
Ain't that just the coolest gadget?
Low setting 35"
Ain't that just the coolest gadget?
Low setting 35"
aeoliandave
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Medium setting 54"
aeoliandave
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High setting is a full force remarkable 95" ! I'm pleased to report that the soft vinyl/rubber hose is airtight as well. My Lucky Day.
Dave
Dave
hoovercelebrity
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Congrats, Dave!
Those pneumatic controlled Celebrities are fabulous!
I believe Hoover had lots of problems with that, and they scrapped the idea pretty quickly. I do have one.... somewhere... in a box. My mechanism works as well!
Thanks for the pictures, I've never seen that apart!
Congratulations!
Those pneumatic controlled Celebrities are fabulous!
I believe Hoover had lots of problems with that, and they scrapped the idea pretty quickly. I do have one.... somewhere... in a box. My mechanism works as well!
Thanks for the pictures, I've never seen that apart!
Congratulations!
hoovercelebrity
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And, that 95" doesn't at all surprise me.
Those Celebrities had, I believe, 12-amp motors. They draw a lot of power, but they have a ton of suction/airflow. Also, with the design of that bag, you can really pack them full of dirt, and maintain a pretty decent suction level--even as the bag fills. Most of the now defunct Hoover stores had Celebrities under the workbench as their shop vacs because they had so much power and you could fill them!
I also recall hearing from a Hoover sales rep... when they first rolled the Celebrity out, as a demonstration, they would put a hose in a bucket filled with a 5-lb bag of flour. You'd see the flour vanish... then let the customer feel the suction after the bag of flour was picked up. ((Although I would never try this at home)).
~Fred
Those Celebrities had, I believe, 12-amp motors. They draw a lot of power, but they have a ton of suction/airflow. Also, with the design of that bag, you can really pack them full of dirt, and maintain a pretty decent suction level--even as the bag fills. Most of the now defunct Hoover stores had Celebrities under the workbench as their shop vacs because they had so much power and you could fill them!
I also recall hearing from a Hoover sales rep... when they first rolled the Celebrity out, as a demonstration, they would put a hose in a bucket filled with a 5-lb bag of flour. You'd see the flour vanish... then let the customer feel the suction after the bag of flour was picked up. ((Although I would never try this at home)).
~Fred
aeoliandave
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I love this thing. Except for its dull brown paint scheme.
I know I'm lucky to find one in such well cared for condition.
For all its complexity, Fred, I think it is very well designed throughout with thick wall air lines, brass tube elbows, rubber nipple gaskets to connect inside the hose coupling handle and socket fittings, and a thick hard rubber one piece inlet tube that the bag fits on and the hose presses in to when it's locked. The only problem I can see, and fixed, is during re-assembly to make sure the air line doesn't get crushed.
The mechanical gate suction control is clever, too
But really, one must ask, why bother? But at least it doesn't rely on circuit boards and relays...
Similar in concept to the ELNA Air Control sewing machine except the Elna foot puck controls a motor speed rheostat.
I know I'm lucky to find one in such well cared for condition.
For all its complexity, Fred, I think it is very well designed throughout with thick wall air lines, brass tube elbows, rubber nipple gaskets to connect inside the hose coupling handle and socket fittings, and a thick hard rubber one piece inlet tube that the bag fits on and the hose presses in to when it's locked. The only problem I can see, and fixed, is during re-assembly to make sure the air line doesn't get crushed.
The mechanical gate suction control is clever, too
But really, one must ask, why bother? But at least it doesn't rely on circuit boards and relays...
Similar in concept to the ELNA Air Control sewing machine except the Elna foot puck controls a motor speed rheostat.
hygiene903
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Great Finds, Dave!!
Especially the Lux! And only $5.00 for the Lux and 10 for the Celebrity? What a great deal!! And not only would I run to the checkout, I'd also be running to the door before they changed their mind! Congrats,
Jeff
Especially the Lux! And only $5.00 for the Lux and 10 for the Celebrity? What a great deal!! And not only would I run to the checkout, I'd also be running to the door before they changed their mind! Congrats,
Jeff
I love that Celebrity! Celebrities are my favorite Hoovers! The Electrolux is a hot number also. $15.00 for all that is fabulous. Canada rules!
