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  1. RetroToday

    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Wow! Great shot FM, it made my day. :eusa_clap Miss Stewart looks rather smitten (positively agitated) with the salesman... or is she just in love with the new vacuum? The drama... lol Love that you snuck the original "The Hoover" logo in on the bag, nice work.
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    1940s Smoking Stand / Night Light

    Thanks for the kind comments everyone. Wow I hadn't realized it was that long since I posted this thread, over a year and still no progress to tell of. My airplane ashtray still lies in a box awaiting a re-plating and wiring job. :eek: I searched for chrome shops in the area when this...
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    Waffles, anyone?

    Great! Of course, I'd love to see it. That neighbour of yours is such a great resource for this stuff. I wonder if there's somebody like that near my house... will have to start canvassing the neighbours... :p I still have yet to try mine out. Will have to set some time aside soon to do some...
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    What are some of your favorite "electronics" of the golden era?

    Radios, my big favourite I like my 1937 McMurdo Silver 'Masterpiece VI' radio a lot... Although, I would absolutely die if I ever discover and am able to buy a late-1920s or 1930s era television, that'd be sweeeet! One in a million chance of that ever happening! :eusa_doh: Hmmm...
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    My Vintage Radio Collection

    Thanks PoohBang, I do have a few, there used to be more, but I needed some room and sold some. By the way, I read your blog entry about the radio and noticed you say it works after some cleaning of the vacuum tubes. Just a word of caution about operating this "as is": If the capacitors on...
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    Hindenburg beauty

    The yellow colour added to the actual fire scenes adds visual impact for me, most of the rest of the scenes look badly tinted and I'd rather see the B&W. I'd say there's simply more of an impact to the original B&W clip primarily because radio announcer Herbert Morrison's description of the...
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    My Vintage Radio Collection

    Wonderful Zenith, PoohBang. :eusa_clap I'd love to own one, they had great deco styling. However, not many Zenith radios of that era are to be found easily up here in Ontario.
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    Waffles, anyone?

    Yep, round isn't unusual for today's premade waffles. "Leggo my Eggo!" Thanks for the spill tip, I will post some photos in the near future of that party when it happens. Would love all of the items there to be of that era, but that might not be possible... yet.
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    V-Disc records

    Very cool to see those Eyemo, thanks for showing us. :eusa_clap This is the first time I've seen one of those War Department transcriptions, a great find! Sorry to hear your regrets of letting two of them go. I've also had the same problem, I give or throw something away then I want or need...
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    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Looks wonderful FM! :eusa_clap Nice work! The little Hoover brand details are quite nice to see, part of what I love about these older things, attention to detail and quality. The name placed on all the parts would certainly benefit the aftermarket service people - they could identify parts...
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    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    If you can catch that critter you just may have an attraction you can make some extra money on. I can just see it now in my mind's eye, up on the marquee it reads ... "The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Incredible Vacuuming Raccoon" . lol
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    Waffles, anyone?

    Here's one of the old waffle iron related newspaper articles I found, includes a couple of basic waffle recipes. One interesting thing I've noticed in the old articles and advertisements is that they tend to depict the waffle iron placed on the dining table to be used in some sort of a home...
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    Waffles, anyone?

    Thanks Samantha, I do have other vintage electrical kitchen appliances such as a G.E. "Hotpoint" toaster and a Renfrew Electric percolator that 'go with' the waffle iron well. Meant to take photos of them this weekend past but ended up going on a trip. I don't have a toast rack though... will...
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    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Good luck with the sand & paint project FM, I'm sure it will look great once you're through with it. Thanks for the comment on my first polishing effort, I'm going to get a buffing compound like Scott mentioned and give it another try to get rid of that slightly mottled appearance. Cool to...
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    Waffles, anyone?

    Thanks vitanola, I love the song and the group, will have to find some of their 78 records for my Victrola... Doing a little research on these old waffle makers now, looking through 1923 newspapers for the most part. Hopefully I find an advertisment that features a good photo or drawing of...
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    Wine Stopper

    Very nice Highlander! :eusa_clap I'm assuming you made it on a lathe, was this type of wood easy to work with? Did you create the metal part as well?
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    Waffles, anyone?

    Thanks for the kind comments and advice everyone. Especially happy that Warbaby and scotrace wrote quickly about the blackening being proper "seasoning" and not just nasty old rotten batter. I'm sure I would have soon 'gone to town' on it with bleach cleaner and possibly my electric drill...
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    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Thanks FM for the kind comment about the collection. I built it little by little over time, each piece has forced me to learn a lot about this old stuff along the way. Will keep my eye out for your Hoovers. Here you go, new pics of the vacuum, pre and post polish. Before Mothers polish...
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    Waffles, anyone?

    Lately I've had vintage household appliances 'on the brain' because I'm in the midst of having my 1920s vacuum repaired. So because of that, when I visited a thrift shop this neat old waffle iron from 1923 jumped out at me from the appliance section, priced at $4.00. I snapped it up quickly...
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    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Thanks so much for the Mother's Polish recommendation FM, best advice I've gotten for some time now! :eusa_clap As soon as I saw your post I ran over to Canadian Tire and grabbed their Incredible Billet Polish. It is amazing on this surface!!! I stopped to give my arm a break from polishing...

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