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Post# 684568 6/19/2013 at 08:06 (3,956 days old) by countryford  (Austin, MN) |
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Post# 684569 , Reply# 1 6/19/2013 at 08:07 (3,956 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Post# 684570 , Reply# 2 6/19/2013 at 08:13 (3,956 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 684596 , Reply# 3 6/19/2013 at 11:45 (3,955 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
You DAWG.
I've been looking for one of those forever - I used to have one, long ago and wish I'd never made the dumbass decision to leave it with the house when I sold it.
I'm very happy for you. P.S.: If this is one of the earlier ones (which it doesn't appear to be), you will find wire encircling the tires; it sits down in the grooves of the tread. This is the mower's grounding system - don't mess with it. | ||
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Post# 684609 , Reply# 4 6/19/2013 at 13:40 (3,955 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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| Post# 684615 , Reply# 5 6/19/2013 at 14:17 (3,955 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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| Post# 684617 , Reply# 6 6/19/2013 at 14:22 (3,955 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Justin: | ||
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Post# 684621 , Reply# 7 6/19/2013 at 14:55 (3,955 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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| Post# 684653 , Reply# 8 6/19/2013 at 21:03 (3,955 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Post# 684655 , Reply# 9 6/19/2013 at 21:40 (3,955 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Electric Snow Throwers
Drew,
Out in the West I bet you never saw one of the Sunbeam electric snow throwers. They made a number of these over a period of many years! We had one here but it never worked well due to the combination of heavy snows and voltage drop in the wiring to the garage. John hauled it back to the East coast last year. An electric snow thrower would only work well if it were run on 240v AC! Here is a Youtube video of a similar model: I also recall once seeing a cool reel type mower with an electric motor mounted above the reel that had the Sunbeam name on it. | ||
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Post# 684681 , Reply# 10 6/20/2013 at 07:13 (3,955 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Here is a YouTube video of a similar model like the one Justin found. The one in the video looks a bit rough compared to the one pictured above. Nice demo though. CLICK HERE TO GO TO polkanut's LINK | ||
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Post# 684682 , Reply# 11 6/20/2013 at 07:30 (3,955 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Sunbeam Twin Blade Electric Mower Our next door neighbor had one these years ago that I fixed several times, this is indeed a fairly early one [ one these early ones they used two coged belts and you had to assemble them properly so the two blades would not strike each other at the blade tips, like a beaters on a food mixer ] I have a later SB TB mower and on these they moved one blade ahead of the other to eliminate the interference problem.
This little mower would be plenty big enough for your yard. Electric mowers today are so good I cannot imagine why anyone would still buy Middle Eastern oil to cut their lawns. The new rechargeable electrics are the perfect way to mow up to around an acre of lawn, these mowers are safer, more reliable, quieter and just an all around more civilized way to cut grass. | ||
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Post# 684807 , Reply# 14 6/21/2013 at 01:02 (3,954 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Rare X 2 | ||
| Post# 684813 , Reply# 15 6/21/2013 at 04:13 (3,954 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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??? Don't think I've ever see one that small?! | ||
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Post# 684818 , Reply# 16 6/21/2013 at 06:40 (3,954 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Vintage mowers-like vintage washers-just corrode away to a pile of rust out my way.Both are very rare. | ||
| Post# 684841 , Reply# 17 6/21/2013 at 09:48 (3,954 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Post# 684890 , Reply# 18 6/21/2013 at 13:30 (3,953 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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RCD,
Indeed the Sunbeam snow thrower was pretty neat! It sure started easily... I think it could actually do ok in the right circumstances. It needed better power then I had and MN snowfalls on a 40 foot 2 car driveway are just past its capabilities. I think I'd like the new Toro version better with the safer rubber blade impeller design though. I hope John found a good home for it, I bet it had less then 3 hours on it total. Its a bit surprising someone hasn't built a cordless snow thrower yet... There is no limit to the ridiculous cordless applications they come up with, i.e. Shop Vac, Chop Saw and even a wirefeed welder!! Oh and here is an image from the web of that Sunbeam electric Reel mower I saw years ago. I'd buy one of these if I saw it! 
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Post# 684896 , Reply# 19 6/21/2013 at 14:01 (3,953 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Countryford: Cute mower - must be rare..never saw one in an ad or anyone other than you who found it...it will look great cleaned up and sharpened. Does it have any body/case attachment points for a bag? I'm guessing, though - it just mulches the grass.
kb0nes(Phil L): I LOVE that beautiful blue/white trimmed electric rotary. Sweet! With no more lawn to mow here, I miss getting out and cutting the grass - er, as long as it's not a huge yard. | ||
| Post# 684927 , Reply# 20 6/21/2013 at 17:49 (3,953 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Phil:
For a long time, Sunbeam essentially owned the electric mower market. They were a niche product for a long time, with few people choosing one; it was the age of suburbia, with lawns too big for what Sunbeam had to offer.
The twin-blade idea was also used by Sears and Black & Decker for a time. Eventually, the 18-inch cut was superseded by larger models with a single blade. The electric mower I have today, a Homelite, is a 22-inch mower that is every bit as powerful as most gas mowers. It's actually more mower than I need for my 30' X 30' yard; if I found a vintage Sunbeam like the one above, I'd probably buy it in a heartbeat, for the joy of having something so simple. Parts are still available if you know where to look. | ||
| Post# 873950 , Reply# 22 3/22/2016 at 20:54 (2,948 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
Sunbeam Mowers
Speaking of the rarer Sunbeam mowers, have you guys ever came across a model 3148 twin-blade mower with a Tecumseh 85cc 2-cycle engine?
~Ben | ||
| Post# 874331 , Reply# 24 3/25/2016 at 05:25 (2,946 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
 I didn't know Sunbeam ever made gas-powered Twin-Blade machines! With a single chute and a bag!
When I was a kid I had a green Electric Twin Blade from my grandfather's aunt which had a loose blade because of a worn bushing. This was my first attempt at replacing bushings in something! It did work after but I gave it to my cousin with a few extra parts and straps. | ||
| Post# 892821 , Reply# 25 8/7/2016 at 01:36 (2,811 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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Sunbeam Electric Lawn Edger
Oh, and has anyone ever come across this rare Sunbeam electric lawn edger from circa 1983, a model 919?
I mean, the placement of the motor makes me believe they could have revived their electric reel mower but with the double-insulated 12 amp motor. ~Ben
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| Post# 892949 , Reply# 27 8/7/2016 at 21:40 (2,810 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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tolivac
Rex,
I forgot to add that regarding the Sunbeam 919, Sears also sold a Craftsman version of that electric edger under catalog numbers 71-85730 (1984) and 71-79645 (1985-86). With the same 2.1 HP motor as their electric mowers which delivers the equivalent amount of high-load torque as a 3 HP gas engine, that one was truly the most powerful electric edger, and was considered the best alternative to the 4-cycle gas edgers of the day. BTW -- here is another rare Sunbeam electric mower for you and other Sunbeam fanatics: the cord-reel mower, model RE-1875 (18" cut; a 20" cut version was also available under model RE-2175). As proclaimed in Sunbeam's 1967 catalog, both the RE-1875 and RE-2175 had a "cord recovery system" which worked as follows: "The mower motor and recovery reel are mounted in the mower housing as a unit. The torque of the blade caused by cutting grass causes the recovery reel to revolve in the opposite direction and reel in the extra cord. The mower does not lose power as a result of the recovery action" and these are the results: * Cord is always reeled in. * Cord is stored automatically after mowing. * Easy, fast mowing around shrubs and hedges. ~Ben | ||
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Post# 892965 , Reply# 28 8/8/2016 at 00:08 (2,810 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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The "cord reel" Sunbeam-very interesting.Kinda like the self cord wind in Meile vacuums. | ||
| Post# 893615 , Reply# 29 8/12/2016 at 07:14 (2,806 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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Sunbeam RE1800 Unfortunately, the original handle assembly has been replaced on this vintage Sunbeam so there is no motor switch per se that would shut the motor on or off... considering this unit was made around 1965, the original motor switch would stop the blade in about 5 seconds, but due to the redneck modification, unplugging the cord would require the 10 seconds that I've counted to stop the blade. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 893814 , Reply# 31 8/13/2016 at 22:22 (2,804 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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Sunbeam Super Champ 2 Cycle Rear Bagger | ||
| Post# 893970 , Reply# 32 8/15/2016 at 02:46 (2,803 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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E-800 for Sale on eBay!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950s60s... From the estate of an ex-Sunbeam employee for your consideration... ~Ben | ||
| Post# 894009 , Reply# 33 8/15/2016 at 09:34 (2,803 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 894442 , Reply# 34 8/18/2016 at 00:38 (2,800 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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Rare 1983 Wards Twin Blade Mower
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262574681890QUES...
It's not often you see a Sunbeam twin-blade electric mower sold by Montgomery Ward (or "Monkey Wards" as some of you affectionally refer to the defunct chain). The handle is also painted black! This unit is dated March 7, 1983. Other than who sold it, it is exactly the same machine as my Sears Craftsman 663.914126, also made in '83. Buy It Now for $24, but for those of you living outside of Columbia City, IN you will have to contact the seller for shipping arrangements. The handle can be collapsed (by loosening the two wing nuts connecting the two parts of the handle) for easier shipping. ~Ben
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Post# 894769 , Reply# 35 8/20/2016 at 01:53 (2,798 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Remember those twin blade mowers-You can get something similar from Greenworks and Kobalt out of Lowes.These are twin blade,twin motor rechargeable electric mowers.They do work well.The new mowers have a rear discharge instead of side discharge.Black&Decker made something like that years ago. | ||
| Post# 900822 , Reply# 36 9/28/2016 at 11:27 (2,759 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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Sunbeam RE184B in Lake Oswego | ||
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Post# 901316 , Reply# 37 10/1/2016 at 01:57 (2,756 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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"Have no idea what this is worth"inquires the seller-certainly NOT worth 500 bucks!!Nice shape-and too new to be "antique".Another question are the belts good? | ||
| Post# 903776 , Reply# 38 10/20/2016 at 23:00 (2,736 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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Sunbeam "Mulcher" | ||
| Post# 904777 , Reply# 40 10/29/2016 at 22:27 (2,727 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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1979 Sunbeam 3127B
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Sunbeam-Mod... Date of manufacture: December 14, 1978 On/off switch in poor condition; this means the dynamic blade brake feature does not work as it should. Why? Seller claims unit always turns on when plugged in. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 1102430 , Reply# 41 12/29/2020 at 16:54 (1,205 days old) by ClassicTVMan81X (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA) | ||
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Sunbeam Lawn Champ Electric Shredder
I know this already sold back in 2018, but how many of you ever came across an electric Lawn Champ shredder?
There's the familiar 12-amp motor dome! Given how loud this motor was on the mowers, this had to be one of the loudest electric shredders back in the 1970s! ~Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO ClassicTVMan81X's LINK | ||
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