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Dyson Models => Dyson DC07 => Topic started by: MVacs on October 21, 2014, 09:51:36 pm
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The Dyson aficionados among us will know that a DC07 De Stijl doesn't exist. Well, it didn't........
For those who don't know what "De Stijl" is, it is Dutch for "The Style". You can read more about the concept of neoplasticism on Wikipedia >here< (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Stijl). However, in simple terms, in relation to Dyson, it means a vacuum cleaner that is purple, red and yellow.
Dyson made some special edition De Stijl models in the nineties, good ones are quite rare today. We have a couple of popular topics about ones we have rebuilt to keep.
The DC01 one we did last year is here: DC01 De Stijl Rebuild (https://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php/topic,1158.msg4950.html#msg4950).
(https://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1158.0;attach=2130;image)
We recently did a DC04 one: DC04 De Stijl Rebuild (https://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php/topic,1424.0.html).
(https://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1424.0;attach=2488;image)
Dyson never made a DC07 De Stijl, so for fun, we decided we would. Forum members planted the idea:
I'd like to try and have a go at building a Dc07 de Stijl. Using the red purple and yellow theme :)
I hadn't realised that the DC04 cleaner head also fitted the DC07. So with that in mind, how about building the one that Dyson forgot-a DC07 De Stijl?
With that one you're already half way there...
It has been taking shape in between other work for a few weeks. I was abroad the last week or so, so didn't see it nearing completion. Our tech keeps delving in the parts bins and swapping and changing stuff on it so the colours look more uniform and correct. He is tweaking it in between other work, but it is now nearly done. When I left today, he was adapting a purple DC03 flex with a yellow plug to fit it. :icon_nod:
Today, there was three of us staring at it saying stuff like, "What if we use a red switch and a yellow wand release catch?" and then offering different coloured bits up to it to see if they worked.
Dyson never made a yellow, purple or red chassis for the DC07 (lavender doesn't cut it), so the chassis is silver. But everything else will be red, purple or yellow as neoplasticism dictates. If not usually available, coloured parts are adapted from other machines to create this one-off machine.
This time, simply because I wasn't about with the camera at the right times, there isn't a photographic record of the build as with the DC01 and DC04 linked up thread. But as with the Multi-coloured DC07 we recently built (https://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php/topic,1482.0.html), this one will be for sale.
As soon as its done I will post some photos.
Meanwhile, your comments and thoughts are welcome. :thumbsup:
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Very nice idea! I imagine it would also be cool to make a DC05 de stijl out of a purple and lime absolute model, a standard model and a red one :)
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It isn't finished yet, we are waiting on a couple of parts for it, but here is a teaser.............
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:thumbsup: :bow:
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Apart from the valve inspection cover, I'd have given that 100%. At least from that angle.
Is that one of the parts awaited? Does the DC04 one fit the DC07?
With the cyclone on, very little of the chassis is visible anyway.
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I don't think the DC04 one fits actually, and they don't do a red one on a 7. But I'll check that.
We are only waiting on a bin flap catch actually now, and they arrive next week. It only wants a final polish other than that.
Tool wise, I went with a red brush and crevice and a purple stair (had no red stair tools left).
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Very nice! I was amazed when I scrolled down to see that pic, well done XD
As for the grey parts, believe it or not, but the DC04 side valve pipes do fit on a DC07, and DC07 valve pipes also fit DC04's.
As for the switch housing and body, the DC07 animals have those parts in grey, but I think that might mess up the purple colour combination by making the main body lavender instead of a normal purple :/
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Looks just how I imagined it to be and that's brill. I have just finished polishing my DC04 DE STIJL, i must say its come up a treat. For a tenner it was an absolute bargain and with the floor head bagged. :)
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That's a lovely picture!
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I have a DC04 De Stijl box and the picture shows the same handle yours has, all red. Except my DC04 De Stijl has a purple grip down the front. Anyone ever noticed the 2 different handles?
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So we got this done the other day. Here is how it turned out:
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If anybody fancies it, it can be had for the usual price of a DC07 we sell. Contact us >here< (https://manchestervacs.co.uk/Dyson/dyson-shop.html)
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As an addition to this topic, this machine hasn't caught anyone's eye as yet on our shop floor [it takes someone with an eye for the funky]. We still have it.
Here it is nestling at the back of a display.
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If you want it, you are free to >>contact us<< (https://shop.manchestervacs.co.uk/index.php?route=information/contact).
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Is this Dyson still available? - what kind of price? - Also could you send me a list of all the coloured parts and where you got them from as I want to make myself a De Stijl, style dyson Thanks - also feel free to DM me
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Is this Dyson still available? -
The post above was 2014. It is long gone.
Also could you send me a list of all the coloured parts and where you got them from as I want to make myself a De Stijl, style dyson Thanks
The parts were all from stock. I am not inclined to spend the time to compile a list with so many photos above. It's a question of try it and see. As we did here.
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Is this Dyson still available? -
The post above was 2014. It is long gone.
Also could you send me a list of all the coloured parts and where you got them from as I want to make myself a De Stijl, style dyson Thanks
The parts were all from stock. I am not inclined to spend the time to compile a list with so many photos above. It's a question of try it and see. As we did here.
Ok didn't see the date on the post, All the parts were from stock? were all of these all for a dc07 because I know some parts can interchange like the dc04 head (this is the last question about parts)
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The head is from a DC04 De Stijl, yes. Most of the rest is DC07.
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looks amazing
well done
caston made on of these years ago
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looks amazing
well done
caston made on of these years ago
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Oddly enough, my wife and I picked up one of the Casdon toy versions a couple of weeks ago for our Grandson, who has already shown a strange interest in Dysons (he tries to wrestle our DC07 away from me when I'm using it!). It's now definitely the toy of the moment - never leaves his side, and the floor is constantly being 'vacuumed'.
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Well now you need to be the best grandad ever and build a real one! Find your local dyson breakers and ask for 10 scrap different coloured machines (before he's put any time into it) a d get parts swapping!
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Good plan, Beko; start 'em young I say! Also gives Grandad an excellent excuse to acquire, and fiddle with more Dysons. The wife can't argue with that now, can she?
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If she does, then she's a mean grandmother (and make sure you mention that out loud around the grandchild...)
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looks great
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I will try and re-create one of these in the future - i love it
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TOday I finished making go my Own DC07 De Stijl, almost finished - just waiting for a red cleaner head
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TOday I finished making go my Own DC07 De Stijl, almost finished - just waiting for a red cleaner head
We have loads of them in case of need.
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TOday I finished making go my Own DC07 De Stijl, almost finished - just waiting for a red cleaner head
We have loads of them in case of need.
About to check your site.
My De Stijl is the literal inverse to yours I.e yellow cyclone with red top and fins
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I have a DC04 De Stijl box and the picture shows the same handle yours has, all red. Except my DC04 De Stijl has a purple grip down the front. Anyone ever noticed the 2 different handles?
Ones with a red grip that mached the entire handel was the early model - like a grey/lime dc04 or brushcontrol yellow - early ones had a grey grip matching the handle.
Late models had a purple grip -this mached the second colour of the machine - such as on the grey/lime dc04 that was lime to match the second colour and again on brushcontrol to match yellow.
Basically - if youve got a different coloured grip to handle its a late-late model,
if its a grip colour matching the rest of the handle - its the most common - early/mid/early-late
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Thanks Elgin, do you know if the model number (3 digits at the start of the serial number) changed or was the number the same for both variants?
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Thanks Elgin, do you know if the model number (3 digits at the start of the serial number) changed or was the number the same for both variants?
Sorry: not sure, i think the first 3 digits were for the model, like 060 is the yellow brushcontrol DC04 no matter early or late