Originally Posted by misseva
It does have a needle and all the Greist attachments w/o instructions - but no belt. It turns free and there are three bobbins that I have no idea how to wind. Two of them still have thread wound on them.
I would not use that thread; old thread can make a mess of things. Get yourself a new belt this week, and here are two tutorials: one using the bobbin winders and one for loading the bobbin for a Singer shutter bobbin machine.
I can't imagine that the bobbin winders differed greatly in those days. So, maybe these tutorials can be used for figuring out how it works.
Bobbin winding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOu4-CG8RMU
loading bobbin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9tkZ...eature=related