Jeanette Frantz

Kathy, that's a beautiful machine and the cabinet is spectacular! I'm glad Jon sent you a manual -- the only place I knew of to get one is at Relics and they're not free! Ask me how I know -- I downloaded one for my cousin's machine I'm working on!

Congrats on your machine!

Jeanette

Jeanette Frantz

Joe, thank you for your oiling instructions. I had forgotten about the felt "wick" -- it was missing from the Minnesota A I'm working on for my cousin -- I didn't have any proper felt, but I used a couple of thicknesses of cotton batting which worked very well! Thanks.

Jeanette

maviskw

I love reading about these old machines, but some of the posts have term with which I am not familiar. Someday I might learn what all these things mean. I'm learning a lot here. Thanks everybody.

SteveH

The best chance of that happening it to ask what they mean. Really really, we like questions. The only "dumb" question is the one that you do not ask, so by asking the question it is automatically no longer dumb... hehe

J Miller

Jeanette, I have tons of felt. My wife and I use it for lots of things. I just took a scrap and rolled it into a small roll then cut it to length and pushed it down into the hole. Poured it full of oil and started sewing. Most any material that will hold the oil but allow it to seep out through the hole should work fine though. Joe

ThayerRags

I found what looked like a piece of cigarette filter in one machine. It appeared to have worked just fine.

CD in Oklahoma

Cogito

Kathy,
Merry Xmas! What a lovely gift and I am sure you will have lots of fun with her. The cabinet is spectacular and I am amazed at your luck in getting so many "extras". Kudos to your husband!

csharp

That is pretty, pretty, pretty...Merry Christmas ...what does DH get??

Jeanette Frantz

Joe, the cotton batting I had seems to have worked. The machine is quieter than it was, although it was far from noisy! I had completely forgotten about this wick -- Especially since there was nothing in the orifice where the wick is supposed to be! Anyway, thanks for the tips, all of you -- they're appreciated greatly!

Jeanette

maviskw

Well, I re-read the part about the drilled hole and the cross drilled hole and figured it out and why it would be there. My 128 had what looked like lint in that hole. I don't have the machine here right now, but I will fill it with felt or batt.
The treadle machine that I just got has the needle with just a round shaft, so I have to figure out which way to orient it. I don't like that, but if it gets fixed, it may work better than it did the last time I used it.

And thanks everybody for all the good information.