Lady washington
 

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Thanks Judy in Ohio

I have that same machine just slight differences. I cant find an instruction manual for it. Got it at a thrift store. Its a new home #351 sewing machine. beyond that i have no idea how to thread it or anything any help?

I don't know of any manuals for New Home. Maybe someone can post a link. I do know I have gotten a lot of good information from Muv's blogs:
http://www.lizzielenard-sewingdesigns.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/user/Muvandfarve?feature=mhee
http://www.lizzielenard-vintagesewing.blogspot.co.uk

Beautiful machine! I have a weakness for any old machine but the dedicated hand crank machines like that are just neat! I hope to find (at least) one of my own someday.
Rodney

For any of you that are wondering about the German New Home pictured above but quite a while ago, that's a re-badged Anker RZ made in the 1950s. I have the Free-Westinghouse version.

I love your Lady Washington!

Does anyone know how I can access the underside of this machine? I can lower it into the cabinet....it lowers backwards, face-up, into the cabinet but I can't seem to figure out how to get at the bottom or to remove it from the cabinet.

ETA...The front of the machine seems as if it would lift up but there is something (a latch?) preventing it from being lifted and I can't find anywhere that it could be released.

I figured it out! The silver button, front and center of the bed of the machine pushes down releasing the latch!!! I've been trying to "lift" that button "up" and have been oiling it to loosen it up! Hahaha...it was stiff but it did push "down" and viola`...the front lifted up!

Glad you figured it out - that type of release is common on a lot of non-singer machines. Many are in cabinet that the machine and frame tips back - and without a latch on the front end - the machine would tip out of the frame.

THANK you SO much! I've been searching for info about my machine for months! Just yesterday decided on the model number (letters), but had no idea where the serial was! Hoping to find a bobbin and bobbin case so I can put it back in use.

Thanks again!