So I picked up this rusted machine today -- what is it?

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10-23-2014, 02:47 PM

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SteveH

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sorry, not a Wertheim. Note the spool pin positions are different from this unknown machine.

10-24-2014, 06:06 AM

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Rodney

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Originally Posted by SteveH

almost looks like the one from needle bar is for sale...
http://portland.it.craigslist.org/ml...702638635.html

That Portland machine has been listed for quite a while. It was $299 the last time I saw it. I think we also posted it in the "Giggles" thread.
Rodney

10-24-2014, 05:50 PM

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Jeanette Frantz

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Congrats on your machine. It has a lot of potential -- but I'd clean her up, do a thorough lube job and go from there! I am not that knowledgeable, but I think Steve and Glenn have got the right idea!

Jeanette

12-29-2014, 11:34 AM

#24

redbugsullivan

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Glenn, I agree with your assessment of the German clones. I recently found a stash of them inside an antique dealer's shed. Bought 4 of them ($25 apiece) since they were all handcranks and had 95% of their decals left. They are amazingly quiet! And, my husband didn't freak out when he helped me unload. I think he was grateful they weren't treadles.

I get not being comfortable with a naked machine. I stripped all decals off a Singer 27 and posted a pic here. The silence was deafening!