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09-20-2011, 03:37 PM
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Well Ladies and Gents, "Hazel" is home! :) There's going to be a lot of work to do to make this cabinet nice, I'm not going to get away with my usual scrub with Howards Restor-a-Finish and paste wax this time!
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
09-20-2011, 03:41 PM
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The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...[/quote]
Do not forget to post before, during and after pictures. Kathie
Do not forget to post before, during and after pictures. Kathie
09-20-2011, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Well Ladies and Gents, "Hazel" is home! :) There's going to be a lot of work to do to make this cabinet nice, I'm not going to get away with my usual scrub with Howards Restor-a-Finish and paste wax this time!
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
09-20-2011, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
HELP!! I had posted this question but haven't seen any comments yet.
Also ... I now have the needle plate off and the bobbin case, but wondering how far do I disassemble the entire bobbin area? I don't think the user of the of the machine had EVER cleaned the bobbin area.
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Also, on the bobbin winder is a rim of what I think was leather (the part that would "feel" the bobbin). The leather (or whatever it was) is shot and I'll need to replace it. Is this an easy part to find and replace?
09-20-2011, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Well Ladies and Gents, "Hazel" is home! :) There's going to be a lot of work to do to make this cabinet nice, I'm not going to get away with my usual scrub with Howards Restor-a-Finish and paste wax this time!
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
Charlee, Congrats!! You will have that cleaned up and purring for you. Sorry to hear about the attachments.
09-20-2011, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by Charlee
Well Ladies and Gents, "Hazel" is home! :) There's going to be a lot of work to do to make this cabinet nice, I'm not going to get away with my usual scrub with Howards Restor-a-Finish and paste wax this time!
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
Charlee, Congrats!! You will have that cleaned up and purring for you. Sorry to hear about the attachments.
09-20-2011, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Well Ladies and Gents, "Hazel" is home! :) There's going to be a lot of work to do to make this cabinet nice, I'm not going to get away with my usual scrub with Howards Restor-a-Finish and paste wax this time!
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
The last patent date on the slide is 1885, serial number 426889, and she's got a wooden pitman. Nancy, did you ever clear up the wooden pitman age thing? Everything I've found to date indicates a pre-1890 machine...but I'm just not confident that it's correct...
The attachments are interesting too....several of them are broken :( , but some are still good. This machine is going to be fun to play with if I ever get her back together!! She's apart in my dining room right now...
Charlee, I think you can rest assured that your Davis is a pre-1900 machine! No, I have not got an answer to the wood pitman issue, but in my research it seems Billy was right when he said the wood pitman is a clue to a pre 1900 machine. Starting in 1900, the big companies did away with wood pitmans. Maybe, some of the really small companies used them, the jury is still out on that? Like everything else, there is probably no black and white on that issue - but, it seems Singer, and the bigger companies didn't used wood after 1900.
Nancy
09-20-2011, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by jljack
I won a 15 clone on shopgoodwill.com on Friday, and can't wait to get it home. It says Sew Ezy or something like that. I didn't look at it today! :-)
I got out the 1950 128 yesterday and messed around with it. She was bone dry, so I oiled and oiled and turned the handwheel. The electric cords are good, so I plugged her in and she ran OK, good stitch, but still really noisy and "gummy" feeling. I'll let the oil sit for a couple of days and run her again. She has the shuttle bobbin, so I had to get out the instructions to see how to do it. Never did one before....quite an experience!!
I got out my 99 handcrank (new handcrank conversion) to try to find the "rubbing" sound. It was the front edge of the face plate pushed in slightly, and the takeup lever was rubbing it near the bottom of each stroke. So I used a small screwdriver to put some pressure on the edge of the faceplate, and it straightened right out. No more rubbing, and it runs so quiet it's amazing!! I sewed on her last night for a while...great!!
Then....I got brave and got out my ruffler for my 301, and tried that. It worked!! Amazing! Can you oil the attachments? The ruffler seems like it's really stiff. I have to read up on all the other adjusting pieces on it, too, because the 2nd time I put it on it didn't work the same...??? Anyway, it's really cool!!
Way fun weekend!! Playing with the machines, cleaning them, oiling and running them. Checking everything out....I'm loving this!! :-)
Yup, Sewzy as in Suzy!
Link to how to wind a shuttle bobbin Donna Kohler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOu4-...eature=related
And:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFQ6fTVnkT0
And we can't forget MUV's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4PhA...eature=related
At the end of Donna Kohler's, it shows how to bypass and do it manually if the winder isn't putting the thread on evenly.
09-20-2011, 09:20 PM
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[quote=Charlee]
Thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to find some for it...they're kind of weird looking! :lol: If not, it won't really matter...I'm gonna love this machine no matter what. :)
I just played around with the attachments that came with my Davis NVF. I posted photos on my blog. Take a look to see if any of yours looks like mine. The Davis does have some weird looking attachments. I have a copy of the older manual, not the Davis NVF manual, that I followed to figure out how to attach the dang things.
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by Charlee
Well Ladies and Gents, "Hazel" is home! :)
Charlee, Congrats!! You will have that cleaned up and purring for you. Sorry to hear about the attachments.
Charlee, Congrats!! You will have that cleaned up and purring for you. Sorry to hear about the attachments.
09-20-2011, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by jljack
I won a 15 clone on shopgoodwill.com on Friday, and can't wait to get it home. It says Sew Ezy or something like that. I didn't look at it today! :-)
I got out the 1950 128 yesterday and messed around with it. She was bone dry, so I oiled and oiled and turned the handwheel. The electric cords are good, so I plugged her in and she ran OK, good stitch, but still really noisy and "gummy" feeling. I'll let the oil sit for a couple of days and run her again. She has the shuttle bobbin, so I had to get out the instructions to see how to do it. Never did one before....quite an experience!!
I got out my 99 handcrank (new handcrank conversion) to try to find the "rubbing" sound. It was the front edge of the face plate pushed in slightly, and the takeup lever was rubbing it near the bottom of each stroke. So I used a small screwdriver to put some pressure on the edge of the faceplate, and it straightened right out. No more rubbing, and it runs so quiet it's amazing!! I sewed on her last night for a while...great!!
Then....I got brave and got out my ruffler for my 301, and tried that. It worked!! Amazing! Can you oil the attachments? The ruffler seems like it's really stiff. I have to read up on all the other adjusting pieces on it, too, because the 2nd time I put it on it didn't work the same...??? Anyway, it's really cool!!
Way fun weekend!! Playing with the machines, cleaning them, oiling and running them. Checking everything out....I'm loving this!! :-)
Yup, Sewzy as in Suzy!
Link to how to wind a shuttle bobbin Donna Kohler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOu4-...eature=related
And:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFQ6fTVnkT0
And we can't forget MUV's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4PhA...eature=related
At the end of Donna Kohler's, it shows how to bypass and do it manually if the winder isn't putting the thread on evenly.
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