Why the crinkle finish?
#11
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The friction pulley for Whites & Kenmores is still being made....& is easy to find! Here's one place to order it http://sewing-machine-parts-store.co...&brand=&page=2 ....last one on the page.
This ebay seller also has them.http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-KENMORE-...item43b1e92f0a
It's a 1/4" shaft & the rubber wheel has a 3/4" OD.
This ebay seller also has them.http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-KENMORE-...item43b1e92f0a
It's a 1/4" shaft & the rubber wheel has a 3/4" OD.
Last edited by path49; 10-07-2012 at 07:21 AM.
#13
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Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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I purchased a White No. 8 last week. From information I found on the Internet it is a clone of a Singer 128. It also has a crinkle finish. But the crinkle finish is so much smoother than any of the other crinkle finish machines that I own.
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I will have to get my camera out today and take some pics to post. Perhaps the finish on the White No. 8 is as you describe. I also need to check the wiring before I plug it in.
#16
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Caroline,
This is what I meant by the "hammered" finish:
It's like you used to find on metal (remember metal) tool boxes.
As for checking the wiring please do so. I plugged in a questionable 15-91 a couple days ago and blew the breakers in my power bar.
Big flash of arching juice as the dead short about destroyed the cord set I'd borrowed from our FW. I got it fixed, but needed another BP pill afterwards.
Joe
This is what I meant by the "hammered" finish:
It's like you used to find on metal (remember metal) tool boxes.
As for checking the wiring please do so. I plugged in a questionable 15-91 a couple days ago and blew the breakers in my power bar.
Big flash of arching juice as the dead short about destroyed the cord set I'd borrowed from our FW. I got it fixed, but needed another BP pill afterwards.
Joe
#17
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Yea Joe. I remember metal tool boxes. I will take a pic of the galvanized one I have been hauling around with me for years. I dug it out of a dump. Remember the good old days when you went to the dump and brought home treasure???
I like your Kenmore, FYI. The finish on my No.8 is not shiny though.
I like your Kenmore, FYI. The finish on my No.8 is not shiny though.
#18
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A friend of mine and I were unloading a big bunch of junk at the local dump in Phoenix one time when I spied a really good cross bar lug wrench someone had tossed. We were being watched by the dump people so I commented to my friend: Ah crap I tossed my lug wrench, then I got out picked up the wrench and put it in the trailer by the spare tire. The wrench was perfectly good, only someone had welded a lug nut into one of the ends. No idea why. I set the wrench on the concrete at home, took a hammer and whacked the nut once and broke the welds. Once it was out I cleaned up the wrench with a file and put it in my truck. I've still got it.
Yeah, I remember those days.
Joe
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