This is what I did on during vacation. I was not able to get her all the way finished. But she is clean enough my sister said she can come in the house now. The smell was baaaadddd from the critters living in her.
White sewing machine that I have not identified other than Vibrating shuttle (VS) made in 1912 according to the company. The cabinet is a No. 26 I think. I need to do more research. But getting through the cleaning and oiling she turns like a dream. At Christmas I will finish cleaning and polishing. I have to decide if I want to paint the irons and will eventually need to refinish the cabinet as most of the finish is seriously dry and cracked.
The drawers were full of interesting items as shown in the photos. I threw away many spools of elastic, string, trims, and garter hooks that were just too bad to save. But there were 4 bobbins and an extra shuttle and lots of needles. I am not sure if they were all the correct ones for this machine.
As rescued, dirty girl
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Home for some mice
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Cabinet after 2 applications of lemon oil
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Through most of step 2 tutorial of cleaning
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chrome pieces cleaned and polished
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The attachments look like they were never used
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treasure from the drawers
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