Originally Posted by quilter53
Not sure if this is the right place to post this question but here goes. At a garage sale there were many old machines for sale. They were not working and were all rusty. they were laying on the ground for display. the cost was a dollar each. Can these be refinished to working again? In case I run across this again I want to know what I am getting into. I did buy one that was on a treadly table but it wasnt working and I didn't know where to find out how to unfreeze the parts if possible.
Go to the Tutorial section. Billy has several tuts on cleaning the old machines. I unstuck a 1880's Victor machine by soaking in kerosene as Billy suggests. His tuts are really good and thorough.
Machines for $1? I would have bought ALL of them.