Originally Posted by redmadder
Does anyone have a RUBY? It appears to have been made by White, turns backwards, has a four drawer cabinet, the feet are the same as the White FR. There is no serial number I can find.
It appears to have suffered some damage to the mechanism that lets you put the machine in cabinet and close the lid.
BUT I have extra plates, shuttles and 9 bobbins plus all the attachments and they look just like the box of White.
Someone put her away carefully, had an oiled piece of 1930s feedsack oiled and the needle turned down into it.
RM, there is a local sew shop that has a electrified Ruby Treadle for sale on craigslist. A year ago they tried selling it for $250, then $200, now it's listed at (I think), $189. And I just noticed that it's now in a case, not in the treadle cabinet. It could be that this is another machine, or that the sewshop sold the beautiful ornate cabinet out from under it.
Here's what the ad states: "In 1893 New Home commenced manufacture of the Climax which replaced the "Favorite". Then they manufactured the "Ruby" which was a smaller machine but with the same operating principles as the climax. Then came the "Rotary" and the "Little Worker"."
Here's a picture of this Ruby, I just snagged it off craigslist...
Is your's anything like this one?
Ruby in Case
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