Originally Posted by jillaine

Nice to meet you, Lisa. I see you're a SoCal gal. I grew up in La Jolla; my folks are still in the area. This is my first attempt at returning an antique machine to its glory. I never would have even attempted it if it hadn't been for Billy and his great tutorials. Did you ever send him that W&W9? (I was perusing your posts, trying to find a larger image of your avatar.) That was a fun thread to read-- getting him to guess. Amazing. Sounds like you have a collection of your own. I have only two machines-- the 1910 Singer Red Eye that I found in a junk shop last summer (for which I also recently found a free treadle base-- I'm converting it to treadle) -- and my main machine, a 1977 Montgomery Ward Signature that was used maybe a half-dozen times since its original purchase and when it was given to me a year ago by a neighbor.