Old 02-23-2012, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltdoctor View Post
I was given this Singer 127 as a boat anchor and I decided to practice cleaning and restoring on it. There were some kind of mud nesting bugs that had half flilled the face insides and all across the arm of the machine. It was rusted solid on the inside.
Well I have it as good as I can get it. She is still missing a front slide bobbin plate, shuttle and bobbin and in the cleaning her bobbin winder broke. She is going into storage until I decide what to do with her, but she is clean and turns easily now. Maybe she just needs a new home, too.

Texas Jan
Wow! she looks gorgeous!! You did a great job, the metal parts are so shiny! What did you use?
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