AshleyR

I'll try to keep this short....

Saturday, we bought a computer desk at Goodwill but we couldn't take it with us, so they put a SOLD sign on it and I went to pick it up today and it was gone! She said the only thing she could do is give me store credit, which I didn't want. I saw 2 lovely sewing machine cabinets, so I said, "can I get one of those instead?"

I ended up with a Singer 206K. I didn't even test it until I got it home tonight. She's filthy. I turned it on and pushed the knee-thing and it works, but it seems slow and there was a weird smell.

So I can clean her up and put her in my living room as a decorative piece, or try to sell it as the same. The cabinet is a very nice cabinet and she will be pretty once she's cleaned and oiled. However, now that I've had a chance to do some homework, I don't want to deal with trying to sew with her and the weird smell is a "motor" smell, I don't know how else to describe it. I don't know anything about sewing machine motors, I don't know if it's because she has gunk in the gears or the motor is about shot.

Maybe I should have taken store credit. Pics after I get her cleaned.