Originally Posted by
BoJangles
Hummmm, you'd have been a very small man! I get frustrated because I wish I had the physical strength to tackle a lot of repair/maintenance/improvement projects around our place. I have a friend who will tackle anything from putting up crown molding, to tile work, hardwood floors, plumping - I have always admired that about her. Maybe, in my next life I will be more productive! Men who marry women like you are sure blessed - my poor DH has to do all that stuff - I'm kinda useless when it comes to building or repairing something!
You know Candace, how in the world did you learn how to rebuild the internal button holer? And you re-wired the motor? You and Miriam are both amazing. I know Cathy can do that stuff too, but she has been practicing/learning for years! I am learning how to do timing and some other things, but I really don't have the desire to really get into the mechanics of the motors and such. I would rather get the old machines that aren't so complicated. I am getting more and more interested in the workings of the machines, but I don't think I will ever dig into them like you two do? Although, the more I dig into my machines, and the more I am able to 'fix,' the more interested I am becoming in the inner workings of the machines!
Nancy
Take your time - you can't learn it all at once. I guess I just dive in and make all sorts of mistakes - though if I had started on the simple machines I might never have tackled the more complex ones. I seem to take steps forward and then a few back and then forward. I think if you can follow directions on a pattern you can figure out the directions on a machine - then again maybe not... everybody is different. I have a real good friend who can figure out a lot and she sews real nice but she is petrified of opening up anything on a sewing machine. I clean her machine when I'm at her house eating the best food on the planet... everybody has their special something - a wise person once told me that if you do something enough and make enough mistakes you can learn to do anything. Oh and if you eat at my house make sure DH cooked it... LOL...
Today I cleaned up 3 machines, 2 clones and a FW. The FW was already cleaned but I just
had to mess with it. The clones were from the hoard. I was amazed at how well the black Challenge cleaned up. It is from Sears. The other is blue and it wasn't quite so grossly dirty. They both now just need tension springs and new wiring so they are on hold until we get a rainy day and tension springs.
DH put in new windows on the blue house!!! He's put in 9 or 10 so far and has 6 to go. We had intended to just re-glaze the existing but between the time, the glass and the energy loss we voted for new windows. We also have been trying to work out a kitchen in there and I have finally been able to wrap my brain around something and I think it will work, not cost a whole bunch and re-use what is there in a new way. My BIL who paints came over a couple weeks ago and we discussed the 'dreary old metal cabinets'. It is a 1950s bungle so it will stay bungled - well maybe improve on the bungles with some changes. It for sure will need insulation and a few new wires and ALL new pipes - not much left after the scavengers hauled most of them off to the scrap yard so they could get a fix. It will need new lights for the same reason. We haven't lifted the carpet out - we've been waiting on the windows for a lot of stuff so we don't know about the hardwood under the carpets yet.