Originally Posted by
miriam
I've gotten machines I wanted just for parts and then they clean up and work better than the one I wanted to fix... just happened yesterday. I was wanting parts - I got perfectly good machines... bummer eh??? well??? really......
Will try the Tri-Flow first.
When we paid for this machine the GW store manager emailed us and told us all about how bad this machine was. How the slide plate was missing and how filthy it was and how the case was falling apart. We responded that we could tell that from the pics, that we did indeed want it, and to please pack it good so it wasn't further damaged. He did.
The case is mostly water damage. I can't count how many of these old cases I've run across that are falling apart due to water damage. But it's fixable. That will be a spring time or next summer project as the weather has gone cold and wet and I'm not gonna work outside in the garage when it's cold and wet.
The Belgelcor motor has been removed from the Commodore, cleaned and oiled. The brush springs were bent real bad so I used the ones from the original HOTHER motor. Today the HOTHER will get a correct motor and then I'll be finishing the top to one of the quilts I'm building. I've only got two aunts left and I'm gonna send each a quilt and a wacky bag for Christmas.
Then as I clean the Commodore it will get the motor that was on the HOTHER. It works good so that won't hurt the machine.
We have an electrical motor place here in Springfield that said they could send one of the brush caps off somewhere and match it, but they couldn't do it here. Now that I have the second motor I'm going to do that. Then
perhaps I can get both Belgelcor motors running. Maybe.
The Commodore machine is filthy with lint and fuzz under the needle plate that tells me this old lady has been used. Not abused like the Edison, but honestly sewn with. When it got here the needle was bent. That always concerns me. But after oiling the machine and motor and running it over a continuous strip of fabric without a needle so the oil could get into all the right places, I put in a needle, threaded it up, and she sews sooooooooo nice. Forward back, backward, big stitches, little stitches. All she needs is cleaned, and oiled.
So this one will not be parted out other than the motor. And the Commodore will be my guide to reset everything on the Edison.
Now there's hope for Eddy.
Joe