Originally Posted by
QuiltFaerie
Maybe I should just buy both? LOL. Seriously, thank you all for your input and insight. I keep going back and forth on whether I really want do to this or not.
Joe, I love the 66 red eye, but you are right, the cabinet is a mess and I have never tried to refinish any type of cabinetry. I wasn't sure how easy it would be to get parts for the 27 as I did notice the missing slide plate and wondered it the shuttle was there or not.
I am just developing a love for these old machines lately.
If you bought both, you could put the 66 in the better cabinet and then work on the others as time, funds and inclination strikes you.
Here is a thread I did about a treadle I was given that had been used as an aquarium stand. It was seriously damaged and took a lot of work to repair. I'm still not 100 % finished with it as it's out in the garage and it's too cold to work out there now.
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It took me over three months of work off and on to get it this far.
Joe