This machine has been many years at my family's attic. I learnt its story today.
It belonged to an ambulant taylor that carried it on his head from house to house, sun, rain or snow. In the 30's he married my great aunt but died shortly afterwards. The widow started a notions store and called her niece (my own aunt and godmother) to keep her company. So through her hands it came to mine.
Before I mess it up while trying to fix the machine, I've done some research. It is a Singer with serial number Y-1923923: thanks to this forum I
came to the website with the database so that I now know it is a model 28 K produced in 1924.
I couldn't find any part that I could identify as bobbin winder. Could it have been removed? One of the metal plates is also missing. The hand wheel moves smoothly and so do the presser and needle bars, despise dirt and spiderwebs, but most parts show rust, including the shuttles. And I think the decals are beyond repair.
Do you know if replacement parts are easy to find, and whether they are expensive? And what about long bobbins? The first steps are to clean it with machine oil and lubricate the moving parts, right?
Some pics:
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By the way, I named her Veva after my great aunt.