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Hi all, first off thanks to Macybaby for telling me about this forum.

I was checking out a local Facebook page when i stumbled across an ad for an old sewing machine for sale. They were asking $200. I thought it was pretty neat but not having an extra $200 to blow on a decoration i forgot about it.....till they posted again saying they needed to get it out of their basement and "someone please make an offer".....so i offered them $50 via PM (figured it'd make a nice gift for my wife as a decoration) and they took it! Now i have an old sewing machine in my shop.

I just got it into my shop and cleaned it up a bit with WD-40 (it's all i had). everything seems to spin free. It had an old broken leather band so i just restapled it and that seems to hold. The little research i've done in the last few hours seems to say it's a model 27 from 1899. It came with a bunch of bits and pieces and accessories that i have no idea what they're for but there's quite a few of them. I WAS going to give this to my wife (she's not much into sewing, and has a cheapy walmart machine we bought her years ago for $100 or so that she uses once in a while) but the more i learn about these the more I'm thinkin i might just keep it for myself. Hey it's a pretty manly machine right?

I'd like to learn more about how to restore, maintain and use it. I'm also interested in learning what it can do. I know this is primarily a quilting forum but has anyone used them to sew heavier fabric? denim? Canvas? Leather? I honestly don't know anything about sewing either but I've always been interested and now i have a good reason to learn

Here's some pics. The first three are from the sales ad. The rest are taken a few moments ago at my place after a wipe down of WD-40.