Update on Singer 206
I've put in about 7 hours on this machine today.
First, I'm thankful that you encouraged me to buy this. Here's the original ad, which is still up:
http://catskills.craigslist.org/atq/4727888381.html. The only reason I went to see it was because I couldn't figure out the parts it showed on the back and just was curious.
Second, I kept thinking as I cleaned this 84 year old machine that it's a good thing WWII wasn't waged with sewing machines - not sure the Allies would have won.
I still have questions. It's a 220 v motor, and needs to be rewired anyway, so looking for advice. Find a motor from the U.S. and just store the original? Put in a 220 line for it? Other ideas? Oh, and although it's set up for a knee lever, the lever is missing. Hmm, that's another question - if I put on a 110 v motor, would I need to change the controller?
The finish on this is spectacular. I used cotton and oil, no polish or wax at all, except on the edge of the wheel - used Simachrome on that. None of my other machines ever had this kind of shine.
Oh, and I reassembled the tension with everything in the right order and it works. It's still hard to turn the wheel by hand, but it does stitch.
Here's the original CL photo and one taken today. Yay!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]499775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]499776[/ATTACH]