Ok that was before but you can't really see how bad...
The yellow crud you see is the old finish.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]500979[/ATTACH]
The stitch length was like that, too - bad finish...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]500980[/ATTACH]
I also posted a picture of this machine on Glenn's tutorial - he addressed the issue of the pin rash there:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...s-t193635.html it's somewhere around page 32...
I'm almost inclined to leave it. Somebody worked hard at that machine. Grandma must have made a lot of dresses maybe patched some overalls maybe made a few quilts BUT she sure did use a lot of pins.