Originally Posted by
manicmike
Just ridiculously beautiful!
I agree.
I can't wait to see her all cleaned up! I really snagged her because she was a deal too good to pass up. I was positive that the price in the ad was a typo but she confirmed it on the phone without me asking. The pic was blurry and I actually thought she was German but the second guess was Jones (English). I was pleasantly surprised when I got there at the shape she was in. This is the ad and pic:
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-furnitu...ationFlag=true - I'm also coveting that radio but I don't have room. Don't have room. Must keep repeating that to myself.
The gal I got her from said she'd bought it used from a friend in the very early 70s to hem a pair of jeans then put it in the basement until this week when she decided the basement needed to be purged. No oil or anything in about 44 years but she still turns well. That's the one benefit I can think of with our very arid climate and relatively low water table.
Originally Posted by
SteveH
very very nice!!! I'd buy it even if it was out of my time frame!
I'm narrowing the date down, but it might fall in the pre-1901 threshold for you.
This page:
http://www.sewingdownmemorylane.com/...erorJones.aspx says the dates of manufacture - based on the serial # are 1883 - 1890 but the slide plate patent date is 1893. So, either the chart is right and it's a replacement slide plate or it's newer than that.
This page thinks between 1895 and 1914 -
http://www.sewmuse.co.uk/jones5.htm - and probably leaning closer to the 1895 than the 1914 based on the serial numbers they have listed on their machines. It does predate the
Princess/Queen Alexandra badging. That's as close as I've gotten so far.
Originally Posted by
Mrs. SewNSew
Tammi, the post is normal sized. I laid out the parts for the tension piece and it appears to all be there from what I can find out about it BUT the presser foot is NOT releasing the tension pin. I removed the entire tension unit from the machine and have it set in as per the instructions in the service manual but it is still not working. The only thing I can figure is either someone replaced the inside pin and it is too short ~or~ somehow this little part goes in the pin or the flipper behind it to make a better connection. That really wouldn't make sense though since the "pin" is not threaded. I'm just frustrated with this piece and not knowing where it goes!
I think it likely isn't part of the assembly then. Periodically I find weird things in sewing machine cabinet drawers. Could this be something that managed to fall on the floor before and you just now noticed it?
As for the pin - make a new one. I think it might be mysewingmachineobsession or one of the similar blogs where she (pretty sure is was a gal, that's why I'm thinking Elizabeth's site) shows making one out of a nail or something.