Wilbur, Mom and I fiddled with a Standard Rotary machine today. Anybody know what needles it uses? Wilbur was showing off for his Great Grandma. He cleaned and cleaned that machine. That machine should feel really loved. He discovered that the hand wheel turns back instead of forward. It had a 'new' motor screwed on it. When we started the machine didn't turn well at all. We pulled a long thread out of the bobbin area and we cleaned and oiled. When we took the motor off that thing really turned sweet. We had no left over parts or screws. Then Wilbur and I went to the grocery store and I rewarded him with ice cream. It was very cute to watch him explain the sewing machine to my Mom. She perks up when she is around machines but she doesn't use one very often. I try to do a few repairs or what ever with her watching every once in a while. She seems to enjoy watching me.