Last week we stopped at a thrift store here in FW and found several machines. A new plastic wannabe piece of junque, a Japanese machine in a cabinet that was missing it's cams, I forget the brand, and a Coronado Reversew.
Actually it's a National Reversew badged as a Coronado. It was in a suit case type of case and came with a box of accessories. It was complete with it's cords and controller, shuttle and bobbins and both slide plates.
The poor thing was whimpering so bad that my wife didn't complain when I adopted it.
Here are some pics of my newest adoptee:
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The accessories were a mess. The previous owner had wrapped left over thread around the adjustable hemmer, a pencil, and pieces of paper.
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The stitch length / reverse lever
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Motor and connectors. Motor is spring loaded
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Motor plaque
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Under the motor
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Underside, needs a good cleaning
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Top side after the first cleaning.
The machine uses 20x1 needles and the bobbins are shorter than the shuttle looks like they should be.
Luckily four bobbins came with the machine.
The only thing it really needs other than a thorough cleaning is a new foot controller cord. I'll get to that as soon as I get my soldering gun over here from IL.
According to the information here: {
http://www.doubleveil.net/zssmp/reversew.htm } this machine is a 3/4 sized machine. But it's cast iron and weighs as much as most full sized machines. Sews pretty good but should sew better once I'm finished cleaning it.
The only thing that peeves me is the set screw from the drive pulley popped out of my fingers and disappeared somewhere in the living room. Searched for it for two days with no luck. Nuts!
Joe