Steve, Sewbeadit,
Tried the barefoot thing and an old Mt Bell horseshoe magnet on the floor. No luck so far. Stupid little screw is probably in plain sight just laughing at us.
Mary,
No I haven't gotten to New Haven yet. I will though. I want to check out the rail road museum so now I have two things to look at.
Thanks for the tip.
Rodney,
Thanks for reminding me, I'd forgotten to take a pic of the nose. It's very 1930ish I think, although this machine is probably from the 40s or 50s.
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Joe