Originally Posted by
SewMachines
Hi Janey,
The machine was fairly dirty and gunky when I got it. I have not painted the irons. I prefer to just clean them thoroughly with sewing machine oil and a cloth, using a stiff brush if necessary. So many of these old machines have wonderful hand-painted gold accents on the irons that are hidden under the dirt. On the machine head I removed the slide plates, bobbin winder, tension assembly, and the table holds. I used sewing machine oil on the painted parts and silver polish on the silver parts and hand polished everything. Some silver parts were polished on the machine, taking care not to get polish on the paint.
Here is a photo of the presser foot.
Suzanne
Thank you. It looks like the standard foot for these machines may have been what I call a cording foot. Do you know if the this era of Weed machines only came with just the one foot? That picture also shows the patent dates on the plate - that is where I thought they were. Your bobbin also has the patent date on it, but mine doesn't. Something else that I noticed and am not sure if unique to this machine is that I can only insert and remove the shuttle when it is behind the needle plate and not in front of it. I tried to remove the bobbin, but it didn't come out. I don't know if it is rusted in or if there is a trick to removing it.
I'm pretty sure my treadle and irons won't look that good. The heel portion is very worn.
Originally Posted by
sewbeadit
Just amazing what you all find and are able to get them going again, loved this thread about Weeds and seeing the photos, congrats on your machines.
Yes, I was pretty amazed to be able to get it, too. The ad said that they preferred that it go to someone who wanted to restore it. I had a hint that he had a bit of surprise when I said that I thought I could sew with it. Now comes the hard part - bringing that to fruition.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.