Originally Posted by
SteveH
It is truly wonderful to see what is under the years of accumulated neglect...
This is especially true with the early machines from the major manufacturers, the simple elegance and quality that they made these with is just simply not available today...
Enjoy your treasure!
Ain't that the truth. I certainly am enjoying my treasure.
Originally Posted by
Justsosew
What lovely results. So satisfying.
Maggie
Thank you. It really is looking better. I never thought I would see one this old in person, let alone be able to "work" on it. Actually, it is more like "playing" with it.
As much crud as I've gotten off, I'm really kind of surprised that it moved as freely as it did when I first got it. I worked on a couple of oil holes on the main shaft. The oil holes for the feed dogs were pretty clean as I could see metal at the bottom of the hole. The oil holes on the main shaft were filled with crud. I know sometimes oil doesn't go into the oil holes and the only recommendation I have seen was to stick a toothpick in to release the oil to where it is supposed to go. The toothpick broke. I tried the small dental brushes and that didn't work. I tried the airbrush cleaning brushes and a little bit stuck to the brush. I tried a dental pick and that got a little bit. I ended up using a broken needle to dig the gunk out.
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SUCCESS
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Now to the next one --
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I also worked on the hand wheel last night and will look at in day light. There does seem to be some paint that has been worn off, but I forgot to take a "before" picture. I will take a picture later of the after. It appears that there is some sort of press fit hardware and a nut that cleaned up fairly well.
Stay tuned folks - more to follow
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.