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Old 08-30-2016, 02:26 PM
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Mickey2
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I have four machines, two 201s and I might give up one of them. I use two of my machines all the time. At times my 99 is set up with a buttonholer and stays up ready to be used for weeks. Model 66 is a very good machine, but when you have loads of old cast iron models I guess it doesn't stand out as much. It has a large harp space. Does yours have a crickle finish? I can't quite make it out from the picture, but it's definitely not the basic shiny shellac. It looks rather good really. Some insist on red eye decals, but I'm not one of those. When it's cleaned it looks nice, but don't polish it with any car polish, find a resin type with out the white gritty stuff, the ones with out are usually transparent. I'm looking for a treadle, maybe something like a model 15 or a Wheeler & Wilson derived model. If you don't strip them of everything; bases, cabinets any accessories, there are usually new owners who will take them as a fix up.
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