Thank you Jon and Cathy. I knew it wasn't Japanese and I knew it wasn't the original Elgin. I was thinking it might be this Elgin Rotary was about from the late 30s, but I didn't know.
I wonder if the serial number would be accurate in
this pdf. (I hope I linked the purple word correctly).
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
correctly).
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
ETA Glenn's tutorial for reviving the cabinet is at
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...s-t109859.html