Sometimes the sewing machine gods smile
Look at what arrived at my house today.
I bought it knowing the case didn't have a top but I guess I was naive to think the seller would put it in a box before he shipped it! Seeing the Canada Post warning "We regret that your mail item is damaged. It arrived in this condition in the mail stream." didn't make my heart sing with joy. Not to mention the black garbage bag outer packaging.
Despite everything, I'm now the proud owner of a wonderfully filthy, rusty Frister Rossmann, high arm TS variant 4 or 5 with bronze lilies decals . The serial number puts it between 1907 and 1914. The decals are in amazingly pristine condition. The attachments were just tossed in but they didn't seem to cause any damage to themselves or the machine. The bobbin winder still had a filled bobbin stuck in it!
The hand wheel turns and the feed dogs move but the screw to remove the throat plate is partially stripped and stuck fast, as are bobbin slide plates. They are soaking in sewing machine oil at the moment. Any advice/help with this would be appreciated. Evapo Rust is ordered (my local Canadian Tire no longer carries it) and will be delivered on Monday.
I was so happy to get this machine and I hope to give it another lifetime to sew.