Steelsewing

Not quite a zombie thread... so I hope I'm okay posting?

My three babies:

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1930 Singer 101 in type 40 cabinet. A curbside rescue in a thunderstorm. Machine was locked up tight. All the wiring was brittle and needed replaced. Every piece of cabinet had an issue. Bent leaf hinges... missing slide plate, the 'need' list went on and on. Took two weeks of evenings and a rebuilt carbon pile. Yeesh. But worth every minute. (forgot to put the light cover and slide plate on for pic? What was i thinking?)

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1948-52 Necchi BU. Found in the dark dingy back of a pile of junked machines from an old repair shop. Was in same shape as the 101 but no cabinet, case, or pedal. Not a single piece of wire insulation left, had to redo all the way to the motor leads. Took three days to get the internals moving again and a whole lot of elbow grease. Sews as well as the 101, except smoother and it's so quiet the loudest thing is the needle punching through the material. I'm still in awe of it.

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1957 Kenmore 117.740 sold by Sears, provided by White, manufactured by Gritzner-Kayser. Also a frozen machine with a twist - the light fixture in the front had snapped a wire strand. If I hadn't have checked... I would have lit the deck. It's a very heavy machine, the bobbin plate is in the wrong location... and it just sews like mad. Excuse the photo, that was taken on day one, hour one - long before the rewire and spit shine. =)