Thanks for the replies. I'm going to see what the Florence looks like if I win the auction. It really looks like in good shape in the photos; maybe I should put it in the World's cabinet and use it instead. I have managed to clean the World's Rotary up really good, but the rust has eaten away the black tin (I think it's a tin... it's pretty weak) plate to the point that the decals and black enamel paint are pretty much gone. I wanted to replace that part especially. The backside of the tin plate is so rusted I wore out two dremel bits before I began to see a faint shine of metal underneath.
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Instead of parting out the Florence for a replacement for this plate, does anyone have an ideas of what to do with to restore it? Here is a picture where it belongs.
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I haven't yet redone the shellac on the machine, it's just shiny from sewing machine oil.
This machine was so loved and used, the decals in the front of the needle are so wore that there is actually a dip in the cast iron. I think that is such a sweet story that this machine tells by itself that I do not want to get rid of.
This machine was kept in a barn, which sits ontop of a salt mine, for four years. You can imagine the rust damage!
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