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Thanks to everybody that helped me with information about our Minnesota New Model A sewing machine. We found it in the basement of the farm house we are renting. The landlord gave me permission to try to bring it back to its former glory. After months of sanding by hand, I decided not to replace any of the original but, instead just to try to get it to work so we could have a beautiful working display. The machine originally did not move at all. It took a lot of PB Blaster and elbow grease and a new belt and the machine moves perfectly. I took the treadle and pitman arm off and applied grease to those areas as well.

The first picture is the condition in which we found it. The second picture is after sanding and applying a stain.

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