oldsewerII

Thank you everyone who replied to my posts. This has been such an education! After umpteen million hours online I have found the following: there are two different models for the spool holder that feeds the bobbin winder. One is what I have, with no guide arm for winding the bobbin, and one with. why anybody would want to have one with no bobbin winding guide arm escapes me. I found one completely different as well, with the spool holder permanently mounted on the right end of the cover plate directly over the thread guide arm with a screw in the middle where every other model allowed the spool holder to screw the plate down..There are also two models of thread guides, one that sticks out (early)and one that curves over the side of the machine body ( later, and is the one shown in the youtube video). Also, exhausting searching found that my serial number falls into the 1917 to 1918 range (Fiddlebase.com). However, I had been confused because the last patent date on my bobbin plate is 1905. However, this is undoubtedly not the correct cover. I had wondered why there was a gap at the forward edge of the slide plate (closest to the sewer) although the main plate, where the feeder dogs and needles do their magic, fits into the wooden cabinet top just fine. So somebody, sometime, needed to replace the left side of the bobbin cover plates and the 1905 plate fit into the needle/feed dog side. So, now I need to find a thread guide for the bobbin winder, and the correct bobbin plate (or it's going to be a lint issue) and I'll be in business. I guess I'm lucky it came with a presser foot on it and some loaded bobbins, and of course, it does sew, which is more than it was expected to do for at least the last thirty-five years. And I think I need to call it her.