Originally Posted by maudeflanagan

I saved the original parts for the machine. I don't plan to get rid of them. The machine was just sitting around, so I wanted to get it to a state where I wanted to use it instead of being a shelf piece. I totally agree about oldies, I don't advocate them being turned into tractors or lamps, but I thought this was a reasonable conversion. Especially if I can get some original handcrank parts instead of reproductions.