Welcome, Binky. Indeed a picture would help. (I will post instructions at the end of this post.) Also we have a section here on Quilting Board for vintage and antique sewing machines. I used to only look at that forum, but have ventured out, now. It can be found at
https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintag...thusiasts-f22/ There are a couple of sticky threads that have good information at the beginning of each page of that forum, such as
Cleaning and repairing the Shellac clear coat on Vintage sewing machine heads and
How to Clean Up and use a vintage sewing machine - videos by Muv and Fav Those are basic and more advanced methods for the head itself. As for the woodwork the two threads that I would recommend would be
refinishing sewing machine cabinets and
Cleaning and Reviving furniture(Sewing cabinets). The later is the more basic and it really is amazing how much just cleaning the wood with his method improve the appearance of the cabinetry.
I do not have a Standard machine, but if it is like the one seen at
Standard treadle sewing machine, I believe that the machine is attached to the front piece that has "Standard" on it. I think that one just needs to lift the lid. I know that there are some that have some sort of chain or rope that lifts the machine as the lid is opened. I think that I have read of someone that had some sort problem with a self raising machine. It is also possible that once the lid is open, the machine just needs to be lifted and a hinged piece put in place and then lower the head.
We like pictures. In order to post pictures on Quilting Board, you will probably need to reduce or compress the picture to a
file size that is smaller than 2MB. How to post images can be found at
https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...020-01-17-.pdf
Don't forget to scroll over to the far right to find and click on the "
Upload" button.
I have found that only the big red "Reply" button or "Quote" work to give me the paper clip icon to work for adding pictures.
https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...p-location.jpg
Some additional info regarding reducing images at post #4 and images for the scroll and upload button can be found at #5 of
quilt block ID?
Or simply - Make sure pictures are smaller than 2MB
Click on red "Reply" button
Click on the paper clip icon
Click browse - choose picture/s. (only 5 allowed per post)
Once they show up as being loaded, Scroll over to the right side and click on "Upload"
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.