Look what my teenage son bought me at a garage sale for $10. Now I just have to figure out how to repair the top of
cabinet and the machine is missing a couple of items.

that is so cool.

you are so LUCKY!!

Rose

WOW!!!
What a great find he got!

Talk to Boston51 he has done a good bit of refirbishing old machines.

Wow!
What a great find and a great son!
Good for you. :-D

OOOOOOOOOOOh, good find!

What a great son you have.

Love antiques and this one is a classic, great buy, and what a wonderful son you have!

What a wonderful find!

Oh neat is that. Its a beauty

WOW how awesome is that. Good kid you have there.

i have this same cabinet, the top of mine was too messed up, i just made a copy of it on new wood but i put the hinges on the back and a shelf where the machine was and now it a desk!!

WOW :shock: :shock: :shock: how awesome that your son thought about you when he seen this!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I can't wait to see it when you get it refurbished :D:D:D

OOOOH! How old is your son? Maybe I can hook him up with my daughter. :wink:

I must admit that the picture made me drool a bit. What a great find!!!!!! What a great son!

WOW - how thoughtful was that!!!

What an awesome son!!! Very cool find! Good on him!! That is so cool!

My DH is a wood guy, and he has taught me a couple of tricks to refurbishing...for the top, you can peel off the broken veneer and get new at Home Depot or one of the other wood places. Then you cut it and glue it on, and then stain it to match.

Your son is sure a keeper! Good luck with refinishing.

Cool! How thoughtful of him!

WOW ! My son would have run the other way :wink: How lucky you are :mrgreen:

Kudos to your son. He did well. Wonder how old that machine is?

Looks like the old hammered finish. Not rough, but knubby(sp).

Cool.

Thats just what I was going to say..(Great minds think alike :-D ) I have always loved that cabinet style and the machine is wonderful!

What is the serial number on the machine and I can help you date it. I am thinking somewhere in the mid to late 20's but I wont know for sure until I see the number.

The White catalog list it as a "Crinkle Finish" and they're the first manufacturer to use that finish on a machine.

Billy

Looks like only the top of the cabinet needs new veneer.

The rest of it looks like it could be stripped with a
regular stripping product and steel wool. What a beauty!!!
What a thoughtful son you have!

Ooopps I did a typo, I meant "Wrinkle" and not crinkle. :roll: While I was typing I was talking to my wife about the different names they called that finish through the years.

Billy

What a great find!