Singer 301 A Beauty~Her name is "SMOKEY"
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Originally Posted by twinkie
We collect old Singers and just wanted to tell you that you did a great job of cleaning the machine up. We have found that a lot of the old staining (brown "crud") on the metal parts of these machines is the oil that they used. This one looks so good, my DH gave me permission to offer to buy it from you. He said I could even go as high as $20 for it (LOL) Just kidding. This one could easily sell for $100's of dollars. I just love it and so does my DH. You have a real treasure there.
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Originally Posted by Scrap Happy
Congratulations on your new 301, she's a beauty!! Congrats too on a great job of getting her up and running. It's wonderful to hear that a 301 has been saved from a life of shelf sitting and doing what she was meant to do AND is in a good home now. :) :thumbup:
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Nancy
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What did you use to clean this treasure with??? Looks New!!![/quote]
Polly, I am just a talented woman :oops: lol . I wish I could take the credit for this :arrow: It is Lostn51 (Billy). He has done amazing tuts to restore old sewing machines ~ even does custom paint jobs. I followed his steps with his products and viola. :lol: :mrgreen: I did purchase a repair manual for this machine. It was very valuable with the issues that I had. We are very fortunate to have Billy with us :thumbup: Please PM me if you need any help in restoring a machine. Always willing to share what I have learned.
Happy Quilting
:-D Nancy
Polly, I am just a talented woman :oops: lol . I wish I could take the credit for this :arrow: It is Lostn51 (Billy). He has done amazing tuts to restore old sewing machines ~ even does custom paint jobs. I followed his steps with his products and viola. :lol: :mrgreen: I did purchase a repair manual for this machine. It was very valuable with the issues that I had. We are very fortunate to have Billy with us :thumbup: Please PM me if you need any help in restoring a machine. Always willing to share what I have learned.
Happy Quilting
:-D Nancy
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