Just for Fun, what is the wackiest thing you have found in a vintage machine
Hi,
I have been wondering if I am the only one finding weird stuff in old sewing machines. Lets hear what you have found. My most unusual was a bunch of popped popcorn in a beautiful 1906 White family Rotary. It began falling out and falling out, I thought it was never going to stop. Mice nest, old pins, scraps seem normal. My son, who I am afraid I have infected with the old sewing machine bug, sent me some photos of a machine he was cleaning. He took off the face plate and out fell dead cockroaches & their feces. So lets hear it from everyone, send us your strange "find" in a sewing machine. Ethel |
Thus far, fountain pen nibs.
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I bought a very dirty Viking 21 and found a Mud dauber's nest up inside it.
Cathy
Originally Posted by NopahDesertRat
(Post 6685823)
Hi,
I have been wondering if I am the only one finding weird stuff in old sewing machines. Lets hear what you have found. My most unusual was a bunch of popped popcorn in a beautiful 1906 White family Rotary. It began falling out and falling out, I thought it was never going to stop. Mice nest, old pins, scraps seem normal. My son, who I am afraid I have infected with the old sewing machine bug, sent me some photos of a machine he was cleaning. He took off the face plate and out fell dead cockroaches & their feces. So lets hear it from everyone, send us your strange "find" in a sewing machine. Ethel |
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I have a Sears godzilla with a mouse nest made out of pink insulation. I have found old garters, a letter from Singer and my favorite is a crochet hook with the hook end ground to a point.
How about pics? This is stuff from drawers of a Wheeler and Wilson. I don't know what the thing is: [ATTACH=CONFIG]472645[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]472644[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]472643[/ATTACH] |
Bought an old Singer 27 treadle, and the hand wheel wouldn’t turn, just wiggle back and forth a bit. So, I gave it a good hard turn and heard a loud “crack”....
Some varmint had filled the arm and pillar completely full of pecans, and boy were they packed in there! CD in Oklahoma |
Originally Posted by ThayerRags
(Post 6686240)
Some varmint had filled the arm and pillar completely full of pecans, and boy were they packed in there!
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All I've ever found was giant dust bunnies. But a friend of mine spotted a sewing machine cabinet in an alley. She wrestled it into her car and hauled it home. Well she has a nice Singer from 1974 and 3 kittens. She still has all 4 treasure's. She named the kittens Singer-Bobbin and Thread. She has 3 dogs Peanut-Butter and Jam.
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Lots of fun things in the drawers and plastic cases but the one that made me fall over backwards was one of the poor old machines I bought that had been outside in the dirt. When I turned it over to see what it looked like underneath several cockroaches decided to flee the premises!!! I now take garden gloves with me and I put those machines in the back of the truck, and those machines are kept quarantined outside until they each receive the all clear. :p
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some people use real popcorn to pack things in, so this might be where the popcorn came from.
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LOVE the kitten story!
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