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08-10-2013, 11:01 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

I have been all over that site and cannot find...

I have been all over that site and cannot find anything like this... No Sewing machines of any kind...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

08-09-2013, 07:24 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Thank you I'll see if I can look that up!

Thank you I'll see if I can look that up!

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-19-2013, 09:00 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

my design was strongly inspired by this one.

my design was strongly inspired by this one.

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-18-2013, 12:15 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

oh, and a couple of fun tools to share. ...

oh, and a couple of fun tools to share.

looks like I got a new leg vice.. almost.
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and a scale reference
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It is actually a turn of the century blacksmith forged handvice

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-17-2013, 11:58 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Ok, so much for the weird posts... I hope. ...

Ok, so much for the weird posts... I hope.

Tonight is Armor Night. That is the night I host a training workshop from 7-10pm. I did not plan to get much done on the Ej. (Elias Jr) However,...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-17-2013, 12:32 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

All projects require a commitment of time, money,...

All projects require a commitment of time, money, and effort. I have spent most of my life without much money so I learned how to apply effort and time to make up the difference. hehe

I learned...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-17-2013, 11:20 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

ok, Last night I was only able to take flash...

ok, Last night I was only able to take flash shots which screwed up the image, or non-flash which were too low-light to be useful.

Today Heather took "Ej" out back and took some modeling shots
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01-17-2013, 08:56 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

yes, it does... It appears that the intent was...

yes, it does... It appears that the intent was to establish tension as early as possible in the process and manage it through the whole cycle. As I get through the whole process of threading it...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-17-2013, 08:33 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Last night as I was sitting in bed and "spinning...

Last night as I was sitting in bed and "spinning down" I was playing with the tensioner (yeah, I know...) and i was able to feed thread through it as per the manual description...
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Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-17-2013, 08:18 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

I blame the spirit of this board and its...

I blame the spirit of this board and its inspiration for the results...

I AM sending a picture once the lower half is assembled to the original seller (dealer) on EBay....muhahaha

But, I'm not...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-16-2013, 11:08 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

ok, then to please the Lady Miriam (always like...

ok, then to please the Lady Miriam (always like saying that...)

The bed painted
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Upper assembly almost complete
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and by flash
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Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-16-2013, 08:33 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

ok, got some painting done. (still NEED to do...

ok, got some painting done. (still NEED to do touch ups)

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and with the arm from above in place (without the bolt )

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Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-16-2013, 05:27 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Thank you for that, it help to get "ohh's and...

Thank you for that, it help to get "ohh's and Ahh's"...... It keeps me working when I am surrendering layers of skin to wire wheels and such....

Manually? Yep. I have tried to load my scroll...

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01-16-2013, 09:17 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

here is an update shot of the bed in process of...

here is an update shot of the bed in process of getting painted. Note the yellow tracing paper, this helped tremendously. The two corners that are visible have been painted.

The plan is to...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-14-2013, 11:44 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Here is the photo of the first pass at painting...

Here is the photo of the first pass at painting it.

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Still need to do some cleanup but not bad...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-14-2013, 09:21 AM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Thanks. at this point from this machine I only...

Thanks. at this point from this machine I only need the feed dog arm and brass spring, and one internal screw. The rest will be "spares" or if someone else is in need of parts.

My current plan...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-13-2013, 08:24 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

I won!!! PARTS!!!! it has the feed dog arm...

I won!!! PARTS!!!! it has the feed dog arm which is broken on mine! and the spring that is missing on the second one i'm getting.

Sweet!

I think I am going to be leaning my collection of...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-13-2013, 07:56 PM

Replies: 111

EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

yep, watching VERY closely to see if it stays...

yep, watching VERY closely to see if it stays within my means...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-13-2013, 03:29 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Here is a picture of the testing process. I am...

Here is a picture of the testing process. I am using yellow wax free tracing paper from JoAnn's and testing it on the bed of the 241-12 Work's great
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...and here it is traced onto the...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-12-2013, 07:21 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

here is a show of my old forged tool that i use...

here is a show of my old forged tool that i use as an "ironwork" tester.

this is three gold paints
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Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-12-2013, 06:53 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

so for the bad news... I was walking through...

so for the bad news...

I was walking through the operation and noticed that there were two issues. One there was nothing keeping the stitch length control arm in place, and the stitch length knob...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-12-2013, 06:42 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Updates for tonight... Good news and bad news... ...

Updates for tonight... Good news and bad news...

Good news. I looked at the originals from museums and the finish seemed to be a bit deeper and smoother on the bed... So, I felt the need to try...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-12-2013, 06:35 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

"unfortunately" I found ONE of the very rare...

"unfortunately" I found ONE of the very rare versions of the boat shuttle and bobbin for $65 so, no making those... yet.

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-11-2013, 02:59 PM

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EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

Cool story... Michael from Wolfgangs just wrote...

Cool story... Michael from Wolfgangs just wrote back. Earlier he had a descendant of Elias Howe contact him about getting the bits needed to get the "family" machine up and running! Apparently...

Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts

01-11-2013, 02:17 PM

Replies: 111

EARLY Elias Howe sewing machine

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Posted By SteveH

LOL, you are now the second person to refer me to...

LOL, you are now the second person to refer me to this vendor. I just sent him an email. thank you!

Steve

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