Originally Posted by Charlee
Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by jljack
Well, here's some shots of my little Davis VF that arrived today. She's a MESS...my DH and I will work on cleaning her up as much as we can over the next few days. Some kind of gunk is just coated on her. Someone put a crappy motor on her some time in the distant past. But, she came with a.....shuttle!!! The prized boat shuttle!! And a bobbin. I am pleased about that. And everything moves smoothly, but needs cleaning and oiling extremely badly. She's a real project. Glad she came to us!!! We're up for it!!!
AWESOME!
Janice, Congrats on your new vintage machine. Can't tell if it's a boy or a girl yet...maybe a tomboy.
Looks like the junk on the machine might be the glaze all full of dirt and oil. I think this is a machine that just has to be cleaned to the point that all the junk is removed. Just do a test with oil to see if there are any decals. Most likely you will be stripping it down to the little bit of japan that is left on the machine and metal.
Maybe you should give this tomboy a heavy metal name. :)
Congrats on the attachments, way cool!
Looking forward to future pictures.
Like maybe, Steven Tyler???? LOL :D
Steven Tyler!! :D He wants me, ya know!! (He just doesn't know it yet...poor man!! :lol: )
HAHAhaaahhhaaa! I would go with the name Tyler. The machine looks like a Tyler or even a Stevie.
This machine has the look of sweet, smooth harshness; it will sew beautiful after cleaning, and getting acquainted and understanding it's quirks.
I just love those Davis VF. They are mechanical art!