lisainvermont

I am so lucky to have found this beautiful treasure as a resource store here in Vermont. I fell in love as soon as I saw it but was afraid to ask the price as it was a tight week financially for me. To my surprise they only wanted $10!! (Crazy I know!!) We plugged it in and nothing. I offered $7 seeing as it didn't work and they eagerly accepted. I loaded it, cabinet and all and brought my treasure home. I replace the power cord from the knee pedal to the outlet plug, crossed my fingers and plugged it in. kind of. As soon as you plug it in the machine starts sewing at high speed. The knee pedal will make the light come on, but it never stops running. Please share any and all knowledge/ideas as to what is wrong, what I should check, I am so anxious to start using this beautiful machine!

In addition, if anyone can assist me in dating this I would be grateful. From what I have found I believe it is from around 1948