Windblown

I happy for you SteveH, this machine is so cool, and the case look at those joints in on the side they have held up beautifully all these yrs.

SteveH

yeah, I am going to be gentle and use no power tools, but I really want to freshen up that case

love2sew8085

Do you know what year it was made? It may have a plate on it with the year. It is really nice....envious!

SteveH

Actually it does. (even if they did not, Wheeler & Wilson stanped the SN into the frame right below the plate that slide off)

Here is a pic.
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SteveH

So, I was not able to solder the broken handcrank arm together last night. I have decided to take it to my instructors house and TIG weld it back together. He is a Master welder and when we are done it should be virtually invisible.

In the meantime, I made a new handle arm out of 14ga steel. Heather asked if I had any idea what was I going to use for a handle? I said no. Her suggestion works... hehehehe

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SteveH

this weekend I got most of the thread path cleaned and polished.

It took about 1 hour of fiddling with the upper and lower tension, but she now sews!!!
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I also hooked up one of the rufflers and made a short video of it in motion.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14...8-ruffler_tech
(sorry it is sideways. I will fix that later)