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07-29-2010, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Okay you never said anything about the machine being in a cabinet. The machine is a 3/4 sized machine and the vast majority were portable. But a FEW and only a few came in cabinets. You could make a mint off just the cabinet alone not even counting how nice the machine is!
Oh you did very well on this find and keep everything together (cabinet and machine) like your talking about and you will have a very desirable piece.
Billy
Oh you did very well on this find and keep everything together (cabinet and machine) like your talking about and you will have a very desirable piece.
Billy
is that 3/4? the cabinet is mahagony, and needs some work on the varnish where it's crazing, but isn't split or warped. the table legs still have the original brass tapered ends.
the drawer still opens easily, and the metal bracket still has the original pad for supporting the table leaf.
if i refinish the wood, does that diminish the value?
I have a secret method of saving finishes but I found out on my 500A cabinet it doesnt help with the later finishes and especially not the crazing. Does great for the older treadle and bent wood cases.
Billy
07-29-2010, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
Originally Posted by butterflywing
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Okay you never said anything about the machine being in a cabinet. The machine is a 3/4 sized machine and the vast majority were portable. But a FEW and only a few came in cabinets. You could make a mint off just the cabinet alone not even counting how nice the machine is!
Oh you did very well on this find and keep everything together (cabinet and machine) like your talking about and you will have a very desirable piece.
Billy
Oh you did very well on this find and keep everything together (cabinet and machine) like your talking about and you will have a very desirable piece.
Billy
is that 3/4? the cabinet is mahagony, and needs some work on the varnish where it's crazing, but isn't split or warped. the table legs still have the original brass tapered ends.
the drawer still opens easily, and the metal bracket still has the original pad for supporting the table leaf.
if i refinish the wood, does that diminish the value?
I have a secret method of saving finishes but I found out on my 500A cabinet it doesnt help with the later finishes and especially not the crazing. Does great for the older treadle and bent wood cases.
Billy
07-29-2010, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
thee was another machine there that i let slide. it was a larger, heavier machine, pale green. it was GIMBEL, like the old department store. i'm sure it was made for them by another company. i let it go because every moving part was frozen. no matter how hard i tried to move it, i couldn't. it was also in it's cabinet. the machine was very square-ish in shape. he said '54, but thinking back i think later. anyway, gimbel's no longer exists, so i should have taken it.
Billy
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