Another Basement Find ...
#11
Hello Patrice - You are now in serious danger of being converted to vintage machines.
The floppy lever will be to do with the spring on the presser bar. Get the screw driver out, take off the face plate, and look inside. I can't imagine the spring has disappeared, but it might be stuck with ancient residue from oil that has accumulated there.
I can recommend some cleaning videos...
Good luck!
The floppy lever will be to do with the spring on the presser bar. Get the screw driver out, take off the face plate, and look inside. I can't imagine the spring has disappeared, but it might be stuck with ancient residue from oil that has accumulated there.
I can recommend some cleaning videos...
Good luck!
#13
The plate the light hangs from is very plain. Most of the machines I've seen like mine have decorative plates on the back. The sticker on the motor seems comparatively "modern", too.
If that's the case, and if I decide to try getting it to work again, I would prefer to put it back to treadle.
Hunting down a belt should be possible. The only remaining mechanical issue would probably be the dis-engaged lever for the foot. I did look inside but couldn't see where it's supposed to connect, or how. The screws inside are rusted. I don't have the muscle power to loosen them. I tried WD-40. Is Liquid Wrench better than WD-40? or do you advise something else?
Unfortunately, I have no space anywhere for a treadle cabinet.
For now - once I have it spiffed up - it will have to be displayed on a shelf.
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OK Patrice. What else is hiding in your basement??? If this were my machine I would remove the motor and light. You can find instructions to make a display box for your Red Eye on the link below. Are you REALLY sure you have no room for a treadle cabinet?
http://www.treadleon.net/woodshop/index.html
http://www.treadleon.net/woodshop/index.html
#17
Not my basement. My father's.
So far I've scored the two sewing machines and a 30+ year old kitchenaide mixer - which still works.
I have already removed the motor and light. I need to hunt down one of the nice plates to cover the hole in the back of the machine.
I live in a divided shoebox with doors and windows. No place for additional furniture of any kind, really.
there's barely room for me. LOL
So far I've scored the two sewing machines and a 30+ year old kitchenaide mixer - which still works.
I have already removed the motor and light. I need to hunt down one of the nice plates to cover the hole in the back of the machine.
I live in a divided shoebox with doors and windows. No place for additional furniture of any kind, really.
there's barely room for me. LOL
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#18
I would clean them with sewing machine oil on a cotton ball ... won't damage the decals. Thats all I used on my 1886 Singer Improved Family.
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Not my basement. My father's.
So far I've scored the two sewing machines and a 30+ year old kitchenaide mixer - which still works.
I have already removed the motor and light. I need to hunt down one of the nice plates to cover the hole in the back of the machine.
I live in a divided shoebox with doors and windows. No place for additional furniture of any kind, really.
there's barely room for me. LOL
So far I've scored the two sewing machines and a 30+ year old kitchenaide mixer - which still works.
I have already removed the motor and light. I need to hunt down one of the nice plates to cover the hole in the back of the machine.
I live in a divided shoebox with doors and windows. No place for additional furniture of any kind, really.
there's barely room for me. LOL
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