sewready

You will love it! I have a vintage Dressmaker and it sews like a dream. (Purchased July 1968) I have sewn thousands of hours on mine. Just a little oil once in a while and it is like the Energizer bunny, goes and goes.

jljack

I like this machine, and look how clean it came!! Wow!!

Rose_P

I just love that ZZ on the stitch width knob - what a charming feature!

miriam

To thread most sewing machines, you go across to the first thread guide. Then you drop down to the tension - go around it - catch it on any thread guide and go up through the take up lever, then go down through any guides to the needle. Make sure the needle is in with the groove away from the bobbin then it goes down position. Maybe this link will help twiddle with it some more: http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...g-t182255.html To do the knobs, you turn the knob and the one on the right gets turned to set the pattern knob - at least that's how some of mine work. Some times when a machine is locked up like that the knobs will be locked up as well. A few drops of Tri flow and a bit of time might take care of it. The bobbin case goes in best if the take up lever is all the way up.

Scakes

Have fun with your machine. Great deal!

tenngal

I ahd one that I gave away a few weeks ago. Could not get the bottom thread to come up, nor could my repair guy. I really wanted to keep it.

Launie

See that is the nice thing about living in an arid climate. Things don't seem to rust out as fast. Great find for you!

BizzieLizzie

Great find, looks good too! Congratulations!

Mrs. SewNSew

This looks very much like the machine I picked up today! Mine has a cam door on top but no cams. I am trying to free up the bobbin winder and wondering if the cam tray is supposed to b e canted at an angle or whether I should try and straighten it. It looks like yours doesn't take cams. Hmmm... the search goes on!

J Miller

Great find, greater price.

Standard 15x1 needles
Class 15 bobbins
Really easy threading, it's user intuitive. Even my cat could do it.

Joe