Just for Fun, what is the wackiest thing you have found in a vintage machine
04-23-2014, 05:42 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by HelenAnn
I picked up a Sphinx machine from a thrift shop. At the shop they had used packing tape to attach a puzzle box( in a zip lock bag) to the machine. The tape was wrapped around what had been a perfect decal. I almost want to leave it (the tape) alone.
04-23-2014, 06:36 AM
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On a machine I just bought, there was a piece of tape over the decals. I very carefully used Goo Gone to remove the tape, and it didn't damage the decals at all... just a suggestion for you. I did not rub hard though, just very gingerly and carefully.
04-23-2014, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by NopahDesertRat
Hi,
I have been wondering if I am the only one finding weird stuff in old sewing machines.
Lets hear what you have found.
My most unusual was a bunch of popped popcorn in a beautiful 1906 White family Rotary. It began falling out and falling out, I thought it was never going to stop.
Mice nest, old pins, scraps seem normal.
My son, who I am afraid I have infected with the old sewing machine bug, sent me some photos of a machine he was cleaning. He took off the face plate and out fell dead cockroaches & their feces.
So lets hear it from everyone, send us your strange "find" in a sewing machine.
Ethel
I have been wondering if I am the only one finding weird stuff in old sewing machines.
Lets hear what you have found.
My most unusual was a bunch of popped popcorn in a beautiful 1906 White family Rotary. It began falling out and falling out, I thought it was never going to stop.
Mice nest, old pins, scraps seem normal.
My son, who I am afraid I have infected with the old sewing machine bug, sent me some photos of a machine he was cleaning. He took off the face plate and out fell dead cockroaches & their feces.
So lets hear it from everyone, send us your strange "find" in a sewing machine.
Ethel
04-23-2014, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by oldsewnsew
Mines not that bad, I just got a White Family Rotary from Shop GW. It looked good in the pics, and actually it's in quite good shape. It was shipped in it's case, which amazingly survive with only 1 bent latch screw. I opened the box of attachments left rattling around underneath. Inside was an attachment that had me mistified. It had 2 positions and was spring loaded.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]472756[/ATTACH] Now I've been on the planet awhile, and rebuilt Tube hi-fi's in the past, but I din't figure it out very fast. A clue is 1 postion say 33, and the other says 45. So I'm guessing it's some kind of turntable adapter. I did spend a couple minutes trying how the heck to attach it.
The machine [ATTACH=CONFIG]472757[/ATTACH]
Now to find a link on how to thread it!...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]472756[/ATTACH] Now I've been on the planet awhile, and rebuilt Tube hi-fi's in the past, but I din't figure it out very fast. A clue is 1 postion say 33, and the other says 45. So I'm guessing it's some kind of turntable adapter. I did spend a couple minutes trying how the heck to attach it.
The machine [ATTACH=CONFIG]472757[/ATTACH]
Now to find a link on how to thread it!...
04-23-2014, 07:35 AM
#27
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Originally Posted by HelenAnn
I picked up a Sphinx machine from a thrift shop. At the shop they had used packing tape to attach a puzzle box( in a zip lock bag) to the machine. The tape was wrapped around what had been a perfect decal. I almost want to leave it (the tape) alone.
Heartbreaking!!!
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