My Revitalized Lotus

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11-16-2014, 02:32 PM

#11

Sunflowerzz

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Me too! She is one good looking machine...now.

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Originally Posted by Macybaby

That machine sure did clean up nicely! I love the way the faceplate pattern matches the decals.

11-16-2014, 03:04 PM

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KenmoreRulesAll

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Originally Posted by J Miller

KenmoreRulesAll,

If my memory serves me it was a Montgomery Wards 1.0 Amp motor. One of a batch of derelicts I got from another QB member that got cleaned, oiled and put back in service.

Joe

Ah, very nice. 1 amp in a 66 makes a powerful machine.

So it's a motor you're intimately familiar with.

11-16-2014, 05:12 PM

#13

liking quilting

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Breathtakingly beautiful! Good job.

11-17-2014, 04:26 AM

#14

Dollyo

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Love the Lotus decals. Mine is in a birds eye maple Singer treadle cabinet #6.

11-17-2014, 04:52 AM

#15

psychonurse

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she is beautiful, great job.

11-17-2014, 06:52 AM

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Blackberry

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchnripper

It's beautiful! Please tell me why it needs a case to sew? Do the gears rest on the table? Thanks.

Yes. It is a 66 and needs to be in a cabinet or base for the gears to turn. I think this machine was originally a treadle machine but someone had turned it into an electrified machine.