Never Planned to Do This!
#1
Never Planned to Do This!
I love reading this forum, but I never planned to enter the vintage machine fray myself. The best laid plans...
I have been given a machine. It doesn't work, it was free, so I figure, "What damage could I do?"
I am having some trouble finding info, but I'm still plugging away (searching "free" as in the Free company, is problematic--I keep getting "free" as in no cost!).
I will post pictures as soon as she agrees to a photo shoot. For now, she was manufactured by Free, electrified by Westinghouse, and badged "The Lark." I have a number from a plate, but I don't know if it is model or serial. I'd like to get her working and maybe mount her as a treadle--I'm no electrician!
Thanks for all the info here--I'm so looking forward to cleaning her up.
I have been given a machine. It doesn't work, it was free, so I figure, "What damage could I do?"
I am having some trouble finding info, but I'm still plugging away (searching "free" as in the Free company, is problematic--I keep getting "free" as in no cost!).
I will post pictures as soon as she agrees to a photo shoot. For now, she was manufactured by Free, electrified by Westinghouse, and badged "The Lark." I have a number from a plate, but I don't know if it is model or serial. I'd like to get her working and maybe mount her as a treadle--I'm no electrician!
Thanks for all the info here--I'm so looking forward to cleaning her up.
#4
Here are a couple searches that are site specific about the sewing machine.
for quiltingboard <hot link
for needlebar <hot link
There are quite a few results on the above links, a lot to wade through, but at least they are mainly about "Free" & "Westinghouse"
and then here are a couple at ismacs specifically for Free
http://ismacs.net/free/manuals/freevs-c-e-ce-manual.pdf
http://ismacs.net/free/home.html
The stickey about cleaning
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...v-t167789.html basically is wiping with cotton balls and sewing machine oil. Some patience may be needed to get it going again, but cleaning and oiling is a good start.
I did see that "Lark" was a badged name for both Free and Davis on Needlebar. I didn't see with a quick glance through the search results for pictures of the Free Lark.
Have fun getting your machine going again.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
#7
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Sounds like you have something close to this by Free:
https://offerupnow.com/item/detail/1...g-machine-Lark
I have a Waltham M that is the same model and is missing it's shuttle. If you could take a pic of the shuttle when you get around to taking pics I'd be grateful.
Jon
https://offerupnow.com/item/detail/1...g-machine-Lark
I have a Waltham M that is the same model and is missing it's shuttle. If you could take a pic of the shuttle when you get around to taking pics I'd be grateful.
Jon
Last edited by jlhmnj; 12-28-2016 at 09:58 PM.
#9
I 'obtained' a Free sewing machine last year from friends. It's ser is 890292. Apparently I also didn't find much info on it as I tagged it as pre 1930, long shuttle and peacock decals. It was a nice addition to my collection.
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