amcatanzaro

I went to the antique mall with my mother this afternoon. One stop shopping for all of your overpriced sewing machine needs, I think I saw 7-8 machines, maybe 1 was priced below an eBay high price. So, lots of things to leave behind. Then there was this, my very first repurposed sewing machine in the wild.
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wilburness

Bad Bad person who changed that into a lamp

Candace

Ouch, they couldn't have picked a trashed 99 or 66 to use?

Monroe

Oh Noooooooo! That's an oldie. I wonder if they removed the innards as well.

Rodney

Looks like the drilled thru the bobbin cover. The rest of the machine might be salvageable even though any original finish is long gone under the flat black paint. I also like old woodworking machinery and hand tools. You should see what people do to those as well.
Rodney

Cecilia S.

Great gobs. Don't let Steve H see this one. He might cry.

Candace

I thought the same thing. ssssshhhhh don't tell him.

zozee

I guess someone wanted good lighting on their sewing machine pretty badly.

lynnie

O M G how could they have done that. uneducated person!!!
that could have run nicely too with a little tlc. oh well....

amcatanzaro

It was probably the best priced sewing machine in the place. I think it was about $50. Except that $40 unnamed treadle that might be a Davis, although it had the worst rust issues I have ever seen.