i found this at a yard sale recently and bought it on spec. i knew it was missing the plate and the belt was shredding. the cabinet needs refinishing. that's all i knew. when i got it home i researched the serial number and traced it to scotland, 1953. then i started looking for the missing parts online. good luck! :hunf: i emailed singer and after a week, i'm still waiting to hear from them.

i got in touch with billy and he's send me the missing pieces.

it runs like a charm and the gold decals are perfect. even the light still works.
it was never a treadle and although i have four treadle bases (two of them singer one something else, and another with an gorgeous original cabinet on it which doesn't count) i won't make it into a treadle.

not bad for $10.00 + the parts.

pic?

ooops!

more:

i don't know what happened to the other 2 pictures. i'll try again.

The red fluff is the oil wick for your shuttle. You put a bit of oil into it and it slowly wicks over to where the shuttle goes by. Oops I just see this is a bobbin loading machine not a shuttle. Still looks like an oil wick to me, probably to lubricate the bobbin race.

thanks. i was about to pick it out.

this is the cabinet:

Nice find :mrgreen: Have fun with it once you get it up and running :thumbup:

Phew, good thing you didn't. I think you may still be able to download the manual from the singer website it should give you good detailed info about where you need oil her which may mention about a drop or two into that bit of red fluff.