Things are going weird sorry, the site keeps conking out. I will try another photo with this message and then let it rest for awhile, the words are going weird as I type them and the screen is jumping all over the place :(

The lever moves up and down if you take out the long screw. Can you see the numbers on the dial thing behind the lever?? Ok here goes, hopefully you don't keep getting the same one !!!

Hmmm, will try again later Sew :)

Thanks for the photos - All of them LOL! Sorry you're having such issues with posting pics. I don't see any text or ads but I have "Ad block", that takes care of such annoyances. (It's a free add-on.)

So, the lever is the stitch length regulator.

If you want, go ahead and oil the machine, that is what most of the holes are meant for. Once you take a look at the underside of the machine, you'll see at least one bar going across from the back to the needle area - anything that moves needs to have oil. If there is black, hard stuff at those joints, use a good amount of Tri-flow to loosen it up - the hard stuff is old, dried up oil.
The silver disc in the back lets you access the innards, and there too are joints that need oil, as does what's behind the front plate; I'd assume it'll be a 15 to 20 min job if you are thorough and don't encounter major stuck parts.

Enjoy your machine! It'll soon smile at you :-)

Righto... got into its innards, oiled everything in sight, cleaned all the underneath parts ( thanks for the directions) and Manicmike gave me some tips on getting those plates moving! Its 4.24am and I'm on to it !!!

Gosh its so addictive - Imagine if I actually knew what I was doing - hahahahha! Thankyou Sew.

:thumbup: Did you get it moving though?

nope not yet...

Ok, tried to catch all the bits...

Nice collection. Good thing you have all those needles. For some machines it has become very difficult to find the ones that they need for them to work.

You have been busy :)

This is just about the darndest machine I've ever seen! The handwheel and treadle foot plate look very Singer, the thread holder is very Wheeler & Wilson, I've never seen a bobbin winder like that, I'm pretty sure the lever above the bobbin winder is the stitch length regulator and I've never seen one like that on a domestic model, never seen a presser foot lifter like that...

There where literally hundreds of sewing machine makers in the early days of sewing machines. Some made only one or a few machines. This could be one of them.

I'm looking forward to how she cleans up!

FQD where or what part is the treadle foot plate?

She's coming along good, I think. She looks a lot different with all the rust off. Having a few issues, like getting the face plates to move and now I've got the metal back to silver - some parts have black spotty marks and some have silvery smudges???

And then today I managed to stop the foot lever from moving the foot up and down? Any ideas anyone on what I did wrong???

Another question I have people is - Where the paint has been chipped off and its rusted, do I put rust remover there carefully, not touching the paint?

Thanks :)