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Finished cleaning up the Wheeler & Wilson #1
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Everything you see that is silver colored (except the bed and guide) is actually silver plated...
Dates to 1872(ish) The decals are about 98% intact. She sews fine. Last night I finally finished cleaning the old oil off of the feed mechanism and got the stitch length adjustment arm freed up. I am hoping to post a video of her sewing in the next couple days. It is so weird to stitch left to right! [ATTACH=CONFIG]423293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]423294[/ATTACH] |
great job cleaning - wonderful and historical machine
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Wow, that's a cool looking machine. I am glad someone is rescuing the antique sewing machines because they are worth saving. I saw a documentary a while back about China. They showed a picture of the farmer harvesting wheat into bunches and separating the heads from the stalks. He had used an old treadle base and made a nail studded cylinder to turn and rake off the wheat heads as he treadled.
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I am amazed at what you do with these old machines. I think it is wonderful.
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What an interesting machine. Good job you have done too.
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What a beauty!!!
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WOW!!! Do you have the curved needles?
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That looks awesome....You did a great job...
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Originally Posted by DanofNJ
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WOW!!! Do you have the curved needles?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]423412[/ATTACH] this picture makes it look amazingly like one of my Katana's (Japanese long sword) |
The work you do on those machines amazes me.....
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