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Originally Posted by HelenAnn
(Post 6687619)
I picked up a Sphinx machine from a thrift shop. At the shop they had used packing tape to attach a puzzle box( in a zip lock bag) to the machine. The tape was wrapped around what had been a perfect decal. I almost want to leave it (the tape) alone.
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On a machine I just bought, there was a piece of tape over the decals. I very carefully used Goo Gone to remove the tape, and it didn't damage the decals at all... just a suggestion for you. I did not rub hard though, just very gingerly and carefully.
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I found hook sections cut from old bra straps in the case with my Singer 128.
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Originally Posted by NopahDesertRat
(Post 6685823)
Hi,
I have been wondering if I am the only one finding weird stuff in old sewing machines. Lets hear what you have found. My most unusual was a bunch of popped popcorn in a beautiful 1906 White family Rotary. It began falling out and falling out, I thought it was never going to stop. Mice nest, old pins, scraps seem normal. My son, who I am afraid I have infected with the old sewing machine bug, sent me some photos of a machine he was cleaning. He took off the face plate and out fell dead cockroaches & their feces. So lets hear it from everyone, send us your strange "find" in a sewing machine. Ethel |
Look on you tube just type in "threading a white rotary sewing machine"
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Originally Posted by oldsewnsew
(Post 6687250)
Mines not that bad, I just got a White Family Rotary from Shop GW. It looked good in the pics, and actually it's in quite good shape. It was shipped in it's case, which amazingly survive with only 1 bent latch screw. I opened the box of attachments left rattling around underneath. Inside was an attachment that had me mistified. It had 2 positions and was spring loaded.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]472756[/ATTACH] Now I've been on the planet awhile, and rebuilt Tube hi-fi's in the past, but I din't figure it out very fast. A clue is 1 postion say 33, and the other says 45. So I'm guessing it's some kind of turntable adapter. I did spend a couple minutes trying how the heck to attach it. The machine [ATTACH=CONFIG]472757[/ATTACH] Now to find a link on how to thread it!... |
Originally Posted by HelenAnn
(Post 6687619)
I picked up a Sphinx machine from a thrift shop. At the shop they had used packing tape to attach a puzzle box( in a zip lock bag) to the machine. The tape was wrapped around what had been a perfect decal. I almost want to leave it (the tape) alone.
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A 1" long real fingernail.
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Originally Posted by abdconsultant
(Post 6687940)
A 1" long real fingernail.
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A shoe horn.
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