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Beautiful machine. What a great find.
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$50!?!?!?! Holy cow! :shock: Why can't I ever find great stuff like that?
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What a great machine! I keep an eye out at my local flea market, and one day they will have one for me, I'm sure of it.
Oh, and Rhonda, I love your oil lamp collection! Jan |
What a gorgeous treasure you found!! And such a great price too!!! It was your lucky day.
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Originally Posted by ai731
What a great machine! I keep an eye out at my local flea market, and one day they will have one for me, I'm sure of it.
Oh, and Rhonda, I love your oil lamp collection! Jan |
I just got my franklin all up and running with a new belt and 20 new bobbins just wait till you get sewing with that beauty its alot of fun and they make an awsome strait stitch.
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It looks like mine except for the decorations......same cabinet. I have to put the new belt on mine and a few drops of oil and it is set to go.
Its so much fun to find these old beauties :D :D |
Originally Posted by dunster
I just bought a 1911 Singer 66K treadle with the lotus decals, made in Scotland. I found it on craigslist, and paid $50. It will need lots of work on the cabinet and head, but the treadle assembly is in great shape. I have taken the cabinet apart and started to repair the veneer. I think the head will need to be taken apart too - that will be a real learning opportunity!
If anyone has experience in refurbishing these old machines, I would love to hear about it. I'll post updates as the restoration progresses. |
Originally Posted by GailG
Will you be doing the refurbishing yourself? I have a Singer treadle with a box cover. It's beautiful, but it has been used and abused. Much of the decals have worn away. It seems that it would be in working order if I had a belt and shuttle/bobbin. I don't necessarly want it restored, but I would like to be able to have it usable. The cabinet needs attention because some of the veneer is damaged. Where do I start? The date on the ironwork on the stand is 1889. Yes I will be doing the work myself, hopefully with some help from my DH on the mechanical parts. I have found a lot of internet sites with information on how to do most of the repair. About a year ago I refurbished another Singer - will start another thread with pictures of that one - so I feel comfortable with the cabinet repair, which I'll explain in that thread. For the treadle repair (if any), this site looks helpful: http://www.treadleon.net/sewingmachi...gtreadles.html And this site has a lot of information about repairing the sewing machine head. http://www.tfsr.org/publications/tec...achine_manual/ |
WOW, great find and only $50.00! I have one similar to yours, it belonged to my Dear Mom. The machine doesn't have all that intricate paint work on it but the cabinet is exactly the same, except the knobs on mine are made of the same wood as the cabinet. The great thing is that my Mom kept it in good working order so it still sews great. I just love it especially when the electricity goes out during the hot summer months and I can still sew, which doesn't happen too often.
Have fun with your new machine :!: |
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