I have to get a few customers machines out of the way before I do anything else to it. Then I have a 1940 Ford Coupe sitting in my garage ready for a bunch of body work and paint so I will be busy with everyone elses stuff for a while. But I am not complaining at all. I can work my stuff in as I do everything else. :wink:

Billy

Well Glenn isn't it nice to be able to share all these post with your better half? Hubby and I sit here every night a get caught up on what everyone has written. He likes these old ladies (machines) as much as I do. So have fun while you are learning.

Sharon you were right. I have to label all our machines so I know which is which. Hubby can tell the difference where I can't.

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Congratulations on your Rocketeer!

Billy the irons look really good and the gold really makes the irons stand out.

That's a good one! :mrgreen: I'll have to remember that my DH just told me he has some socks I need to fix.

As you can see we've been trying to catch up on all the post!

Here I go again. Owner of this doesn't know what it is and I only know singer LOL.. Anyone have an idea how old it might be?

I have a wooden darning egg and darn my handknit socks by hand. It's the only way... :D

You can also use a 'real' egg, if you are really, really careful.

I'd like to know, too... It looks like a 66, but has a newer bobbin winder mechanism than the 66s or 99s... And I don't recognize what that gold button is, just above the badge.

Maybe it's a later 66?

Curious.

Hi all!

1. Love the banana bread! Goes wonderful with my coffee!

2. Billy, the Eldridge irons look fab. Exactly what I expect from you! (Restoring it to STOCK conditions).

3. Tomilu, I have the same buttonholer you do. I noticed also that the instruction book SAID it worked with 201 and 301 (and others). But really mine is the slant shank, 301 version.

4. Still in mid process of refinishing and repairing. It's been humid as all get out here. Typical for florida, I know. Using Glenn's tutorial and making some modifications for climate conditions as I go.

5. Re: number of screws and things. I've got the following all dissassembled in my sew room right now: 1 cabinet, 1 stool, a 15-91 and a 301. I've got all these parts in zip lock bags, labeled as to what machine/what cabinet and where. Screws go into bags with their corresponding hardware then labeled, other screws and parts in little bags, labeled. I know me. I get going for a while, then move to handle other things... have to come back to the original project weeks later. Therefore I need to mark/organize everything completely in order to put it all back together.

It is curious. That cabinet is a later cabinet, too. What's the S/N of the machine? That will tell us approx. age and model type.