Monica, cute little sewing box! Glenn, I love all your boxes - I fear you started something! I try to keep the bare minimum with each machine, i.e., small snipping scissors, ripper, needles, extra bobbins, thread, so this is a very good idea. The small boxes could all just sit on the bed of each portable machine. So handy!

Nancy

I have been watching a New Home treadle for a few months on Craigslist. This guy was asking $200 to start with. He is down to $120 now. I sent him an e-mail offering him $50, which I didn't think he'd respond too, but he sent back an e-mail saying yes he'd take $50. I am excited to go see this machine. I don't have a New Home treadle and wanted one because those treadles are just so ornate looking. I will post pictures if I get the machine! I don't want another treadle to re-finish, though, I already have two cabinets I am working on, (one of those is just a simple sanding, staining, finishing for my 319W I bought from Candace) and two more sitting waiting to be worked on! http://sacramento.craigslist.org/atq/2660484756.html

Nancy

I so need that Style-O-Matic box... I have the attachment but no box.

You and Glenn are brilliant!

Has anyone used the Style -O - Matic attachment? According to April 1930's site it is a handy little attachment ... a bit pricey too :)

Cool, Nancy. More projects!

Do you have a picture? If you do there is an attachment post on here - please add to it! It looks like it would be very fun to play with.

I didn't know it was from 1949. My mom was born in 44. I know that in 1959, when mom was a teenager, she was working for a lady with ill health. The lady didn't have a lot of money, but she did have the FW. She gave it to my mother before she died. My mom was the only other owner of the machine. I know it hasn't been used in probably 20-25 years. Mom stopped sewing around the time I was 10 or so.

Are the manuals for the FW's downloadable? I don't have one and it wasn't among mom's stuff. The plate thing that moves with the thread on it looks like it should have 2 screws, but there is only a hole to screw one. I think the other one was busted off at some point. If I could figure out the name of the part I could probably buy another one.

Mom had a bunch, like 20, bobbins, all with a ton of holes in them. I think those are for the FW. There is one that doesn't have the holes. I don't know if it would go to her FW or not. Are there any tricks to tell the difference in sizes in the bobbins? I don't know what happened to the feet of the machine. There's only one on the machine and I can't find any other attachments. All I need is one to piece with cause that's what I'll be using her for. I need to go peruse the tutorials so I can find the one one cleaning, so I can clean her up.

I don't have one yet. There's one up on ebay right now - yes, I'm bidding. lol. Last one went for over $200 I believe. There is a web site that has pics from the manual alongside pics of the lady actually using hers on a machine. Looks fun. Yes, it's really hard to find. From about 1933... it was an expensive attachment to buy new, and discontinued after only a few years. (From what I'm told).

Nancy, that's a great looking machine...hope it's in as good condition as it looks in the pics.