Pictures on the VSM Pictures thread. She's cleaned, now just have to get her into a treadle. She was filthy!! Took me about 4 hours to get her even reasonably clean. I still haven't taken the face plate off to clean in there, but everything moves reasonably smoothly now after oiling, etc.

Some of these machines haven't been cleaned in years. It always takes me a good day just to get them cleaned up, but it's a fun process!

I'm new here, I recently joined a few days ago. I think the old sewing machines are so unique and interesting. I don't know why I' so drawn to them?

Just BEWARE, it must be the sewing machine oil... get it on your hands and it gets into your blood - makes you want old sewing machines - highly contagious - some people get vaccinated by a sewing machine needle at an early age but the vaccinations do wear off... some just let it run it's course - some catch it by hanging around here and reading. This is very contagious. You'll know you caught it when you read CL or go to garage sales or thrift stores or prowl around in your mother's attic or stand by her sewing machine and start to drool. The drooling is the scary part - it is uncontrollable. Before you know it you won't have any room in your house without a sewing machine. Your children will want to have an intervention. You will have to sneak the machines into the house and hide them so DH won't know another one has taken over. But maybe, maybe DH will catch it too.... In that case he will bring them to you, unannounced because they followed him home and you will let them in the house, the garage, the attic, the basement or a shed - maybe even a storage unit.... you are warned

Miz Johnny, I seem to remember that you have a machine you put into a treadle, but like Monica and her 328, you had to adjust/take off the bobbin winder? The 319 drops into a Singer treadle like it was made for the treadle - no adjusting/no modifying at all!

Nancy

Better watch out Jon, you will be wanting one of those machines! Let me know if you come across a 'red' 15 clone!

Nancy

Candace, that is cute too, but my Daughter's cat is named Sushi! I think I will stick with Shinobu - it sounds kind of boyish!

Nancy

Janice you should keep the Boye 18's in case you come across a W&W or Singer 9W in the future!

Sorry Glenn, I mean no harm, but those Wheeler and Wilson are such cool machines - so is the Singer 9W. I keep a Singer 9W treadle in our bedroom and use it exclusively for mending. I also have the Wheeler and Wilson from Portugal that I keep in the dinning room just for his looks!

Nancy

Janice my Davis Vertical Feed is Betty - you know Betty Davis!

Nancy

I am looking forward to Glenn's reply on this one. It looks to me like that cabinet has all the veneer in place, just needs a good sanding, restaining, and varnishing/shellacing., etc.

Glenn you are the expert?

Nancy