Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina - But otherwise, NOTW
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Wow, I " guessed correctly, the shape IS very much like my white... only I was not sure since all i have ever seen are white rotaries
Here is another Queen on CLs.
http://cnj.craigslist.org/atq/2991553253.html
I love the look of this one since it is the fiddle head.
http://cnj.craigslist.org/atq/2991553253.html
I love the look of this one since it is the fiddle head.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina - But otherwise, NOTW
Posts: 7,940
Here is another Queen on CLs.
http://cnj.craigslist.org/atq/2991553253.html
I love the look of this one since it is the fiddle head.
http://cnj.craigslist.org/atq/2991553253.html
I love the look of this one since it is the fiddle head.
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
Posts: 6,135
This looks very nice! The machine, not the painted cabinet.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/atq/3014870326.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/atq/3014870326.html
UGH!! the cabinet has that nasty 1970s era "antiqued" paint.
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Arkansas
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I just rolled up a scrap of felt and stuck in several of mine. Clean the hole out really well and you will see a TINY hole drilled through to where the shuttle swings, all you need is something to keep the oil there, but not just pouring through that hole. I made my felt a little "tall" so that when i put the cover plate on it squeezes it just a little to kinda force a little oil out into the shuttle "raceway" just a little amount is all that is needed too much and it soaks your thread and can lead to problems.
Having that oil wick in place and oiled really helps the overall "feel"bog thread machines, helps to mute the sound some and makes them generally "happier" or at least I think it does, they are not quieter per se, but the sound is smoother somehow. I think you will notice.
Laura, would you tell me what the last date is on your machine and the serial number? We just picked up an old free this weekend and it was complety frozen up but yesterday hubby got it to sew after 2 days work. The irons are ok but it was in a parlor cabinet that is toast. It sat outside for two years. Our daughter found it and brought it to us.
Your machine turned out really pretty. Hope to get some of ours looking as good as yours.
Your machine turned out really pretty. Hope to get some of ours looking as good as yours.
Last edited by Crossstitcher; 05-15-2012 at 12:03 PM.
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Having that oil wick in place and oiled really helps the overall "feel"bog thread machines, helps to mute the sound some and makes them generally "happier" or at least I think it does, they are not quieter per se, but the sound is smoother somehow. I think you will notice.
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