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Sunday, December 18, 2016
Some disassembly required
A quilting friend of mine brought me a machine that she got for $7.00 at Savers Mart. She wondered if I could find a home for it. The first thing I did was disassemble everything that could be cleaned. I copiously oiled everything, delinted the whole bobbin area, removed dust bunny families from the needle bar area inside, etc. Then I polished all the metal pieces. The belt needs replacing and now all that remains is to clean the oxidized surface, assemble and test the stitching. I hope it gets claimed for a sewing home. I have enormous fun doing this- getting cruddy metal back into humming as a wonderful precision machine!
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6 comments:
What a gorgeous machine!! And you're sew talented to be able to get her humming again!
I love Red Eyes!!! I have a couple of them at the moment (most need to be cleaned up). My favorite decal set.
What a great deal on your Red Eye!
Wow, great machine!
It's such satisfying work, isn't it Linda? You can feel so good about saving an old beauty from the junk heap.
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
I have some machines that would keep you quite busy! LOL
Merry Christmas!
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