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Originally Posted by tomilu
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Well here is my 1885 Eldredge I bought before I started working on it and one of the treadle after sand blasting and painting it. I will be working on the cabinet this weekend. This will be one of my nicest machines I own!!
Billy
Billy
Billy
Originally Posted by Glenn
Originally Posted by Cindy Lou Who
Just wish I could on get here when the muffins are still warm and the coffee hot! Play is definitely more fun than work....
Cindy
Cindy
Originally Posted by purplefiend
Trish,
I thought the 1st picture looked like Wheeler and Wilson.
:-D
Sharon W.
I thought the 1st picture looked like Wheeler and Wilson.
:-D
Sharon W.
Originally Posted by tomilu
Congratulations on your Rocketeer! Is that the 500? I have the 501a. Boy, you sure got a lot of nice loot with the machine too!
Nancy
Nancy
Congratulations on your Rocketeer!
Billy the irons look really good and the gold really makes the irons stand out.
Originally Posted by tjradj
Originally Posted by Pins n' Ndls
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by melinda1962
My husband's feet or boots are rough on his socks, and I darn them all the time, but don't have a darning egg so I use a metal ice cream scoop. I am 48, and am tired of buying socks for one time wearing.
I ball them up and toss them in the circular file and say "oh, darn". Problem solved LOL
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?
Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
My mother used to darn socks by hand (she just turned 89), using a darning egg :-D ....she still has that egg...LOL!
You can also use a 'real' egg, if you are really, really careful.
Originally Posted by Donna Mare
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?
Maybe it's a later 66?
Curious.
Originally Posted by luv2learn
Good morning everyone. Here's some warm banana bread for breakfast. Enjoy and have a good day.
So, how many of you folks have completed Billy's cleaning tutorial and successfully got them back together with no missing parts and no extra parts? I'm close to finishing, but my number and sizes of screws left over don't seem to be right. . . I guess that could mean the wrong ones were put in elswhere! I hope not, but we'll see. I'd love to see your comparison photos of before and after and I'll post mine in the next couple of days when completed.
So, how many of you folks have completed Billy's cleaning tutorial and successfully got them back together with no missing parts and no extra parts? I'm close to finishing, but my number and sizes of screws left over don't seem to be right. . . I guess that could mean the wrong ones were put in elswhere! I hope not, but we'll see. I'd love to see your comparison photos of before and after and I'll post mine in the next couple of days when completed.
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.
Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Originally Posted by Donna Mare
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?
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