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hey everyone, ready to tackle cleanup on my 66 (she's pretty clean, just wanted to spitshine her) ~ I cannot remember, is it the Scotts Liquid Gold for the Japan black areas? its the head I'm doing a surface spitshine to ~ she's a Redeye 66 :) and she's pretty! Oh, and what on the wood?
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Liquid gold for the final polish on the japan finish.
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Originally Posted by fabric whisperer
hey everyone, ready to tackle cleanup on my 66 (she's pretty clean, just wanted to spitshine her) ~ I cannot remember, is it the Scotts Liquid Gold for the Japan black areas? its the head I'm doing a surface spitshine to ~ she's a Redeye 66 :) and she's pretty! Oh, and what on the wood?
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Got these in one of the treadles. Thought that someone might enjoy.
hemstitcher
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instructions for hemstitcher
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embroidery clip
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instructions for clip
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I saw at a local thrift store a Necchi Alco sewing machine. It looked a little lonely, but I wanted to get some input on the machine before considering buying it. The machine seemed clean, the cabinet was in so-so condition. Usually at this particular store, they test appliances before putting them on the floor, so I think it runs. No plate to cover the bobbin area. No bobbin. No manual. It does have the cord & pedal. There is some kind of double plug-in on the pedal cord. Anyone know why that might be? (Sorry, no pictures.)
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
Liquid gold for the final polish on the japan finish.
She lived in FL by Pensacola for the last 10 years, there is a slight "film" I am assuming is seasalt residue just from the humid air? Any idea how to get that off of the irons? Its only on the irons, luckily :)
I wonder who will post to page 1500!
I sure thought I'd end on page 1499!
Jan on 446
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Originally Posted by justtrish
I give up what does toga mean?
I am so excited!! I had gotten a monogrammer and templates from goodwill.com and had to get a machine to make it work, a very specific Kenmore, and blessings of blessings, my mom had bought one at a garage sale for $2 that we had used for parts. I had to put the tension back on, and the spool pin, and such, but it would still not zig zag to make the monograms. I finally said, well I have 40 more machines that straight stitch, so what the he**, and ripped into it. A bar was frozen up that my husband helped me free up, and it works. Now I can put my initials on my quilts before I give them away. Hooray!!!!
Congrats on making 1500 pages, Mr. Billy!!
Congrats on making 1500 pages, Mr. Billy!!
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I saw people posting about a TOGA in California and I was wondering if anyone here was planning on attending the River Rats TOGA in Lake City Minnesota in mid September. I've recently given in to my long-standing attraction to vintage machines. I bought a Singer 27/3 treadle a few years back but have only used it a little. I also have two Featherweights I use for piecing, and I recently bought two Singer 99s (at least one is getting a hand crank conversion). I also picked up a lovely Universal (a Japanese Singer 15 "clone" that I'm planning on using as a "project" machine. My husband is really interested in learning how to repair vintage machines, and we're planning on attending all 4 days of the RRTOGA.
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