Cleaned & Polished - my Salvation Army White FR find
11-05-2013, 05:04 AM
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Cleaned & Polished - my Salvation Army White FR find
Here is my post after I got the FR. It was pretty rough.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...c-t229081.html
There was a huge rats nest (actually a mouse nest) of thread, grasses, etc (and other unsavory things) under the machine. I must have spent at least 30 minutes just working the thread jam out of the bobbin. I had previously sprayed the underside and up the upright of the machine w/Tri-Flow to loosen everything up. Sprayed the bottom w/Simple Green to clean up the old grease and oil. There was a spot at the base of the upright that was all rusted. Took the motor off to take to my DFIL to check out. The wires on the light are badly frayed. Will need to get some cloth covered wire to replace that. Then I cleaned and polished it yesterday. What a difference!!!! I still have to rework the cabinet, new veneer on the top, remove the finish from the rest of the cabinet, do some minor repairs.
Here are the pics.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]445008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]445009[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]445010[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]445011[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]445012[/ATTACH]
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...c-t229081.html
There was a huge rats nest (actually a mouse nest) of thread, grasses, etc (and other unsavory things) under the machine. I must have spent at least 30 minutes just working the thread jam out of the bobbin. I had previously sprayed the underside and up the upright of the machine w/Tri-Flow to loosen everything up. Sprayed the bottom w/Simple Green to clean up the old grease and oil. There was a spot at the base of the upright that was all rusted. Took the motor off to take to my DFIL to check out. The wires on the light are badly frayed. Will need to get some cloth covered wire to replace that. Then I cleaned and polished it yesterday. What a difference!!!! I still have to rework the cabinet, new veneer on the top, remove the finish from the rest of the cabinet, do some minor repairs.
Here are the pics.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]445008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]445009[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]445010[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]445011[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]445012[/ATTACH]
11-05-2013, 11:06 AM
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I love the machine. I got one not too long back and it needs a lot of TLC. I have start it sometime or sell the silly thing it is taking up space and I have my treadle to work on too!!! Yikes...I don't have enough time to finish anything. You have a very pretty White Rotary there, love the decals on the old machines.
11-05-2013, 09:28 PM
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You did a beautiful job cleaning up your machine. You're right, only cloth covered wire will look right on it. Check out Sundial Wire. There may be cheaper sources for cloth covered wire that I don't know about but I've bought from Sundial before and am very pleased with the quality and service.
http://www.sundialwire.com/
Rodney
http://www.sundialwire.com/
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11-06-2013, 04:02 AM
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You did a beautiful job cleaning up your machine. You're right, only cloth covered wire will look right on it. Check out Sundial Wire. There may be cheaper sources for cloth covered wire that I don't know about but I've bought from Sundial before and am very pleased with the quality and service.
http://www.sundialwire.com/
Rodney
http://www.sundialwire.com/
Rodney
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