Help needed with White treadle cabinet mechanism
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This 1909 mission style cabinet has a mechanism that lowers the machine head when the top is folded up. I dropped a bobbin inside and turned the knob on the right front edge of the machine thinking I could then tilt the head back and find the offending bobbin. Right. I can tilt the head back now, but loosening that knob/nut disconnected a spring inside and all five parts are loose. Without these things connected I cannot lower the head in its unsecured state. I can't figure out the best way to reach the area to put them back together, nor am I sure the path the long spring should take from the opposite side. If anyone knows the secret or can point me to an assembly diagram, I will be most grateful. I am guessing the cabinet may have to be turned on its side, but I am not sure, and really don't know the correct way to reassemble those 5 parts, not counting the spring. If I'd thought it through, the bobbin probably would have fallen out when the machine was closed....I just love hindsight.
Pat
Pat
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I tried lowering and tilting the head part way and the bobbin fell out along with two small flanged washers. The aforementioned knob had a strange-looking flat hook screwed into it from beneath and I think the end of the spring was attached to it. We will take pictures tomorrow. 'Tis a mystery!
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]541013[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541014[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541015[/ATTACH]There is a picture of the long spring, but it won't upload. The spring is hanging down in the back. Wow! Looks like I have some housekeeping to do on the underside.
Last edited by PatriciaPf; 01-24-2016 at 02:56 PM.
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Sum of loose parts. Can't determine where the flanged washers go.[ATTACH=CONFIG]541019[/ATTACH]
Another intact White sewing machine cabinet in working condition may show how this is set up. Some later machines show a lever, not this knob, while earlier ones show nothing.
Another intact White sewing machine cabinet in working condition may show how this is set up. Some later machines show a lever, not this knob, while earlier ones show nothing.
Last edited by PatriciaPf; 01-24-2016 at 02:54 PM.
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I don't think they are bronze; just steel that needs a good cleaning. The hook probably should serve to keep the machine secure when it is lowered into the cabinet. Right now it is loose. I think the spring was attached to it, but I don't know what path to take the spring now that it is detached.
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