New Craigslist find- 1933 Singer 15-91
01-25-2016, 03:16 PM
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Since I am waiting on parts ordered from Sew Classic I've decided to start refinishing the top of the cabinet.
Here's a shot of a part of the top. I sanded it and put one coat of polyurethane on it, I'll probably do about 4 coats. My plan is to refinish all of the top pieces but leave the sides and legs as they are.
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Here's a shot of a part of the top. I sanded it and put one coat of polyurethane on it, I'll probably do about 4 coats. My plan is to refinish all of the top pieces but leave the sides and legs as they are.
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01-26-2016, 08:46 AM
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The top finish is mostly done, I still have to polyurethane the very top when it's closed, but I'm going to let the current finish harden for a couple days before I close it to do the top.
Here's a before and after...
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Here's a before and after...
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01-26-2016, 12:09 PM
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I worked on the motor some as I'm waiting to complete the cabinet finish and waiting for my parts order. I cleaned up the commutator and put it back together with some fresh motor lubricant. As I mentioned before, when I opened up the motor I found that a carbon brush spring had been ran through the motor, that has left some scaring on the copper section of the commutator.
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After cleaning the commutator I put the motor back together. I decided to put the bent up spring and carbon brush in there to see if it worked. After a little bit of troubleshooting I got it to sew under electric power. As one of the brush screw caps is missing I had to hold the spring down with the plastic end of a screwdriver. You can see the spring sticking up in the picture.
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I made a conscious effort to make sure I threaded the machine correctly this time.
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After cleaning the commutator I put the motor back together. I decided to put the bent up spring and carbon brush in there to see if it worked. After a little bit of troubleshooting I got it to sew under electric power. As one of the brush screw caps is missing I had to hold the spring down with the plastic end of a screwdriver. You can see the spring sticking up in the picture.
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I made a conscious effort to make sure I threaded the machine correctly this time.
01-26-2016, 05:51 PM
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I worked on the motor some as I'm waiting to complete the cabinet finish and waiting for my parts order. I cleaned up the commutator and put it back together with some fresh motor lubricant. As I mentioned before, when I opened up the motor I found that a carbon brush spring had been ran through the motor, that has left some scaring on the copper section of the commutator.
I bet the stitch is more consistent too.
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