Oh yes, I know. I have a friend who just picked up a Singer treadle machine for me. I have not seen it yet, so...I'm looking forward to that. I think it was made around 1922. I have no idea of the model, its condition, or anything about it. So, I will have a New Home, a Franklin, a White and now a Singer..oh, and the little Minnehaha that started all of this. As for the electric machines, I have two Kenmores, a Husqvarna-Viking embroidery machine, a Bernette Serger, a Janome mini for one of my girls and the Necchi, a Singer 99, my Nolting Long-arm...seems I like diversity.

Oh, and if I want to use the cabinet for the Husky, I cut an extra piece of the same wood I used for the shelf and it sits in the hole making the space level for the machine to sit. I used to sew at a table, but it was a bit high...this seems to work really well.

Sounds like you are building yourself quite a collection there!

Can you tell me about the Necchi? I know they are popular little machines but don't know much about them. Are these ones that take cams?

Yes. This one is from the 50s, not sure the precise date, but it came complete with all the accessories, feet, cams, a cool box for the cams that shows the stitch, the cams and the order they should be stacked. It's a really nice machine, works really well, and the man that I bought it from said his mother bought it and used it as long as he can remember and had it serviced often. $50. I was so excited to see it and had a lot of fun trying out all the stitches. There were even hand typed notes from the owner. It is a BU Supernova....I think that's right. It's my "downstairs" machine. I joined a Necchi group on Yahoo, but I know very little other than Necchi owners are very dedicated to their machines. I just think it's cool.[ATTACH=CONFIG]359111[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]359112[/ATTACH]

Can I just say? I love it here!

Hahaha - me too!!! The vintage quilter's especially are a SUPER helpful and generous bunch. I have learned SO much info on this site. It used to be a lot harder to get quick access to old sewing machine info too. The nice thing here (especially now that it's more than just one thread devoted to old machines) is there is such a large volume of people visiting you can get a pretty accurate answer to just about anything fast! Not to mention, the people are just really great. :)

That machine just LOOKS awesome! Now you know it's on the list of wants...thanks for sharing!! I'm just fascinated with these "cam" machines. It's a totally new concept to me but my Mother has a Kenmore that takes cams and she loves it.

I went through a few of the stitches and it's really pretty fascinating, and even more so that my Husky has so many at the touch of a button...and to me, it's more complicated than the Necchi

Junk or treasure? I don't know yet. [ATTACH=CONFIG]360845[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]360846[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]360847[/ATTACH]Three very dirty, but FREE machines...not sure what to do with them yet.

Free is good:thumbup:. The two electric machines will likely work after some R&R. The White may be another story and a challenge.

What a coincidence! Just yesterday I cleaned and oiled the same machine as your green kenmore! I got it for $10.00. It weighs 1,000 lbs....:shock:

It was pretty frozen, at first, but I kept oiling, oiling and oiling some more while turning the handwheel. The handwheel would only turn an inch or two in either direction when I first began but by last night, when I plugged it in, it sewed like a bat out of *you-know-where*.

It's a pretty cool '60-ish looking machine with the avocado green. I'm going to order a new cord and pedal because the one that came with it started smoking...:eek: I would definitely give the tan machine a try, too.

The tan one, the DeLuxe Emporium...sounds so sophisticated...works! I was afraid to plug it int, but I checked for frayed wires, etc and it all looked good. It really needs to be cleaned up though. ALL of them are dirty. I haven't tried the Kenmore yet, but I watched a video on YouTube and it looks like a real work horse. Yeah, that white might just end up being a door stop, but I might beg my brother the electrician to check it out and see if it can be rewired....after it gets de-funk-ified.