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03-24-2012, 08:50 AM
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Wow, that Japanning article was very interesting. I wonder if anyone tried using a double boiler to help melt the asphaltum, or if patience, which is thin to win around here, and letting it dissolve naturally the best way. I have got to try it; I have a Singer 128 that is toasted anyway, and can only be better than it is. If any body does this, tell results. Please. And Thanks.
03-24-2012, 09:06 AM
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Wow, that Japanning article was very interesting. I wonder if anyone tried using a double boiler to help melt the asphaltum, or if patience, which is thin to win around here, and letting it dissolve naturally the best way. I have got to try it; I have a Singer 128 that is toasted anyway, and can only be better than it is. If any body does this, tell results. Please. And Thanks.
03-24-2012, 09:10 AM
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Pat,
Looked up voyeur and found this on the internet. "The term comes from the French voyeur, "one who looks".
I must say that I have caught you touching machines, even petting them, and I once saw you
sewing on one. So I say you are more than just a sewing machine voyeur.
Looked up voyeur and found this on the internet. "The term comes from the French voyeur, "one who looks".
I must say that I have caught you touching machines, even petting them, and I once saw you
sewing on one. So I say you are more than just a sewing machine voyeur.
03-24-2012, 09:27 AM
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Pat,
Looked up voyeur and found this on the internet. "The term comes from the French voyeur, "one who looks".
I must say that I have caught you touching machines, even petting them, and I once saw you
sewing on one. So I say you are more than just a sewing machine voyeur.
Looked up voyeur and found this on the internet. "The term comes from the French voyeur, "one who looks".
I must say that I have caught you touching machines, even petting them, and I once saw you
sewing on one. So I say you are more than just a sewing machine voyeur.
03-24-2012, 09:27 AM
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And one of these days if you all keep badgering me, I *may* finish enough blocks to start a quilt! 
pat
03-24-2012, 09:32 AM
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03-24-2012, 10:05 AM
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I need to deal with all this junk so I have a place to set up. I have a nice 99 in a library table waiting quietly in a corner, but unfortunately it's surrounded by boxes of files and covered with piles of clothes and bedding. (I recently moved out of my 3-bedroom house--already too small!--and into two rooms in my 93-year-old mother's house, when we decided that she shouldn't be living alone.)
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
pat
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
pat
03-24-2012, 10:15 AM
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03-24-2012, 12:11 PM
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Got a quick question. Has anybody done any shirring on any of their vintage machines? I want to make some sundresses for my grand daughter and my new brother (grrrrr) won't do it. I tried my 201 and had a problem withthe top thread being way too loose. Any help or idea would be greatly appreciated.
03-24-2012, 01:32 PM
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I have not mentioned the shellac thing with these old ladies because it was not my thread and the the tut on cleaning the heads was written by someone else and was not mentioned although he knew the clear coat was shellac over the decals and the machine. When I get back from camping and fishing in a week I will do a tut on it. Not very hard to do. It is quick too.
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