White Rotary Treadle

I promised an "after" photo.  These are really  "during"

 I think that might be an oil wick in the shuttle race

 And one more to show off the shine and my very cool Brownell screwdriver.

Whenever I take photos and then edit them I am informed of the true condition of the machine.  The brown stain on the finish is not so apparent to my naked eye.  I could try to scrub it off.  I believe the decal would come with it.

I love the shape and the lines of this machine.  Regal looking, I think.

White Rotary treadle

Remember that shuttle race I showed a few posts back?
http://mysewingmachineobsession.blogspot.com/2012/05/another-reason-why-it-wouldnt-stitch.html

I just found a photo (from a different angle)  of it from way back when.

 This is what the machine looked like the day I took that photo.

This will never be a beauty.  BUT I have managed to get it moving.  The needle does go up and down.  It amazes me.  I bet it will stitch.

This is the project I turn to when I have had enough of electrical sleuthing (like trying to find the cause of a tingle on a 401) and when I have had a glass of wine after work on an empty stomach.  This clean up is tedious but does not require full faculties.  Just patience.

Its coming along and soon I will have a photo of what the machine looks like now. 

Post-Mortem, almost

As you can see, I need more room.  This sewing machine came home with me from Betsy's one day last spring.  I thought that I might try to do something with it.  If it weren't for this white Rotary treadle,   I would still be trying to revive that old White VS treadle that Steven bought in Vermont.  When looking to scam a part from this machine, I found that I don't have any appropriate tension parts for the VS. 

The needle does not go up and down.

This critter nest helped me decide that it was time to let this one go.  I do believe that this nest was in the machine when it followed Betsy home, originally.  That stuff is pretty dry and there was no smell.  Even so, I still had trouble and I have moved it only as far as the barn.  It is not yet in the trash shed.  The sewing machine itself (without the nest) is still in my shop.  It is filthy, as filthy as its cousin. I may want to try to salvage the foot, at least.  Too bad the tension won't fit the VS.

I hate to do it.  I really do. I need the room, I really do.  I need to focus on the other 38 machines that I  need to fix, I really do.