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Originally Posted by DBlain  yikes is right, do you plan on trying to use it or do you like to display the old machines.
Give me a shinny plastic one that comes with an instructional DVD and I am happy, your project would give me hot flashes  . Good Luck I am sure you will make it look beautiful  |
Haha! Well, I am torn between a full restore (not appropriate for some antiques) and just a light cleaning and getting it up and running... It breaks my heart to see any of these machines being thrown out or just left to rot. I find the early technology fascinating. Machines prior to this used a bullet-shaped shuttle, which was eventually replaced by the round bobbin as seen in machines today. This machine is one of the first to have a round bobbin and to produce the lockstitch as opposed to the chainstitch.
The company, Wheeler & Wilson, did very well, then was purchased by Singer in 1905.