Another sewing machine brought back to life

Edey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:14:00 GMT

It sure is a good feeling to bring an old sewing machine back to life. This is one that was purchased in a thrift store for $25.00. It's a class 15 Japanese machine. It was horribly tangled with thread wrapped around the wheel, motor and bobbin winder, the stitch length lever just flopped around, and the needle struck the bobbin case when the needle was lowered. I thought it was not going to be repairable. It came in a bad case with peeling Contac paper. But now, all cleaned up, and adjustments made and a new motor and foot pedal attached it is sewing like a dream. The motor and foot pedal was $41.00. So for a total of $66.00, some oil and my time I now have a beautiful machine that will outsew any plastic sewing machine. That is so rewarding.

Edey

Edey's Vintage and Current Needlework : foot pedal

Another sewing machine brought back to life