AI6YR BenHey, the patent on this sewing machine cabinet has run out! Feel free to copy the design and sell if you like... #sewing #antique
The details on this cabinet are fabulous. I fixed the bobbin winder with a new bobbin tire, still waiting for the replacement leather belt for the treadle. Removed 116 years of four different threads on the bobbin (moldy, stinky, smoky) and will rewind some. Was able to dislodge the needle (20x1, no longer made), will see if a new needle will hold. I guess most people just collect these as antiques instead of use them and keep them in working order.... #sewingmachinerepair #sewing #antique
After oiling it twice, the machine is working again, mechanically. Needs a belt and will try to get a new needle in there (antique needles never work... cut the thread due to the rust in the eye). #sewing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngWMkAczh5g
1906 New Home sewing machine moving again
U.S. Patent No. 431,207 (Patented July 1, 1890) by G.L. Gray "Drop Cabinet for Sewing Machines" ?
This must be it... Just for the heck of it, I am printing the patent out and will leave it with the future new owner of this cabinet. (I am not going to keep it, although the treadle is FABULOUS. I may consider another one with a more modern machine, post 1940's, in the future).
Bruce MacDonald@ai6yr This is a great thread. I remember my grandma having one of these; the front edge of the treadle could come down on your toes if you weren't careful.
In the film "Fiddler on the Roof," a sewing machine played a part in Motel the tailor's "Miracle of Miracles."
Stumpy The Mutt@rationaldoge @ai6yr Thanks for today's earworm!😄
@StumpyTheMutt @rationaldoge Interesting, similar design but different tensioning mechanism.
Clint (he/him)@rationaldoge @ai6yr Great thread…I see what you did there! 🧵