It cleaned up pretty good and sews great.  Now I just gott'a work on the cabinet.  It looks like someone started to restore it 20 years ago and gave up . . . after they peeled off a bunch of the veneer from the top.   

I have also refinished the cabinet on the machine that Joy bought.  I replaced the venier on the top.  I used cheap venier and way too much of the wrong kind of glue, then stained it with the wrong color stain . . . but it still looks 100% better than it did.  I've got some darker stain.  When I get the color of the new top closer to the color of the rest of the cabinet, I'll post some pictures of it.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention it but about a month ago I was at a yard sale and they had two antique singers for sale and had them priced at 50 bucks each.  One was a plain cabinet in near perfect condtion, the other was the same cabinet as the one Joy bought, but it wasn't in the best of condition.  Talked 'em down to $75 for the pair.  I'm one sewing machine away from an episode of Horders.   

. . . I'm one sewing machine away from an episode of Horders.   

Give 'em a call.  Time for an intervention.   

We went around to a bunch of estate sales yesterday . . . all of them had an antique sewing machine or two, but I didn't even think of buying any of them.  One of the sales was just a few blocks away from home here in LaFayette and Franny bought a washing machine from them.  I went back over this afternoon to help load it.  When I got there, everything was half off.  They had what I assumed was a 1950-ish electric Singer machine in a small desk/table that had seen better days 50 years ago.  $25 on the tag.  Half price    . . . hummm . . . that's like $12.50.  Still not interested.  It's an old style machine, but it's got a black wrinkle finish and no decoration . . . and the table had venier pealing up all over . . . Nope, still not interested at $12.50.  One of the ladies working there saw me looking at it and when I started to walk off she stopped me and said "$10?"  D@%&!  Bought another one!   

The good news is, with about hour of gluing, a little sanding, and a good rub-down with boiled linsead oil, the cabinet looked 1000 times better.  I cleaned and oiled the machine, make a couple of minor adjustments and it runs great.  The wiring was about 50 years past it's prime, so I pulled it out and will replace it, but it looks decent and it sews great, and I've only got 10 bucks and a couple of hours invested.  I might make some money on this one.  It's gott'a be worth 20 bucks now . . . 

Oooooh, that is like asking a crack addict if he wants another hit...
KC

I'm just kidding. I didn't pick up any sewing machines. Just a handful more files and cold chisels that I don't need.

Maybe your gas milage will increase and you won't run out as often....or not...

Maybe your gas milage will increase and you won't run out as often....or not...

I have noticed about a 1.5 to 2 mpg drop in my milage the last few months.   I was about to pull my alternator belt off and duct tape some cookie sheets over the wheel wells to see if I could get it back . . . maybe I won't have too.   

Quote from: Zen on January 02, 2013, 01:38:22 PM

Quote from: Bignick on January 02, 2013, 12:19:27 PM

Maybe your gas milage will increase and you won't run out as often....or not...

I have noticed about a 1.5 to 2 mpg drop in my milage the last few months.   I was about to pull my alternator belt off and duct tape some cookie sheets over the wheel wells to see if I could get it back . . . maybe I won't have too.  

Maybe you need to "belt up" one of those Singers to the truck's alt. Then you can pump the treadle to keep your battery up , sew up that hole in your "long johns" at the same time and get some exercise also. Sounds like a Weenier

I don't multi-task well.  In fact, the last couple of years, I don't single-task all that good either!