I started off on a good foot. I walked the dogs and helped Steven haul and stack wood. Physical exertion is good for the brain.
Then he helped me hoist the Mystery Singer http://mysewingmachineobsession.blogspot.com/2013/07/it-had-to-be-done.html up onto a table so that I could service the treadle. That done I then hauled a darling little side table to the "curb". Joining it were two sewing machine cabinets. One I have been saving because I like its lines. The other was the #42 I brought home with the 15-91 I bought from Paff's previous owner.
I thought about trying to repair the #42 cabinet. I tried. It had come apart at the bottom and I tried to pull it back together with a clamp, then the persuader and then wisdom took over. I scammed the hardware from it (including the inkwell) and out it went.
When I remove cabinet hardware I replace the top and nail it in place. I take the hinges off because I figure someone may need them. The hinges that hold the swing arm out are likely not being made any more so I took the time to remove them and the swing arm and the springs. I also removed the BIG spring that supports the machine. That was a chore. Total parts removal time about an hour.
Every time I put a sewing machine cabinet out for free it finds a new home. I was not so sure that the Nice Lines one would go but it and the 42 went and Steven was there to witness the event.
"N. so and so just took both cabinets." he told me as if I knew her. "She said she emailed you about cleaning her machine."
"Did she email me just now? I haven't got any recent machine cleaning emails"
"Well She asked if this was where Betsy lived and I said, no that Elizabeth lives here but that you were partners. She must have emailed Betsy."
Now I wonder if she would like the hardware for the 42. Well, I can ask her if she really was in touch with Betsy
Around noon I had a visitor. P. has been talking about coming over for a while. She made it today. I had so much fun. She brought her White Rotary 77MG that was her mother's. It is making a terrible noise and she hasn't sewn on it because it is so noisy.
I took one look at it and saw the problem; not one, but many, flats on the pulley. Oh it was noisy. She was hoping that she could put it in her Singer Treadle Stand. But it can't be treadled. So, in the spirit of my sewing machine bulimia I offered her a White Rotary Machine that came from a treadle stand. We tried putting it in one of my Singer treadle stands to see if it would fit. Bummer. Doesn't
Soon, though I had another plan. That nice little White Class 15 clone that I found this spring would be perfect. It is badged White and it will treadle. I worked on it and she worked on her 77MG (Oh my that is one very light weight machine). We are both thrilled. I think I am more excited than she is, though. I wonder if she has been infected with SMAD
