Vintage sewing machine with 116 years of grime mostly removed. Didn't remove the patina, but I suspect some of the funk on this piece is vintage cigarette smoke from back when everyone in the US was a smoker. #sewingmachine#ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #sewing #restoration

My friend in Norway just came home with this lovely old girl, wow. 💜 When I asked her if she’d mind me sharing the photo here, she said no, go ahead, this beauty should be shared. What a find! I see them around sometimes but never in this good a shape.

Cycling friends will also be pleased to know she hauled this heavy thing home on her cargo bike. :)

Update: she paid only 500 kroner - ~$50!!

#singer#SewingMachine #sewing

My friend in Norway just came home with this lovely old girl, wow. 💜 When I asked her if she’d mind me sharing the photo here, she said no, go ahead, this beauty should be shared. What a find! I see them around sometimes but never in this good a shape.

Cycling friends will also be pleased to know she hauled this heavy thing home on her cargo bike. :)

Update: she paid only 500 kroner - ~$50!!

#singer#SewingMachine #sewing

Just spent an hour oiling things. The "MAINTENANCE oiling" instructions were insufficient for identifying everything that needed to be oiled to have it start working. Maybe these are the spots that need oiling most, but there are dozens (dozens) of metal upon metal contact points where there is movement, and I had to hit every one to have things start moving again... this machine had NO trace of any sewing oil, so I suspect it did not get oiled per the manual.

Montgomery Ward Model 1980B. No idea when it was actually made. (don't think 1980 corresponds to the year... but who knows!) #sewing #sewingmachine #restoration #repair

Inside the top lid. I thought this was all plastic, but after some better light this entire machine's innards are metal! #sewingmachine #restoration