Hermes – more progress
The boat shuttle looked good but had a lot of resistance, so it was deep cleaned, the adjuster screw removed and the spring folded out and 120 years of solidified oil and felt removed. The sliding surfaces of the tension …
The boat shuttle looked good but had a lot of resistance, so it was deep cleaned, the adjuster screw removed and the spring folded out and 120 years of solidified oil and felt removed. The sliding surfaces of the tension …
After successfully identifying the manufacturer, model and approximate year of manufacture (Haid und Nue, Gloriosa or Liberia, 1906) and finishing a basic clean of the mechanicals and reassembling, I have decided to divide and conquer! The machine has been taken …
Manufacturer Haid und Neu, model Gloriosa or Liberia, built about 1906, handcrank, nature decals, serial number 934620 This machine has been on and off TradeMe a few times during my interest in sewing machines, and I always thought it was …
Sadly we have had to sell Squirrel as we don’t have the room or money to keep it and the LDV eDeliver 3 we are buying. We will keep these pages and posts here for reference and posterity. We wish …
Squirrel our Minicab Miev is on the market via trademe so may not be ours for much longer. We have plans for a bigger van with longer range so that we can continue our travels into our dotage. In the meantime, …
Having donated my Singer 201K23 to my daughter and son in law, I have been missing it’s quirkiness and lovely performance. I haven’t bought a machine for a while, but a Singer 306K from 1954 came up on Facebook marketplace, …
Following on from this previous post I have been doing some work on some 3D printed prototypes. The pictures below are of prototype 3, meant to be a proof of concept. As I made a bit of a booboo with …
So far, the most notable omission from my collection of sewing machines is a hand crank. For some reason, it is much easier and cheaper to buy old electric machines here in NZ than hand cranks. Having just serviced 6 …
Last weekend we finally found a Senior Cabinet, a Type 72 that takes a class 15, 66 or 201. It had a 201K in it, which was of little interest, and I got it for $50. The cabinet was slightly …
A little ugly duckling – 201K23 in cream suitcase Read more »
We have two 99k, a 185k and a 201k, and my daughter and her husband have a 66k and a 201k. What these machines have in common is that they all take the type 66 bobbins. I am lucky enough …