Still haven’t tried the Two Spool in that base. I can’t find the wood screws for the hinge pins, so I’ll have to buy new screws. I do want to try it out and it would be so nice if it fits that base.
I found a home for the 99k! I will be taking it across country, but it will be great to get it to someone that will use it. It’s a nice machine. I fired up my other electrics this weekend. I’m going to do a baby blanket using Janet Szabo’s instructions. I’m using minky and flannel, which means I have to use a zig zag. I removed the bad capacitor from the Viking and it works again. I’ve decided that I am going to sell that one. It’s a good machine, but it’s likely other pieces may start to fail. And I’m also selling the 401, which I just don’t care for. I’ll be left with the Necchi Supernova and the Singer 237. I’m planning to take the Necchi to the shop for an overhaul. I’m not happy with the stitch quality and I still can’t get the cam stack to turn correctly. I could work on it, but that would take away what little time I have for fun projects. Right now, I’d rather have some time to sew. The Singer 237 still stitches perfectly.
I am going to turn that Singer 28 head back into a hand crank. An original Singer hand crank turned up on Ebay, so I bought it. I took the machine outside the other day and it is really grimy. I need to clean it up before I start putting things together. I will need parts for it, but will pick those up as I find them. The other big expense will be a case for it. Once it’s together, I can decide if I want to keep it. I think it would be nice to have two hand cranks. So, I have been trying to make some decisions about what machines go with me.
We are about to paint the main bedroom. We had help cleaning up the area around Lon’s desk, which has been really cluttered. The house looks so much better. I can’t wait until we start to move out some of the bins we’ve packed up. We still have some painting to do in the living room and kitchen/dining room area. Then we’ll have the inside and outside of the house completed. Still pulling together a garage sale. This is all very stressful, but it’s amazing to think that the end might be in sight.
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