I’ll start with this, for anyone needing a sewing machine fix. I went to the Sew Purty workshop in Portland. Ray Elkins is a fun guy and I learned a lot. I took my White, aka the Hillbilly Handcrank, as it was the dirtiest machine I own. To prove that, here’s the starting pictures of the inside, showing the presser and needle bar.
When I had all these pieces cleaned, I had problems putting it back together. It was so clean that it didn’t resemble these pictures! Finally managed to get it all back together. I haven’t tried sewing with it yet, but will give it a try next week. Here’s the finished machine:
More pictures from the workshop:
I recommend the workshop. I wish it had been three days, as I would have liked a slower pace. If you are very experienced, you might not learn a lot. But if you’ve messed around with machines a bit, I think you’ll pick up some useful tips. I learned that my documentation of taking things apart could use some work! I got to see how to time a Singer (the White didn’t need to be timed). I won’t get a chance to really put this to work, due to moving, but I can at least clean off some of the surface grime. It’s a good thing, when you can learn how to keep these machines sewing for another hundred years.
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