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Email sent! I've ordered a manual and threading wire from Dan already, never thought to ask if they knew what vintage the machine was. Thanks.

Greetings, I'm wondering if there's anyway to identify the vintage, or approximate vintage of a Randall Harness stitcher we purchased by the number on the brass plate on the front?

I ended up going with a combination of clean industrial sewing machine oil and brake cleaner. I used clean oil to soak and lift off any loose gunk, and then blasted the troubled area's with Brake Cleaner and an air hose. Afterwards, I used fresh clean patch's soaked in oil to wipe down all surfaces, and fresh dry patch's to wipe off any excess oil. I then oiled all the galley's and wear surfaces, let it sit and soak, then re-oiled and wiped excess off. It turned out really well. Now I have to figure out how the bobbin winder works and make a new top, and we'll be set.

Brake Clean, not brake fluid But yes, I've seen the "instructions to destroy so it doesn't fall into enemy hands" part of the Singer 97-10 manual, always good to show people its an extreme machine. I wonder if that has to be the good 'ol high sulfur diesel fuel and not the new low sulfur crap they sell now

HA! really? Wow. Well, my truck is diesel....but...I think that's a bit extreme. But if its in the manual...

Well I have lots of brake cleaner at home already And I'll lightly re-oil the surfaces to protect from rust afterwards anyway.

Thank you very much. I am familiar with Simple Green, its available at my local Canuck Innertube, I never thought to use it. I will pick some up tonight and get to work.

Greetings. My wife and I purchased a sewing machine that had been used up until recently, and was heavily oiled when taken off the table for long term storage. And I mean heavily, everything is coated. The fellow whom owned it before since passed away, and we acquired the machine at auction. It's in excellent condition, but the heavy oiling has attracted some sand/dust from when it was stored, and transport home, and I would like to fully clean it all off, and re-oil with fresh new oil before use to prevent the sand from abrasively damaging anything. My first instinct is to use brake cleaner, because that's what I use to clean automotive parts, and it leaves no residue, and doesn't harm paint, I won't be hosing the machine down, just spraying it on a shop towel and cleaning off the old oil from the surfaces and carefully cleaning the rods and movement area's etc. But then I thought why not ask someone who knows So here I am. Any help is much appreciated. -trev