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2 hours ago, suzelle said:

 Any plan on what paint and/or decals might look like?

for now she has a coat of Rustoleum Flat Black..... and it looks pretty good..... old, but tidy.  She has lost her badge so I wasn't going to add decals either.... none of our sewing machines at the Park have been restored back to looking new.

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On 4/17/2022 at 8:11 PM, MariaMS said:

for now she has a coat of Rustoleum Flat Black..... and it looks pretty good..... old, but tidy.  She has lost her badge so I wasn't going to add decals either.... none of our sewing machines at the Park have been restored back to looking new.

Maria,

Well it's still a treat to see this machine run! The paint and decals are just the icing on the cake, right? Fantastic project! Very interesting too! Thank you for sharing. 

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On 4/14/2022 at 10:30 PM, gordond said:

Correct

 

Hi I'm still trying to get dimensions for the 7-5 needle plate so I can make one - I asked in a new post but no responses so far...... any chance you would have time to do a measure up and add to a photo?  We managed to make one OK but I think the needle hole was maybe a bit small (1.5mm) and was super close to the edge, which may mean I need to adjust the feed dogs more to the left to get a bit more of a margin so the hole can be a bit bigger.... I ended up breaking the needle as the tip caught the edge.

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As requested..

As shown this is heavily worn but is an insert plate so can be replaced (on the todolist .. about 32 down...lol.. second skiver resurrection is 1st)

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10 hours ago, gordond said:

As requested..

As shown this is heavily worn but is an insert plate so can be replaced (on the todolist .. about 32 down...lol.. second skiver resurrection is 1st)

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Brilliant!!  Thanks so much!!

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The Singer 7-5 has graduated from the intensive care ward onto her own bench. 2 oak headboards and what looks to be an old steel industrial sewing machine frame that was kicking about in the Engineering shop.  Now I know it will look OK, I'll stick the frame into the electrolysis tank and give it a clean up.  It is a good height for standing up at.  This shows the machine with a single coat of rustoleum flat black.  I'll probably do the frame in the same way, and leave the wood light coloured.

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I am so impressed  with the progress you've made on this project.  We had our doubts, but you've done so well  :thumbsup:

HS

' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus,

He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '  :rofl:

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I got another step further today - I had trouble with getting the tapered pin that holds the foot in place back in, and just had a thought that maybe I had the presser bar 180 degrees out.... so pulled it around and it went back together perfectly.  I had a friend helping today and we developed a better take up spring.  He also questioned why the foot wasn't travelling the whole distance, and we decided maybe there should be a spring in there too, so the foot can flick forward properly......got all that sorted and wow, we suddenly have perfect stitches!! If anyone has a 7-5, I'd love to see a pic of what the two springs actually look like LOL

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