Members Constabulary Posted September 17, 2019 Author Members Report Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) few more... Edited September 17, 2019 by Constabulary Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Members dikman Posted September 17, 2019 Members Report Posted September 17, 2019 Looking nice. You're getting pretty good at this. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
mikesc Posted September 17, 2019 Report Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) Looking pretty, although some may find the pics of completely disassembled sewing machine "innards" somewhat traumatic..;)..Reminds me of some old VW air-cooled manual pages from the 60s and 70s. Or old Giles cartoons from the same period. btw..looking at the 3rd pic your 1st post in that group..your machine's creatine levels may be a bit high ;) Nothing at all against the grey..your grey machines look quite "distinguished"..drab green I would not be so keen on were you to "experiment", but then given what you sew.. Agree with dikman..you are definitely getting good at this :) Edited September 17, 2019 by mikesc Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Members Scoutmom103 Posted September 17, 2019 Members Report Posted September 17, 2019 50 minutes ago, Constabulary said: Cleaned everything, removed all the gunk and dirt crust from the parts.... I washed off everything (inside and outside) with hot a washing soda solution - that worked very well. See first 3 pictures. Clean / fresh solution, then with the added parts after a few minutes and the last pic shows the dirty solution - thats just from the parts shown in the following post. Very nice. Looking good. Do you mind sharing what the hot "washing soda solution" consists of? It did a very nice job cleaning up some very gummed up parts. Thanks Quote
Members Constabulary Posted September 17, 2019 Author Members Report Posted September 17, 2019 Thanks a lot! I know it´s not everybody cup of tea what I´m doing and how I doing it but my aim always is haveing a machine I like to look at and I like to work with. I do not like to look at and work with filthy looking machines. 30 minutes ago, Scoutmom103 said: Very nice. Looking good. Do you mind sharing what the hot "washing soda solution" consists of? It did a very nice job cleaning up some very gummed up parts. Thanks Well just 60°C water and some washing soda - nothing else. I just pour in the washing soda "by feeling" (rather too much than too less). It really removes a lot of gunk! But be careful with the decals it may damage the decals. Different brushes are helpful and Scotch Brite scroub sponges and metal sponges will remove the very sticky gunk. 39 minutes ago, mikesc said: Looking pretty, although some may find the pics of completely disassembled sewing machine "innards" somewhat traumatic..;)..Reminds me of some old VW air-cooled manual pages from the 60s and 70s. Or old Giles cartoons from the same period. btw..looking at the 3rd pic your 1st post in that group..your machine's creatine levels may be a bit high Nothing at all against the grey..your grey machines look quite "distinguished"..drab green I would not be so keen on were you to "experiment", but then given what you sew.. Agree with dikman..you are definitely getting good at this I do not take apart the machine copletely - always just as much as necessary. Especially when parts are pinned I do not touch them as long as they are not badly worn. What you mean with creatine level? Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
mikesc Posted September 17, 2019 Report Posted September 17, 2019 The 3rd solution ( picture in that post ) looks like a "sample" from an animal with kidney problems : )..Hence "creatine levels may be a bit high".. Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Members Constabulary Posted September 17, 2019 Author Members Report Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) few more close up´s in it´s "natural environment" - I like the 1st picture with the nice SIMANCO stamps. Kinda starting to like this old sucker Edited September 17, 2019 by Constabulary Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Members jimi Posted September 17, 2019 Members Report Posted September 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Constabulary said: For those who do not like my grayish silver paint jobs I decided to keep it black this time Hey Folker, you do a very good job on your machines and even the silver ones look great! Anyway you will have to use up all that silver paint before it dries up... Quote
Members jimi Posted September 17, 2019 Members Report Posted September 17, 2019 Great job Folker, looks very very nice, and i would give that a 9/10 for a preservation/restoration job, you just need that decal for it to be a 10/10 just kidding......10/10 Quote
Members dikman Posted September 17, 2019 Members Report Posted September 17, 2019 Damn, that looks nice! Jimi's right, it definitely needs a decal of some sort on the front, now that it's all clean it looks a bit....bland. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
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