I started by taking everything apart. I left the drawer frames attached, I probably should have taken them off as well but I'm not a furniture refinisher. I'll leave that for the wife when she gets time.
Showing posts with label 15-87 (1937-#1). Show all posts
Showing posts with label 15-87 (1937-#1). Show all posts
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Treadle Cleaning
Well we didn't lose power during the "Blizzard of '16", and only got about 3" of snow. Instead of sewing by candle light I spent the day taking apart the seven-drawer and cleaning it up a bit. The iron isn't in bad shape at all, a bit of dusting with a brush, a little rubbing compound and oil and it is presentable. The wood took a little more effort.
I started by taking everything apart. I left the drawer frames attached, I probably should have taken them off as well but I'm not a furniture refinisher. I'll leave that for the wife when she gets time.
I started by taking everything apart. I left the drawer frames attached, I probably should have taken them off as well but I'm not a furniture refinisher. I'll leave that for the wife when she gets time.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Change of Plans
(Jan 20th, 2019 edit: Needle+thread asked in the comments what the difference between a 15-87 and 15-97 was. All in the bobbin winder. Which I then noticed were the older style on both of mine so, tada, back to 15-87).
I posted before that I would probably start working on one of the 27s next. And I was going to, really. But then I was looking at the 15-87's wiring and decided to pull the motor off. Then take the motor apart. Then start cleaning the case of the motor. Then start cleaning the mounting bracket. Then cleaning the pedestal where it looks like the motor wiring caught on fire against it. Well, then I just had 15-87 pieces all over the place. The steel wood and Dremel came out.
The 27s are back in line as I tinker with the 15-87. It has cleaned up nicely. I don't know if I can get the badge discoloration from the electrical fire fixed, but I'll keep working on it.
I posted before that I would probably start working on one of the 27s next. And I was going to, really. But then I was looking at the 15-87's wiring and decided to pull the motor off. Then take the motor apart. Then start cleaning the case of the motor. Then start cleaning the mounting bracket. Then cleaning the pedestal where it looks like the motor wiring caught on fire against it. Well, then I just had 15-87 pieces all over the place. The steel wood and Dremel came out.
The 27s are back in line as I tinker with the 15-87. It has cleaned up nicely. I don't know if I can get the badge discoloration from the electrical fire fixed, but I'll keep working on it.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Last one (for now) - 15-87
Lastly, here's the 1937 15-87. This one I offered back to the seller because I really think I got too good of a deal on it. It has the RAF decals and it's a 15-87 with it's cool, funky reversed stitch regulator. The seller was happy to have had me take it though, said it sounded like it was in my "wheel house". So I'm keeping it. I thought briefly about converting it over to a 15-86 for a treadle, but I need to get a lot more treadle tables before thinking about that. So just into the cleaning line now.
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