MikeC5

You know you've arrived when you become a member of the brass club club. Love those brass shifters! What a beast!

Love that Tokheim...

I have to wonder; what part of this 2 ton automobile has non-functioning brakes and I need to get it down the hill to the trailer-situation did they not understand? Did they think it was a physics holiday?

I visited Australia around 15 years ago and wanted to bring home some 'Oz' plates (not necessarily antique) for garage decor. I discovered that it was technically against the law for them to sell used plates. I found this out from a flea market vendor selling, of all things, U.S. plates. I asked why it was easy to find used U.S. plates, but no Oz plates and he explained that it was unlawful to sell Australian ones. He noticed my disappointment, looked around furtively and then pulled out a newspaper wrapped package from under a table. It had an example plate from each territory. He sold it to me for a reasonable price and said be sure and forget who sold it to me. They made it home in my suitcase...

This is the stuff sold on-line by the yard. https://www.albrightssupply.com/products-search?qs=jute

Yup, just look at the 'galvanic series'. I would guess, since Mr. Ettore was very much into making his mechanical marvels esthetically pleasing, that it was done just for that reason.

Looks remarkable!

I was wondering, if you aren't fully immersing the part, how often do you have to turn it to avoid geting demarcation witness lines at the solution surface? Maybe it's not an issue?

Nice find! Beautiful car.

And let's not forget Studebaker cars on Mr. Ed...

I like the varnished top bows. Do you plan to leave them uncovered?

We don't need no steenking safety rails!

My 111W155 machine is from 1955 but i'm not sure when Singer started making the 111W models. I'll have to look for the receipt on servo motor but I think it was an Ebay seller (there are tons of them on there). It took a little doing to get the speed reduction pulley and jackshaft set up but I can literally make the machine crawl now.

Sure. To be honest, I never tried press foot machine and so can't comare them from experience. I can say that for someone who had never before oerated a sewing machine, this one was pretty forgiving. It only does straight stiches but you can vary the number of stitches per inch. The walking foot and 'dogs' under the material being sewn, really help move the material along. I've tested it on multile layers of leather up to around 1/4" thick and it punches through. The machine had a clutch style motor on it, which was very hard to go slowly with, so I did convert the machine to a servo motor which offers much better control for a beginner.

I was thinking the same thing...