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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 312059, member: 360"]You guys would have to tag me in a thread like this, wouldn't you? </p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding missing power cords, your best bet is to hunt one down on the intrawebz. Other things (bobbins, knee-levers, drive-belts etc) can be sourced from flea-markets or whipped up homemade in some way. But this, you'd have to get from some sort of supplier or electrician who has rewired these old machines. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you don't want to do that, one alternative is to make it a hand-cranked machine. You'll need to buy a few things (relatively easily found on eBay), and make a couple of adjustments to the machine (again relatively easy). But it's up to you if you want an electric or manual machine. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most collectors that I know, and I know quite a few - would probably change it over to a manual machine, not being ones to trust their lives to 90-year-old electrical circuits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 312059, member: 360"]You guys would have to tag me in a thread like this, wouldn't you? Regarding missing power cords, your best bet is to hunt one down on the intrawebz. Other things (bobbins, knee-levers, drive-belts etc) can be sourced from flea-markets or whipped up homemade in some way. But this, you'd have to get from some sort of supplier or electrician who has rewired these old machines. If you don't want to do that, one alternative is to make it a hand-cranked machine. You'll need to buy a few things (relatively easily found on eBay), and make a couple of adjustments to the machine (again relatively easy). But it's up to you if you want an electric or manual machine. Most collectors that I know, and I know quite a few - would probably change it over to a manual machine, not being ones to trust their lives to 90-year-old electrical circuits.[/QUOTE]
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