This has been on and off for the last 2 years. The stitch transmission handle came broken in shipping, and the chassis had shifted position in relation to the bed of the machine from being knocked around in shipping and developed a hairline crack which flexed and messed with the alignment of the harp to the needle plate with pressure applied. To remedy these defects I commissioned a blacksmith to braze the handle back together and drilled out the crack in the chassis and reinforced the machine with a piece of sheet metal screwed onto the frame and adhered with E6000. I also had to loosen the 4 screws marrying the bed to the frame to re-center the needle in the needle plate. I repainted the machine so now its color-matched to my car. The table was built out of a coffee table I found, I wish I had mounted the machine closer to me but I can always extend the table with a back leaf for work holding. She works pretty well now but I still need to source a gear so I can use the 2 and 3 thread functions. Also pictured are some of the projects I've done since getting her up and running. Talking with a dealer of these machines this one was likely manufactured in 1901.
(https://i.postimg.cc/GBYs5rPC/Barbie-Ford-Patches.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/GBYs5rPC)
(https://i.postimg.cc/gXsjC0nf/IMG-4222.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gXsjC0nf)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/7J46Jk0x/IMG-2817.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7J46Jk0x)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/dLq3qJJ6/IMG-3714.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dLq3qJJ6)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Rqmw23bb/IMG-4112.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Rqmw23bb)
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Great work Ben,
I love old machines. I wonder if you know this group, I've been a member for some time:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/137241563337471
Also this has been a fun and useful group:
https://www.naehmaschinentechnik-forum.de/index.php?sid=001c0ddef19ba2c67a23198de67d25e6
This site is more for collectors but there are a lot of machine manuals here:
https://ismacs.net/
A classic beauty! Well done!