1902 sewing machine.

Morris · Jan 18, 2023

I mentioned this sewing machine restoration in another thread.
It's a 1902 Gritzner VS4.

It went better than I expected. I still have the woodwork to complete but the mechanics were in really good condition. Mostly it consisted of cleaning old oil off and re-lubricating plus freeing off seized parts. It's not a cosmetic restoration, wifey wants a useable machine.
After this I threaded it up (which included learning how to load the shuttle) and gave it a go

Happy with that

It produces a nice short neat stitch in forward and reverse and is beautifully quiet.
Now for the wood bothering bit :vsad:

RichardM · Jan 18, 2023

I hope you're going to put the pin cushion back on.

pedrobedro · Jan 18, 2023

We have a Jones treadle machine that looks very similar to that, uses the same bobbin winder. It's fascinating I've used it a few times just to test and it works well.

Morris · Jan 18, 2023

RichardM said:
I hope you're going to put the pin cushion back on.

The pin cushion was stuffed with sawdust and torn. Wifey doesn't want it back on so I will store it safe for if it's ever needed.

pedrobedro · Jan 18, 2023

Does the shuttle look like the one in this video ?

Morris · Jan 18, 2023

That's the one.

addjunkie · Jan 19, 2023

We have one too, think its a bit newer than yours, never did date it. It was a demo machine in a co Durham coop, I bought it from someone who found it when he bought the building. Cleaned up the wood, then we moved and its now just sat, needs a new belt. Everthing else seems ok