I received a call from the local charity shop this morning, they had two old machines arrive for me to look at if I wanted to pop round. One was a very sad 99K that had been rotting somewhere very damp for a very long time and the other was this Brother "Westminster" machine. It was complete with foot control and cover and at £10 for the two machines I was soon heading home. 99k stripped for parts as it really did need a full restoration job that would mean a back to metal strip and repray / decal job that I just don't have the space to do right now. The Brother was not as bad but was full of fluff, lint, long dead spiders and thread wrapped around just about every moving part, even the motor pulley had a good collection of multi coloured threads wrapped around the armature. Every joint, bearing, pivot and shaft is caked in a thick residue of fluff and nasty oil that really freaked me out when I saw it. So now she is bathing in a bath of white spirit and singer oil. Tomorrow will hopefully be a day of removing the grime, the white spirit having dissolved the crud and singer oil moisturised them, then the stripdown and rebuild can begin. I have never seen this model before so I really want to get her up and running, more out of interest than anything but if anyone has info on this machine I would be grateful for any pointers or advice.
Pics to follow!
Barny