My DIL thought she'd like to try my sewing machine and I was delighted, I don't know anyone who sews.... But then I thought... we can't both sew at the same time (uh oh) so it prompted me to search out my late mother's machine and see how it fared after over 30 years in the attic.
Plugged it in and the light switched on. Impressed.
Pressed the foot pedal, not so impressed... So I gave it a quick wipe down and a (good) bit of oil and put it away for a soak. I took it out today and gave it a real good clean up, pressed the foot pedal and wow! Very impressed!!
The solid, smooth feeling while sewing with this machine is so hard to describe. I like my new Janome but yikes! the Novum, it's really lovely. So glad I resurrected it. I'd often thought of it but I didn't want to face the disappointment of it being in bad shape or the problems of finding a service for it. But it just sat there waiting to be used again.
I'm presuming this is a vintage machine. It's got a timber base, is all metal (weighs a ton) and does straight stitch or reverse stitch. I can't find any date information on it but I have sourced a manual which has no cover and no date information.