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New things are in the works.



Gears + metal + wire + gas + flame + tools + springs +
keys + solder = soon to be announced.


Check back soon and visit...

Cathedral Clock

I fixed a friend's clock today. It's a German made clock marketed by the New England Clock Company in Connecticut. Both mainsprings were disconnected and needed reforming and reconnecting. Also the clock was filled with thick oil. Just a note. DON'T oil your clock. It doesn't like it. It will make it stop. Clocks only need a tiniest amount of oil at the pivot ends only. Anyway, it is working great and is hanging on my wall now for a few days to test and adjust its timekeeping.

Pistol Ring

This is crazy cool.

I saw this and had to pass it on. Click on the image to see more pics.

Coffee Grinder

There's nothing like making fresh ground coffee every morning in my cast iron grinder. Just a couple minutes of grinding produces grounds for a wonderful brew.
No electricity needed. You really should get one.

Last One

This is the last of my first run of gear wrench necklaces. I haven't decided if I am going to make more of that design or something different yet.

Victor Adding Machine

Got this cool 1940s adding machine today.
Going to test it and see how it works.
If nothing else it would be a great source of interesting parts.



I found this old ad for sale on ebay...

More gears

Took apart some broken clocks I got at the thrift today.
Great source of nice gears.

Singer Part 02

I've started to disassemble the hook and needle bar areas.
I am soaking and polishing all of the pieces as I go.



This light unit is gonna need some TLC if I am going to reuse it.

Here are the outer components of the upper tension unit. I am soaking the lock screw that holds the inner components inside the machine because it is fused. I hope to have those out soon.

I have also removed the hook, feed dogs, presser bar and bobbin winder components and will detail them in my next post.

Singer Sewing Machine

Recently a friend of mine gave me this sewing machine that was sitting around in his garage. He thought I might be able to use it for something. The other day I put it on the bench to check it out.

The machine is seized up pretty badly. It has alot of rust and is missing it's motor.

The bobbin case/hook race looks pretty nasty.

The hand wheel spins a bit, but the needle bar does not rise or fall.

The needle and presser bars do not look too bad; neither does the takeup lever linkage.

I have decided I am going to rebuild this little guy.


According to the serial number, AK335785, this machine was manufactured between 1951-1952.