A tip for future restorations of those old style sewing machines. Most of them have a lacquer finish and do not require such a heavy duty stripper. If you want to test this just take a little denatured alcohol and dab on a the surface. If it gets tacky then it is probably lacquer. This means you can use the denatured alcohol and 000 steel wool to strip it off. Pour the alcohol on buff with the grain and wipe off with a alcohol saturated clean towel. Takes a few times doing this but it comes nice and clean without all the risk of messing with those other style strippers.
I just found one of these for free on the side of the road about an hour ago. So far I’ve found it’s from 1910 according to the serial #. Table is actually in pretty good shape, a little wobbly. This video is going to be very helpful for me, so thanks!
It’s worth the effort. I’ve often thought that if the paint on the machine is so bad that something needs to be done, I would take it completely apart, sandblast, and powder coat my favorite color. Good luck with it. 😃
Thank you so much Claire. After a few sewing projects, I’ve had to get used to the more involved sewing methods and admired intricacies of this singer. I love the controlled stitch and the sound of a long continuous stitch that can almost lull you to sleep if it goes 10 stitches longer. I think these machines would have been perfect if they would have figured out a reverse stitch right off the bat to lock things in faster. I think I will be tackling my Singer 115 next. It’s just the machine with no table or box. I think I will create my own table for it. Thanks for your interest, and stay tuned.😃
These machines are easy to work on and worth restoring for sure. With a little elbow grease you will be able to complete it in no time, and enjoy it for years to come. Just be easy on the machine finish, no harsh chemicals, I have found that a non abrasive hand cleaner like Gojo original formula without pumice works great. It cuts through the old oil and doesn’t harm the clear coat or decals. Finish with a good carnuba wax or sewing machine oil. Good luck 👍
Great job! I just redid a New Royal that’s been in my family for 125 years…although the actual machine wasn’t in near as good of condition due to elements exposure for a long period of time. Well done 👍
Beautiful, I started doing one that was given to my wife. It was in pristine condition to begin with so I'm not going to the whole wood strip thing and I got new stickers for the machine, the old ones were pretty worn.
You did an AMAZING job! It's BEAUTIFUL! I loved the part about the men's cologne in the glass containers. I have great childhood memories of my mom buying those for my dad.
I just opened the top left drawer yesterday to look at my Puzzle box. The room was a little warmer than usual due to the sun creeping through the window shades. As I opened the drawer, I was back at my grandpas house as a boy looking at those cologne filled glass cars and trucks wondering if my grandma would smell the evidence on my fingers as I opened each bottle to smell what was inside. Grandpa died that year, and grandma didn’t have the money to pay the mortgage on the farm. Before she lost the farm her heart broke because of the loss of grandpa and soon the loss of the farm, and she quietly slipped into her eternal rest with grandpa later that year.
@@brettbealful They can be addicting, I have too many and can't possibly do the job you did, but can't stand the thought of someone throwing away the machine to make a table so I don't sell them in local classifieds. :)
OMG! That machine is very beautiful! 🤩😍 I have a similar one that my mom gave me, and it's obviously not in good condition, but it still works! It's outstanding! Your restoration work is amazing! The final result is as if no years had passed, and it just left the factory!
I have one just like this that I'm helping get going again. Yours is exactly the same. I'd like to keep in contact with yourself regarding dimensions of certain parts of the table. I'm from Vancouver Canada
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Question.. I have a sewing machine table that is from maybe the 80’s.. honestly don’t know. I can’t find anything on it to figure out what it is. It has hinges that allow the sewing machine to drop into the table on its side. The hinges are like spring hinges and I can NOT find out what they are or where I can find a replacement for them. They are worn out and won’t work anymore. The sewing machine just slams back into the table every time. Any advice??
Absolutely beautiful great work. I have just acquired one very similar and in great condition except for the cover plate where the bobbin is housed can you advise what would be the best thing would be to clean the rust off with I don't want to damage anything!
Thank you for your kind words. What I do for the rust or the pitting of the metal parts, is soak them in Evapo-rust solution overnight. Then polish with jewelry compound and a polishing wheel lightly. You can use a small soft cloth style wheel that goes on a hand drill if you don’t have a bench grinder with a full size wheel. Then a coat of canuba car wax. Good luck
I am restoring a model 27 that’s a very identical design. I have a few parts left. Can you send me a picture of inside the head, underneath, and possibly inside? I have a small clip spring and a mechanical piece I can’t remember where it went. I’m nearly positive I forgot some tiny bolts somewhere too. I seem to have more left over than I will need. My video angle at disassembly was terrible.
Hi, love that you restore theses beautiful machines. I have a question how do I find out the date of my machine I’m pretty sure I have the same your resorting in this video, I’m looking to getting mine up and running as well. Thanks😀
I would be happy to try to help you with that. Find the serial number on your machine. If you Google search the number and the words Singer Sewing Machine, it should show you its date of manufacture.
Any tips on how to restore the metal part on the machine like the two sliding parts near the needle and foot and the lateral plaque with flowers decor? Thanks
If the chrome is worn or rusted through it will need to be re chromed, or purchase parts other sources that are in good shape. I just put mine in rust removal solution overnight and polished with a buffer and jewelry polish. Good luck.😃
Hi, Brett. I'm asking you, I'm going to buy a sewing machine just like that one, but I don't know if I can carry it by myself from the house where it is to my truck. It's very heavy, can I move it alone? Thank you.
Yes, you can move it, but I would suggest two people. There are four screws that hold the treadle to the wooden top. Make sure that those screws don’t pull out when you pick up the sewing machine by both ends. I can pick it up by myself, and I lift it from the center and carry it that way. Still very heavy though.
That’s excellent! We have one in the garage waiting on restoration. The top to my knowledge is delaminating. The veneer is in need of replacement. This is exactly what we had in mind on the finished product. The Minwax honey stain is a great idea and has that original look we are looking for also. Do you still recommend the Citristrip with plastic scraper or what another viewer commented about using only mineral spirits, and alcohol, the new shellac will melt into the new? Thoughts?
I’ve never tried the mineral, spirits and alcohol, I can’t imagine it getting an even finish, but it might with some practice. The Citristrip does work well, and I do recommend it. Just make sure you follow how I strip it in the video and you’ll be fine. I really liked the process of bringing it back to Bare wood. Just touching it up wasn’t my objective for this one, but I have others I may try other suggestions. Good luck
Great. I started the project today at 10:45am. I’ve got all the products you are using. Currently in the citristrip gel process. It has been sitting under cling wrap for an hour at this time. Singer is patented DEC. 5-1882. Its 3 drawers on each side with wooden pull knobs. I will keep it in that originality. I saw you painted the lettering/decal on the metal stand in gold. Question, would most people want to keep it simply black like it came for originality or add a touch gold to add detail like the singer sewing machine has to compliment it like you have done? Or just personal opinion?
Just realized after getting closer up to the metal intrinsic framing that the oval shaped lettering has a tinge of gold to it. After removing dust the gold coloring was coming through. Never noticed. I guess I’ll do the same and touch it up with gold.
I’m glad your going after it. Let that stripper set for hours and it does a good job. I sometimes put it on in the afternoon and get back to it the next day.
@@brettbealful That stripper is a nasty chore! I was almost scared it created to much of a wet feeling on the wood. My next step is to sand it down as much as possible for the stain to take. I am going to take it a little at a time on the sanding process. So many nooks and cranny’s. I’m intimidated.
I bought the machine for $125 The materials to refinish were just under $100 I would Appraise it at $600-$800 todays market value. Thanks for watching 😃
Hmmmmm just beautiful 😊💖 well done. Another 100 years + these machines should NEVER die ! Recommend channel for you to look at regarding sewing machines is ALEX ASKAROFF he has an amazing collection and years of fabulous knowledge to share, check him out. 😊
There is no reason to strip the original shellac finish. Wipe everything down with mineral spirits, then alcohol, new shellac will melt into the old and smooth it out beautifully. My table was far worse than yours so I'm not just writing this without experience. I would have been worried about loosening the old hide glue the way you did this, to much moisture and it will come apart.
Wasn't much original shellac to melt back into the finish. I would NEVER use a polymer based, plastic coating. It creates a greenhouse effect with the central heating and sets up the great mold growing condition in the drawers. This one in the video is on limited life now.
@@alibabafurball wish I could post pictures of mine it was left in a open garage. Verneer was delaminated on everything but the drawers that turned out beautiful. The box under the sewing machine was complete delaminated ,and had to be glued back together. The top I have not yet gotten to will get new Verneer. The metal base was separated from the top was used to hold a plant in the yard.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I think there are enough machine restorations on UA-cam, but not many full table restorations. That’s why I opted for the table. Both are a lot of work, but worth the experience.
Fantastic work. I like the idea of honoring its history and also trying to give it back it’s intended appearance when it was new.
I was just gifted my great grandmothers sewing machine from 1906 and I’m so excited to restore it 😊
My grandma just gave me her grandma's 1910s singer I'm so excited to restore it and use it
A tip for future restorations of those old style sewing machines. Most of them have a lacquer finish and do not require such a heavy duty stripper. If you want to test this just take a little denatured alcohol and dab on a the surface. If it gets tacky then it is probably lacquer. This means you can use the denatured alcohol and 000 steel wool to strip it off. Pour the alcohol on buff with the grain and wipe off with a alcohol saturated clean towel. Takes a few times doing this but it comes nice and clean without all the risk of messing with those other style strippers.
I just bought a singer JUST like this today from goodwill and hope to restore it like you did!
I just found one of these for free on the side of the road about an hour ago. So far I’ve found it’s from 1910 according to the serial #. Table is actually in pretty good shape, a little wobbly. This video is going to be very helpful for me, so thanks!
It’s worth the effort. I’ve often thought that if the paint on the machine is so bad that something needs to be done, I would take it completely apart, sandblast, and powder coat my favorite color.
Good luck with it. 😃
Beautiful Grand Old Lady! Thank you for restoring her. I have my Grandma and I enjoy sewing on it.
Thank you so much Claire. After a few sewing projects, I’ve had to get used to the more involved sewing methods and admired intricacies of this singer. I love the controlled stitch and the sound of a long continuous stitch that can almost lull you to sleep if it goes 10 stitches longer. I think these machines would have been perfect if they would have figured out a reverse stitch right off the bat to lock things in faster. I think I will be tackling my Singer 115 next. It’s just the machine with no table or box. I think I will create my own table for it. Thanks for your interest, and stay tuned.😃
I have one just like this and have waited years to try anything Thanks so much for this video! I can't wait to get started on mine!
These machines are easy to work on and worth restoring for sure. With a little elbow grease you will be able to complete it in no time, and enjoy it for years to come. Just be easy on the machine finish, no harsh chemicals, I have found that a non abrasive hand cleaner like Gojo original formula without pumice works great. It cuts through the old oil and doesn’t harm the clear coat or decals. Finish with a good carnuba wax or sewing machine oil. Good luck 👍
Great job! I just redid a New Royal that’s been in my family for 125 years…although the actual machine wasn’t in near as good of condition due to elements exposure for a long period of time. Well done 👍
Lovely clear description. A pleasure to watch.
Parabéns pelo belo trabalho👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Beautiful job!
Excellent job!
Good job, very pretty!
Beautiful, I started doing one that was given to my wife. It was in pristine condition to begin with so I'm not going to the whole wood strip thing and I got new stickers for the machine, the old ones were pretty worn.
That’s not easy. Very nice.
Excelente trabajo!!! Saludos desde Apodaca Nuevo Leon Mexico..
You did an AMAZING job! It's BEAUTIFUL! I loved the part about the men's cologne in the glass containers. I have great childhood memories of my mom buying those for my dad.
Thanks for your kind and wonderful comments, you made my day for sure.😃
I just opened the top left drawer yesterday to look at my Puzzle box. The room was a little warmer than usual due to the sun creeping through the window shades. As I opened the drawer, I was back at my grandpas house as a boy looking at those cologne filled glass cars and trucks wondering if my grandma would smell the evidence on my fingers as I opened each bottle to smell what was inside. Grandpa died that year, and grandma didn’t have the money to pay the mortgage on the farm. Before she lost the farm her heart broke because of the loss of grandpa and soon the loss of the farm, and she quietly slipped into her eternal rest with grandpa later that year.
Beautiful job, well done. So great you saved one of these antiques!
Thanks so much, I have a couple more to go in the future.
@@brettbealful They can be addicting, I have too many and can't possibly do the job you did, but can't stand the thought of someone throwing away the machine to make a table so I don't sell them in local classifieds. :)
Beautiful!!
OMG! That machine is very beautiful! 🤩😍
I have a similar one that my mom gave me, and it's obviously not in good condition, but it still works! It's outstanding!
Your restoration work is amazing! The final result is as if no years had passed, and it just left the factory!
Thanks so much, it was so fun to do.
I have one just like this that I'm helping get going again. Yours is exactly the same. I'd like to keep in contact with yourself regarding dimensions of certain parts of the table. I'm from Vancouver Canada
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Love your video
Thanks Jane for the kind words, it was fun to restore. I have 2 others in the works to follow.
Great renovation! Beautiful piece! 👏
Ficou linda. Gostei muito.
We have a 60,s singer that we are going to restore.
Exact copy of mine. Restoration is goal for nearest future
Thanks
I have an old singer that needs to be restored
Question.. I have a sewing machine table that is from maybe the 80’s.. honestly don’t know. I can’t find anything on it to figure out what it is. It has hinges that allow the sewing machine to drop into the table on its side. The hinges are like spring hinges and I can NOT find out what they are or where I can find a replacement for them. They are worn out and won’t work anymore. The sewing machine just slams back into the table every time. Any advice??
What did u use the shine the metal knobs and the sewing machines metal parts ??
Can I ask what paint you used on the legs for the black as well as the gold. I happen to be restoring this same model
Absolutely beautiful great work. I have just acquired one very similar and in great condition except for the cover plate where the bobbin is housed can you advise what would be the best thing would be to clean the rust off with I don't want to damage anything!
Thank you for your kind words. What I do for the rust or the pitting of the metal parts, is soak them in Evapo-rust solution overnight. Then polish with jewelry compound and a polishing wheel lightly. You can use a small soft cloth style wheel that goes on a hand drill if you don’t have a bench grinder with a full size wheel. Then a coat of canuba car wax.
Good luck
@@brettbealful thank you so much I'll try that, really appreciate your help, all the best
I would like to see the machine working.
I am restoring a model 27 that’s a very identical design. I have a few parts left. Can you send me a picture of inside the head, underneath, and possibly inside? I have a small clip spring and a mechanical piece I can’t remember where it went. I’m nearly positive I forgot some tiny bolts somewhere too. I seem to have more left over than I will need. My video angle at disassembly was terrible.
Lovely total results! What brand and color stain did you use? It's perfect!
I used Minwax, Honey flavor. Thanks for your kind words.
Hi, love that you restore theses beautiful machines. I have a question how do I find out the date of my machine I’m pretty sure I have the same your resorting in this video, I’m looking to getting mine up and running as well. Thanks😀
I like to start with this website below, and there are many others.
serial-number-decoder.com/singer-sewing-machines/singer-sewing-machines.htm
I would be happy to try to help you with that. Find the serial number on your machine. If you Google search the number and the words Singer Sewing Machine, it should show you its date of manufacture.
Any tips on how to restore the metal part on the machine like the two sliding parts near the needle and foot and the lateral plaque with flowers decor? Thanks
If the chrome is worn or rusted through it will need to be re chromed, or purchase parts other sources that are in good shape. I just put mine in rust removal solution overnight and polished with a buffer and jewelry polish. Good luck.😃
Thank you so much ❤I will try that
Hi, Brett. I'm asking you, I'm going to buy a sewing machine just like that one, but I don't know if I can carry it by myself from the house where it is to my truck. It's very heavy, can I move it alone?
Thank you.
Yes, you can move it, but I would suggest two people. There are four screws that hold the treadle to the wooden top. Make sure that those screws don’t pull out when you pick up the sewing machine by both ends. I can pick it up by myself, and I lift it from the center and carry it that way. Still very heavy though.
What model?
That’s excellent! We have one in the garage waiting on restoration. The top to my knowledge is delaminating. The veneer is in need of replacement. This is exactly what we had in mind on the finished product. The Minwax honey stain is a great idea and has that original look we are looking for also.
Do you still recommend the Citristrip with plastic scraper or what another viewer commented about using only mineral spirits, and alcohol, the new shellac will melt into the new? Thoughts?
I’ve never tried the mineral, spirits and alcohol, I can’t imagine it getting an even finish, but it might with some practice. The Citristrip does work well, and I do recommend it. Just make sure you follow how I strip it in the video and you’ll be fine. I really liked the process of bringing it back to Bare wood. Just touching it up wasn’t my objective for this one, but I have others I may try other suggestions. Good luck
Great. I started the project today at 10:45am. I’ve got all the products you are using. Currently in the citristrip gel process. It has been sitting under cling wrap for an hour at this time. Singer is patented DEC. 5-1882. Its 3 drawers on each side with wooden pull knobs. I will keep it in that originality. I saw you painted the lettering/decal on the metal stand in gold. Question, would most people want to keep it simply black like it came for originality or add a touch gold to add detail like the singer sewing machine has to compliment it like you have done? Or just personal opinion?
Just realized after getting closer up to the metal intrinsic framing that the oval shaped lettering has a tinge of gold to it. After removing dust the gold coloring was coming through. Never noticed. I guess I’ll do the same and touch it up with gold.
I’m glad your going after it. Let that stripper set for hours and it does a good job. I sometimes put it on in the afternoon and get back to it the next day.
@@brettbealful That stripper is a nasty chore! I was almost scared it created to much of a wet feeling on the wood. My next step is to sand it down as much as possible for the stain to take. I am going to take it a little at a time on the sanding process. So many nooks and cranny’s. I’m intimidated.
How much cost of this singer machine year 2022
I bought the machine for $125
The materials to refinish were just under $100
I would Appraise it at $600-$800 todays market value.
Thanks for watching 😃
Hmmmmm just beautiful 😊💖 well done. Another 100 years + these machines should NEVER die ! Recommend channel for you to look at regarding sewing machines is ALEX ASKAROFF he has an amazing collection and years of fabulous knowledge to share, check him out. 😊
Thanks, I’ll check him out.
“Before restoration” looks almost perfect….
Ok
There is no reason to strip the original shellac finish. Wipe everything down with mineral spirits, then alcohol, new shellac will melt into the old and smooth it out beautifully. My table was far worse than yours so I'm not just writing this without experience. I would have been worried about loosening the old hide glue the way you did this, to much moisture and it will come apart.
Wasn't much original shellac to melt back into the finish. I would NEVER use a polymer based, plastic coating. It creates a greenhouse effect with the central heating and sets up the great mold growing condition in the drawers. This one in the video is on limited life now.
@@alibabafurball wish I could post pictures of mine it was left in a open garage. Verneer was delaminated on everything but the drawers that turned out beautiful. The box under the sewing machine was complete delaminated ,and had to be glued back together. The top I have not yet gotten to will get new Verneer. The metal base was separated from the top was used to hold a plant in the yard.
I was hoping to see the actual sewing machine restoration NOT the table and other metal parts. SMH
Thanks for watching and commenting. I think there are enough machine restorations on UA-cam, but not many full table restorations. That’s why I opted for the table. Both are a lot of work, but worth the experience.
Beautiful!!