Is a beat up, grimy old Willcox & Gibbs chainstitcher. I smile just looking at it. It was seized when I got it for 20 bucks. With a lot of patience, WD 40, begging and pleading, it came back to life. It stitched a sweet stitch on its first threading (which I did half assed, for the record)
I just got most of the attachments in another purchase, clean as a whistle, and they all fit right in. The simplicity of the mechanisms are fun, and once we jigsaw a base for the treadle it will be used often.
At some point I will dismantle, strip and refinish this little baby. I found a site that sells repro decals.
But for now it's on my shelf, tucked away safely till I can play with it again.
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