I picked this machine up at a local auction for $25 but would have paid $50 for someone to load it into my minivan for me - It is a MONSTER! I was surprised to get the machine that sells in the $400 range on Ebay for such a low price, especially because it is treadle-operated and there were several Amish bidders in the house.
The decals are not complete, but more prevalent than many because these machines were used in shoe factories and saw a lot of use.
I took the machine home and put it in the storage shed, intending to get to it later - I never did. When we moved to our present house four years ago, I put it in the garage and piled lawn furniture, bicycles, yard working equipment, and a table saw in front of it and have never dug it out to tinker with it.
I hope it works because Kathie bought a carrying case for her Janome Jem
and one end of the zipper did not get caught in the sewing process.
I tried to repair it on a flatbed machine but just can't get the fabric to lay down flat enough to sew it. I have tacked it by hand for now but would like to effect a permanent repair by machine and the 29 is the only machine I have that might do the job. It has a narrow free arm and the feeding foot rotates to feed the fabric in any direction.
Ed's Vintage Sewing Machine Shop
