Evergreen Sewing

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Sewing machine repair and resale in beautiful Milwaukie, Oregon. • Website: https://evergreensewing.com • Mastodon: https://pdx.social/@evergreensewing

A 1950s sewing machine in two shades of brown. The top of the all-metal machine features two fins like the wings of a paper airplane. Most of the controls feature chrome, so the machine will gleam once it's fixed up.

A swanky 1955 sewing machine, looking glamorous atop a shelf full of colorful bolts of fabric. The machine is all metal with a green-grey enamel finish and ivory-colored knobs and controls.

A light teal blue sewing machine from around 1955. It's a single piece of cast iron with moving parts inside, and it's quite heavy. The external controls are all shiny chrome. It's a lovely vintage device.

An excerpt from a service manual for the Pfaff 230 & 332 machines. It reads:

From time to time, about once every six month, it is advisable to rinse all moving parts in pure kerosene. This will help maintain the easy running of the machine. Proceed by squirting ample kerosene into all oil holes of the machine, raise the presser foot and run the unthreaded machine at high speed. After oil residues and dirt particles have been washed out, oil the machine and wipe it off. This procedure should be followed regardless whether the machine is used little or not at all. Cleaning and lubricating the sewing hook is instructed on page 64.

The internals of the base of a sewing machine. You'll have to trust us on that, since you can't really see any of the mechanisms because the area is completely stuffed with lint.