#refurbishment

[crossdresserica]

[furbyhimbo]

Before and after of a 2005 Carmel Syrup Emototronic Furby

[marinolta]

29th October 2009 #7

[wandaluvstacos]

My refurbishment of this 1920's New Home is complete! It shows its 100+ years, but it works and it's clean, and that's all one can ask of it.

I've dated it to the 1920s because as per the markings on the slide plate, it was made in Orange, MA. I believe New Home moved to a different location in the late 1920s. This is an ALUMINUM machine, which was very rare at the time-- I think only some Singer 101s were made of aluminum at this time. Later, the very popular and still trendy Singer Featherweight would be made of aluminum. This makes the machine much lighter than any of its cast iron cousins. My guess is 15 pounds, without the case at least. The case does add weight.

Work that was done (and concessions that were made):

I wanted to use the original motor, but it was dirty as hell and I couldn't get it apart, so I ended up replacing the motor.

Complete rewire with a vintage pedal I had around, as I couldn't figure out how to get apart the old one. The hardware is original, however. I love that you plug it into the back of the box!

I cleaned the machine, then decided to do a full refurbishment by stripping the old shellac. That took off a lot of the grime and gunk--enough that it changed colors. However, I couldn't remove the shellac over the decals without removing them entirely (as you'll see, this happened with the stripes), so unfortunately the shellac around the decals is original (and grimey). I covered it with a new layer of shellac, so it is still clean.

Sanded and reshellaced the case, and then commissioned a leatherworker on Reddit for a new handle.

Polished all the metal, from inside the machine to the hardware on the case to the best of my ability. Those blank faceplates are hard to do, especially with all the little bumps and bits, so it's not going to be a mirror finish, but I've come to peace with it.

Replaced the lightbulb. That's the only wiring that's original; I hate taking those lamps apart and the wiring looked fine, so I let it be.

In a perfect world I would have stripped the whole thing, replicated the decals, painted it a fun non-gray color, and put the decals back on, but I got other machines to work on.

In the end, it sews great, even if its light weight makes it bounce around a bit when you really get going. This one was waaay more work than it should have been, but it was a nice surprise finding it was so light!

[enfinizatics]

just got myself a new battery for my huawei matebook because i refuse to let this fucker go. i installed linux mint on it when win decided to drop support and i've never looked back ever since. it's a perfectly fine laptop, especially with linux installed - works like a brand new machine minus the drained battery (which i found an alternative to for 20 bucks). refurbish, don't buy new electronics you don't need.

[outlawpetegsc]

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[consolefixer]

November 13, 2023:

Another Nintendo N64 I refurbished and restored for a retro gamer. This N64 is a North American version and I modified it to also play Japanese N64 games. Thanks for stopping by 😁.

#nintendo #nintendon64 #n64 #donkeykong #retrogaming #refurbishment