Treadle Sewing Machine and a winner!

My husband and I had a date day on Saturday.  We went to Glen Rose, TX to use some groupon tickets to Dinosaur World.  It was pretty boring (more on that in another post) but we stopped at a junk/antique store called American Country Mall.  While there my husband was like "Missy, come here!  It is a treadle sewing machine!"
But first, let me tell you who the winner of the apron is!  Congratulations Kim, she shared the giveaway on FB!

All we could see was the cabinet and it was covered with a lot of stuff!  I asked the cashier (owner?) if she could help me look at it.  I didn't have the money for it, even though $75 was a pretty good price.

Here it is at the store.  I could not tell what kind of machine it was because it was so dirty.  The belt broke while she was showing it to me.  It was pretty filthy and I even found a wasp nest (with baby wasps!)on it when I got it home.  The lady could tell how much I wanted it and said I could have it for $25!  Sold!!! 

My husband had to take the two pieces apart to get it in the car.  This is what the underside looks like. (It's upside down) Of course my cats had to investigate everything!  I'm glad they didn't get stung by one of the wasps!

Here is the foot pedal where you would pump it to make it work.  No electricty needed!  Can you see how filthy it is?  (Please ignore the messy house!)

Here is the backside of the machine.  Once I cleaned all the dirt off I saw it was a Franklin!  I'm thinking it is between 80-100 years old!

I wiped it with water and then polished it with olive oil, doesn't it look a lot better?  The emblems are all worn down it has been used so much, can you imagine the stories it can tell about all the clothes, quilts, wedding dresses and baby gowns it has made?  I'd rather have a machine with history than one that has been stuck in a corner and never used.

This is the shuttle casing and shuttle which is the same as our modern day bobbin.  As you can see in the above picture the plate covering where I think the shuttle goes is missing.  (You can see the "hole" better in one of the pictures below) Someone stole it from the store, isn't that terrible?

I even found the manual in one of the drawers!  Unfortunately the top half is disentragting, my husband is going to copy as much of it as he can for me.  I can't find a date or serial number or model number anywhere.  My husband is going to fix the belt and a few minor flaws in the cabinet for me.  Until my husband fixes it, I think I will use the cabinet for my Janome and get it off the table!  LOL

It is really easy to pull the machine in and out of the cabinet!


I'll leave you with some pictures of the machine and tomorrow I have some more pictures from the Antique mall to show you!  In this picture I pulled a screw out and was looking at the bottom (which I realized I forgot to clean)

Here is where the shuttle goes.

This is a measurement guide for thread and needle size.

This is the front, kind of rusted.

Here is the other side, the hand crank.

I am not sure what this piece does, anybody know?  Update:  This is a bobbin winder!

Update!!!  Someone gave me the information I needed!  Here it is:

I'll keep you updated as I learn more about the machine!  (Yes this does mean I know have three machines, but I will put them all to good use!)

Missy

"What a beautiful sewing machine and cabinet. Your machine is a Franklin Vibrating Shuttle with 'Scarab Decal' manufactured by the Domestic Sewing Machine Company for Sears, Roebuck & Co. around 1914 or so. It was based on Singer's very succ...essful and popular model 27. It was a considerably lower priced alternative although nearly identical in quality, design and construction to the Singer machine except for the hand wheel and the decal set. The cabinet is original to the machine. Enjoy your beatiful find!!"