I got this machine (Japanese made dressmaker, Riccar’s Belvedere Adler 210b) from an estate sale last month. By the time I’d emailed the sellers, it was the last day. They got back to me after the sale was over to let me know the machine & its desk hadn’t sold, so I could come get them for free when the family came back to clear the house. Two hours later, my kiddo and the family were helping carry it out & get it loaded into the car. They THOUGHT it worked but would probably need tensioning reset.
After a visit to a local machine shop, I was told it’d cost about the same for them to work on it as it would to buy a new machine, and “it’s locked up, you can hear the engine turning but the needle doesn’t move”. The guy who looked at it called me over while they were getting the cord wound up to help get it back out to the car. He told me very quietly to buy the machine oil, take out specific screws, and “put oil anywhere that metal touches metal, rock the wheel, and keep going till it moves”. Eight dollars later, I was on my way home.
I still need a replacement light, but it takes *appliance* lights, not sewing machine lights. Also, it doesn’t seem inclined to turn off. On or off, if it’s plugged in, it’ll run.
First clip is silent, because it made a godawful ca-chunk and I was talking to the friend I was sending it to while I filmed.
Second will have sound. 😁