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Offline upthecreek

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Atlas is back up and running!
« on: January 11, 2015, 04:14:47 PM »
I've been in my house for about a year and a half now. Finally got my sewing machine set up so as I can use it again. Was hard to find a place with good light and where it won't be an eye sore. Got it situated today. Corner of the bottom floor right near an outlet. Hung me a light. I moved the tool box up from the building, it has all my sewing stuff in it. Moved the machine into the light and bam!

My 1958 Atlas has a new home.



This is a great old machine that sews a straight stitch all the time. Going to blow it out real good and oil it. Have several projects I want to attempt. We'll see what happens.



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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2015, 04:39:37 PM »
Gosh. I haven't seen one of those since we empties out my grandparents house when they downsized. That would have been '88 or '89. Nice old rig you have there.


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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2015, 04:57:49 PM »
Looks great! Can't wait to see what you can turn out with it. Cleverly located too, right in front of a mirror! "They" will have a hard time sneaking up on you.  ;)

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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2015, 05:05:23 PM »
I like the interior decorating in your home.  If you are married your wife is a peach.
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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2015, 05:59:34 PM »
Mike, I can't stand that mirror. That's why it's downstairs. It reflects the light nicely so it is good there until I can give it away. Stan, Karen is the nicest lady I have ever met. The rest of our home is pretty nice, but we get more comments on the "man cave" than any other part. Most very positive. A few young mothers have been taken with the danger in the "decor"..  Wait till the tent treehouse is done :) She indulges me just enough and I'm a lucky guy.

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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2015, 03:34:29 AM »
Fine looking thread injector.  Nice wall decorations too.
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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2015, 06:57:21 AM »
Nice piece of working history! My grandma had a Singer that was probably about the same age. Can you get replacement parts for them?
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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2015, 08:06:53 AM »
Quote from: PetrifiedWood on January 13, 2015, 06:57:21 AM
Nice piece of working history! My grandma had a Singer that was probably about the same age. Can you get replacement parts for them?

Honestly I don't know PW. I haven't been faced with that issue yet. Thank goodness. It doesn't do a lot but what it does do, it does just fine.  :thumbsup:

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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2015, 09:27:52 AM »
Thats a cool old machine i have an old singer from the 20s still got the manual bobbins and oiler one of these days i will learn to sew past fixing a seam in my pants lol
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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2015, 10:14:21 AM »
Here is one in action....
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Re: Atlas is back up and running!
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2015, 11:19:07 AM »
From the color choices I've seen so far, it appears that Creek got the "Boy's Model" :popcorn:
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