> This morning when I went down to get the paper I glanced over at my
> neighbor's pile of stuff for the trash (pick-up was due in about half an
> hour) and saw this antique looking sewing machine sitting there. Naturally
> I trotted across the street to see what it was. I picked it up and brought > it home.
>
> It's a White vibrating shuttle, a bit rusty, but it works. It even still
> has its bobbin case (no bobbins, but I think my DD1 has some). So now all I
> need is a White treadle table. I don't know its exact age, but the latest
> patent date on the shuttle cover is 1880 and I know they weren't made later
> than 1913. I've no idea why it was being thrown out, but it deserves
> something better than the dump. So I will get to work with the WD-40 to get
> the years of grimy dust off it and see what it looks like.
>
> Betty in CT