Light Restoration of My STANDARD Treadle Sewing Machine Made 1899 to 1904 just needing a little TLC

I was looking about getting a used sewing machine and luckily a friend had an old Treadle Sewing Machine he was looking to get rid of. The machines brand name is call a STANDARD. Likely it was made somewhere between 1899 to 1904. After an initial inspection it appeared to be in actually good shape and simply needed a bit of TLC.

My work on the machine in the video is mostly a very light restoration and cleanup. I used fairly minimalist methods. I used Boiled Linseed oil, to try and bring back the original wood finish. It worked to some degree but ultimately used Howard’s Restor-A-Finish & Feed-N-Wax Wood Polish & Conditioner. No product endorsement implied, its just what I happened to use and it worked ok.

For the rusty ironwork I used Rust-Oleum Stops Rust Rust Reformer that I got at Ace Hardware. Again no endorsement implied. However the product worked very well. Really cool to see it work. If you see any part of my video its quite interesting to see the stuff in action.

Here’s is a bit of what I've learned about my sewing machine. The Standard Sewing Machine company of Cleveland Ohio was started as the Teller Manufacturing Co in 1880 but changed its name to the Standard Sewing Machine Co. in 1884. In 1929 the Company was sold and became a subsidiary of a larger company that in it self was was taken over in 1934 by the Singer Manufacturing Co.

Looking at my machine based on the patent numbers and the time an improvement was done to the tension mechanism it looks like my machine was made somewhere between 1899 to 1904.

Lots of sewing machine manufactures were started after the major early patents had expired in the 1880's and the Standard sewing machine company was one of those many. Early in my research I thought I had discovered some really good information with lots of photos and history but after a while I realized that most of this was for the National sewing machine company and not the Standard sewing machine company.

Being the manufactures of the day had factory conditions and methods that were nearly identical. I thought I'd still show photos from the National Sewing Machine company and take that these would easily represent what it wold have looked like at the Standard Sewing Machine company.

I found on quiltingboard.com a discussion about the Standard sewing machine and a about a scanned copy of the owners manual.

https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage-antique-machine-enthusiasts-f22/1904-standard-rotary-treadle-sewing-machine-t224960.html

Here is the link for the scanned manual: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2P32GNTAgLrQ256T0FTVV9QcVU/edit?resourcekey=0-Ghcm3_FSTtCpVqkMl_L7Xw

Now that my sewing machine is good to go I now have to figure out how to use it. My first projects will likely be dust covers for my antique / vintage typewriters, adding machines and mechanical calculators in my collection.
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