That's a gorgeous machine! I am looking forward to your next video.
@goblinslayer4324
2 жыл бұрын
Sir, I have an antique National covered in Egyptian and Sphinx Decals. Can you help me identify the model and potential rarity? I would very much appreciate it
@wayneschmidt490
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, and thanks for commenting! Like many sewing machine companies, National applied many different decals to each model so trying to identify your machine via the decal style is very difficult. What's much easier is to go to the following website, which shows all National models with pictures or drawings: needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php?title=National_Vibrating_Shuttle_Machines Find the body shape that matches yours and you'll have the model number. Few, if any, National machines are considered rare because they manufactures millions over the years. Good luck!
@bettynash7902
2 жыл бұрын
I have an Eldredge I just bought .I have no idea if the parts r all here or what you it is .plz help
@wayneschmidt490
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, Betty! Thanks for commenting! There are no records for National sewing machines, so dating is almost impossible. But, over the years I've been able to get a few good guesses relating serial numbers to dates. If you slide off the front metal plate that covers the shuttle, you'll see a number stamped into the base near the edge. If this number is around 2,000,000, your machine is probably 1910 or so. Let me know your machine's number and I'll try narrowing down its date for you. Without seeing your machine, it's impossible to tell if it has all it is parts. I see you have a KZitem channel. If you shoot a short video of you machine and post it I'll try to see if it's all there. Here's a couple of important things to look for: when you slid the front metal plate off, did you see a pointed, bullet-shaped shuttle under it? That's what holds the bobbin, which holds the lower thread. Does your machine have a needle? If missing, you'll need to get one that fits your machine. I can tell you what Improved Eldredge's require. Does it have its presser foot, the thing that presses the fabric down against the dog feeds? These are the most commonly missing parts. Oh! I just had a thought. You said you had an Eldredge and since your comment was under my Improved Eldredge B video, I assumed you were saying your machine is also an Improved Eldredge B. Is that correct? I ask because Eldredge made several other machines. I look forward to hearing back from you and hopefully can help get your machine e running. Thanks again for writing!
@ionutvas6514
2 жыл бұрын
A beautiful piece of art! Thanks for the review!
@wayneschmidt490
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, and thank you for writing!
@r.duroucher225
2 жыл бұрын
Another fine video. Thank you.
@wayneschmidt490
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting!
@mattdraluck9739
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Wayne, I wanted to thank you personally for the studies you have run on Vinegar Eels. It's quite a resource! I'd love to email you or share some things I have been working on with them. I manage a lab at a vinegar manufacturer. I know your email is off and I keep crossing my fingers for it to come back. I looked all over your page after finding your eel info, I love how much creativity you get to explore! Thanks, Matt.
@wayneschmidt490
2 жыл бұрын
Matt, Thank you for contacting me. I'm glad you enjoyed my vinegar eel page, but I have to confess that I gave up on them in favor of baby brine shrimp. Bettas grow much better on them. I regret to say that for security reasons I can 't give out my email address.
@mattdraluck9739
2 жыл бұрын
@@wayneschmidt490 I understand, no problem! Just sending appreciation. Cell and molecular physiology background here. My supposition is that I would expect that bettas would grow better on something else... due to a likely lower nitrogenous contents in eels. Eels grow from feeding on the acetic acid bacteria... Vinegar fermentations, including the bacterial growth that drives the process, are often limited by protein/nitrogenous content. Makes sense they wouldn't provide much nutrition! My interest for you was a problem I've been working on. Our product is unpasteurized, raw, and unfiltered. Curious how a mind like yours would go about this: If you had to find a single live vinegar eel, inside gallons of turbid, raw, living probiotic vinegar, how would you do it? We use time consuming manual microscopy, to monitor our process and be sure there are no eels present. But I'd love to be able to monitor in a better way! Concerns come from many methods not being sensitive enough, to pick up say 2 eels in 6000 gallons of a batch. Been hard at work and tried dozens of creative solutions... Microscopy still best method. Curious if you'd have any ideas off the top of your head! As you said, they are quite fascinating creatures. Many culture bottles in my lab, with climbing eels!
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