White Model 565

I took Grandma's old sewing machine to see if I could get it to work. It's a White model 565. It was breaking thread a lot, but that was the spool's fault. The thread was getting caught on the anti-unwinding notch on the spool. The rubber o-ring that is acting as a tire for the bobbin winder will be the first thing to get replaced because it is old and dry rotted. This sewing machine is mechanically interesting because it uses plastic cams for doing stitches other than zig-zag or straight. It uses 1.3 amps, making it more powerful than our modern sewing machines. I'm going to make a pillowcase to test out all the cams.

rubber o-ring on bobbin winder 

view of cam compartment with cam

sample of stitch with cam above 

assortment of cams used by this sewing machine to produce fancy stitches