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Repair And Restore - Spare Parts Hunt
The White Sewing Machine Company was founded in 1858 and it produced sewing machines for almost 130 years. It was bought by the Swedish company Electrolux and most of its models sold twenty years later under another brand name, while the rest of the models were integrated in the low end of the same brand’s lines.
So for the last 5 years no sewing machines under the brand name White were produced anymore. Stopping the production increased the interest of some people regarding these sewing machines, making them, especially the vintage or antique ones more valuable. For a White sewing machine owner it may be an advantage, but for someone who is searching for one it may not be as great.
Sites like eBay and Amazon, where regular people put their merchandise on display, are the best places to start looking for such a machine, most of them being offered at reasonable prices. Of course, the older it is, the more expensive it will be. Other characteristics are relevant to the machine’s value also, characteristics like having a work-table or not, having the manual and maintenance instructions, accessories and maybe the most important, if it still works.
The White sewing machines were built to last and withstand the test of time, but machines do break and finding spare parts for one that is not being produced anymore can be a challenge. To find White sewing machine parts a good place to start can be the kind of sites mentioned earlier, for chances are whoever has a sewing machine for sale, might have spare parts too.
Some White sewing machine parts come from other machines, but some claim to have quite a stock of parts and Johnny Johnston is a retired law enforcement officer with a passion for antique sewing machines who claims just that. Moreover, he offers his services to repair and even restore vintage sewing machines. Although White sewing machine parts are not easy to track down, it’s not impossible to do.
From an accessories kit, to the all important rotary hook and bobbins to even the cast iron frame for the work-table, you can find the White sewing machine part you need if you know where to look. From a $15 spare parts offer to a complete White sewing machine with original papers and work-table offered for about $750, you also have to be patient to get your hand on rarities like these. Bids take a while, some days, some weeks, and there’s always the chance of someone bidding more than you at the last minute.
Encouraging people to value their antiquities is iantiqueonline.com, a place where you can find information, as well as other people whom own or are looking for antiquities. You can find people who worked with vintage sewing machines before and maybe even find White sewing machine parts. But especially for the old sewing machines lovers is the International Sewing Machine Collectors’ Society (ISMACS), another great online place to find information and ask for advices.