susan ohlm

Thank you. This looks right to me. I probably conflated the original directions with some in my many attempts to replicate the recipe. I especially like that that old cookbook didn't specify the milder "cooking" molasses. I just used good old Brer Rabbit Blackstrap and the cookies were great

I am trying to find a recipe for gingersnaps that I used to make. When I finally updated my cookbook (Joy Of Cooking), because the old one had lost its cover, the pages were all over the place, The binding unravelling, totally foodstained, I did not realize the recipe would not be in the new cookbook. The recipe used vinegar in the ingredients, the doughballs were rolled in sugar and flattened with a glass, and you put three drops of water in the flattened cookie to get the crinkled surface so characteristic of gingersnaps. I have not found any recipes that compare in either taste or texture. I am sure somebody has a copy of the JOC with this recipe, or a card with it written down. The edition would have been early 60s. Thank you in advance.

The first basket appears to be a finger weaving or Indian braiding technique woven from the handle into the body and adding weavers when needed to obtain the shape and style. The second appears to be a form of netting. I would encourage anyone interested in this kind of thing to watch Sally Pointer's you tube channel. She is an "experimental" archaeologist, although I prefer to use the term "experiential archaeologist" for her and the rest of us in this community. It has been a long time since I wove any baskets, but most start from the base and proceed upwards to the rim and handle. These however are woven "top down" which is unlike "real" basketry.

Looks like a walking wheel. I lived in Peru forty years ago and locals were starting to make and sell spinning wheels that were treadle operated from bicycle wheels. I would like to see a full treadle wheel made like this and I regret that I could not purchase one and bring it back with me.

Wow, the idea of removing the post itself never occurred to me. It isn't covered in anyway in anything I read. This just looked like such a simple job! I still will get that front plate off first so I can figure out why that spring won't just slip out like it is supposed to. There may be more problems than I can think of inside the machine head. Anyway, time to drip some more lubricant on those screws. Thank you for the info.

Thank you both for replying. My main machine is a 1917 White treadle and I love it. But I wanted this hand crank because not being a major piece of furniture it could be carried into different rooms and windows. It is a 1928  model 28K, serial number Y5859488, in the ISMACS data base. That spring should just slip right out. At this point I am dripping WD40 onto the front plate screws in the hope that enough will seep in to get that thing off. Whoever worked on this machine in the past turned those screws in so tight the edges are below the face plate edge. It's going to be slow going and in the meantime I took some time off from fretting to knit some hats and mittens for the cold weather.

Wow, just discovered this site and these forums. I really hope someone can help me here. I purchased a 1928 hand crank Singer for a song at a local thrift shop. Mostly I wanted to have a machine I could use to teach my G-granddaughter to sew on while she is still to young/small to reach either my treadle or electric foot pedal on my new singer (1961 High School).  When I bought it I saw that the tension control knob was missing, but a short cruise around the internet showed me that replacing it was pretty straight forward and all the parts are readily available. Now the problem; the internal spring is still attached and I cannot remove it. I pulled fairly hard and it only stretched out the spring so I stopped immediately. One is supposed to be able to just slip it off. To add to the issue, I cannot remove the front plate on the machine to view the internal workings and the tension control spring where it is mounted. I found a screw driver that fits the fairly small screws on the plate, but they won't budge. I assume this machine has been the victim of prior attempt(s) to fix these issues and that is why somebody gave it to the SA. Anyway, I am not ready to give up and I know these machines are very durable but I need to know what I can safely do to remove that spring. I oiled it and everything moves as it should when I operate the hand crank so this seems to be the only problem. I would send a pic, but my phone is so old I can't update it and it won't let me post pictures anywhere except as text message attachments. Thanks in advance to anyone with ideas or advice!