Machine rescue

Yesterday while visiting thrift stores with a friend, I spotted what I thought might be a sewing machine in a large trash bin between two buildings of a thrift store. Staff confirmed they considered it "trash," and they didn't care who took it.

I am not normally a dumpster diver, and that bin was kind of smelly so I wasn't going in, and though my friend offered, we did the best we could reaching in from outside. The machine was resolutely attached to a broken cabinet. We got it maneuvered around so I could see the plate on the back saying made for Janome in Japan and the front said "New Home." The weight and style told me it was probably all metal inside and possibly from late '60s or early '70s. The wheel turned smoothly, the needle bar moved well, and the bobbin case looked intact. The cord and foot controller were attached and appeared intact, so I figured it was worth saving.

While we were still wangling the thing around trying to figure out how to unscrew or otherwise detach it from the cabinet, a man and woman drove up and offered to help. A very brief conversation revealed that they both sewed, but didn't have a machine (or much else it appeared). I do not need another machine (except one or two special ones I still want--that's another story!), I just couldn't leave a good one behind, so I was happy they arrived to save me from possibly having to get in that bin...

Nice to know a machine that needed an owner to make it useful again and a person who wanted to sew but didn't have a machine found each other. They will both be better for it I hope!