Will the Real 15 clone please stand up
04-13-2014, 10:23 AM
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Kingston:
1. It is pink and gray.
2. It has loops for thread guides.
3. It has a gutsy motor.
4. It hasn't had hard use.
5. It is beat up just enough to keep using.
6. It was made by Brother.
7. The light is 'built in'
8. It runs like lightening
9. It has a nice pressure foot popper thingy.
10. It has an original manual
11. It has a lifetime warranty or is it a 25 year warranty?
12. It was some body's Christmas present in 1952 so it is almost as old as I am.
WOOPS
I think this one is one of my favorites:
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1. It is pink and gray.
2. It has loops for thread guides.
3. It has a gutsy motor.
4. It hasn't had hard use.
5. It is beat up just enough to keep using.
6. It was made by Brother.
7. The light is 'built in'
8. It runs like lightening
9. It has a nice pressure foot popper thingy.
10. It has an original manual
11. It has a lifetime warranty or is it a 25 year warranty?
12. It was some body's Christmas present in 1952 so it is almost as old as I am.
WOOPS
I think this one is one of my favorites:
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04-15-2014, 09:22 PM
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Yes that is a clone but not a 15 clone. I had one called Electro Hygene. Glenn still has one with a different name, too - his takes longer bobbins than mine did. Is yours 3/4 size? I love the stitch length lever. I'm thinking there is on on CL around Shelbyville.
04-30-2014, 04:45 PM
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I just picked up a bunch of derelict machines. Included was a 15 clone. It is kind of unusual. I had to look several times at that one. It has a light - that black thing on the front is a light switch. The light is under there and behind the black knob. No it doesn't work right now. Nothing works that I know of. Parts are missing. WAH. But I thought I would share a picture of it.
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05-01-2014, 05:00 AM
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jljack,
The little wire on your machine is NOT wrong. I have two and both of them are that way. There is more than one style of spring. Here is a picture of my HOTHER threaded correctly with red thread.
To thread the machine:
The thread from the spool goes to the thread guide on the back side of the face plate
Then down to the outside of the tensioner
Under the bottom of the tensioner then up and over the outside of the curved thread guide
Then under the bottom of the thead spring
From the spring up to the outside of the thread take-up lever
Then from the take-up lever down to the faceplate guide
Then to the guide on the needle arm
Then to the needle from the outside in, left to right as you're facing the machine.
I hope this helps.
Joe
The little wire on your machine is NOT wrong. I have two and both of them are that way. There is more than one style of spring. Here is a picture of my HOTHER threaded correctly with red thread.
To thread the machine:
The thread from the spool goes to the thread guide on the back side of the face plate
Then down to the outside of the tensioner
Under the bottom of the tensioner then up and over the outside of the curved thread guide
Then under the bottom of the thead spring
From the spring up to the outside of the thread take-up lever
Then from the take-up lever down to the faceplate guide
Then to the guide on the needle arm
Then to the needle from the outside in, left to right as you're facing the machine.
I hope this helps.
Joe
Thank you to whoever resurrected this thread. I have not spent time on it before; now it seems my morning coffee is all here, at least today! ;-)
05-01-2014, 06:28 AM
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Miriam...out of that bunch of stuff you just picked up: Do you by any chance have a power cord and foot pedal for an old Kenmore you would like to sell? It has the three little prongs, with the center one a little higher then the other two. I bought it at a yard sale for $5.00...just wanted to rescue her. She needs a good cleaning and the lady said she worked fine 4 years ago...but she can't find the rest of her anywhere. The wheel turns and that's about all I know. I wouldn't call it a vintage machine...maybe from the 80's or 90's. I haven't looked up the serial number yet. I will do that tonight.
05-02-2014, 05:37 AM
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That Kingston is SWEET! It reminds me of an Emdeko. The list? Priceless! Even when work is burying me (state mandated testing, district required testing, goal setting testing and testing prep all while getting evaluated by a new system) this thread brightens my day. Often, it is one of the few post updates I read. Clones are my favorites, thanks to this thread.
05-02-2014, 06:18 AM
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Miriam...out of that bunch of stuff you just picked up: Do you by any chance have a power cord and foot pedal for an old Kenmore you would like to sell? It has the three little prongs, with the center one a little higher then the other two. I bought it at a yard sale for $5.00...just wanted to rescue her. She needs a good cleaning and the lady said she worked fine 4 years ago...but she can't find the rest of her anywhere. The wheel turns and that's about all I know. I wouldn't call it a vintage machine...maybe from the 80's or 90's. I haven't looked up the serial number yet. I will do that tonight.
05-16-2014, 07:03 AM
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I was going to just collect vintage black sewing machines but I started seeing all the colorful other beauties out there. They are like potato chips, you can't have just one or a handful, you must have MANY! So much fun in the hunt for them!
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