Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
05-24-2012, 10:55 AM
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So when you take a cabinet to the dump(ster) do you remove the drawers?? I was conversing with an antique/vintage store owner and she said she has such a hard time selling vintage machines, but the old cabinet drawers sell like hotcakes!! They are used as shelving on walls. This is in my neck of the woods. Don't know about other areas, but I was surprised!!
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05-24-2012, 10:58 AM
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Nancy,
Here you go:
Front:
Back:
Round end:
Prickly end:
Bobbin carrier w/bobbin:
Bobbin comparison montage:
In the last picture the bobbin on the left is the one out of the 9W-7. The one on the right came from our FW. Two peas from the same pod.
I have read, that the -7 indicates the change where Singer went to the 221 style bobbin. Not positive that's correct, but it sticks in my mind.
Joe
Here you go:
Front:
Back:
Round end:
Prickly end:
Bobbin carrier w/bobbin:
Bobbin comparison montage:
In the last picture the bobbin on the left is the one out of the 9W-7. The one on the right came from our FW. Two peas from the same pod.
I have read, that the -7 indicates the change where Singer went to the 221 style bobbin. Not positive that's correct, but it sticks in my mind.
Joe
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05-24-2012, 11:02 AM
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05-24-2012, 11:07 AM
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Candace, look at this machine! I love the looks of it -it is in your neck of the woods!
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/3035617541.html
Nancy
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/3035617541.html
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05-24-2012, 11:18 AM
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Ok Joe I am excited. I have the same 9W machine with only one bobbin. The one bobbin I have doesn't look like the FW bobbins, but it is the same size. My bobbin is solid with one little hole in it - I would have never even thought to try a FW bobbin in the Singer 9W. I am going to give it a go later today! This is exciting news!
Nancy
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05-24-2012, 11:39 AM
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I was blushing as I typed the message. I blush very easily. But I got the message! Okay, talk will be of only sewing machines.
05-24-2012, 11:45 AM
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candace, look at this machine! I love the looks of it -it is in your neck of the woods!
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/3035617541.html
nancy
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/3035617541.html
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05-24-2012, 11:46 AM
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My New Florence (remember the cabinet with the gold rose decals?) also has the rounded "butt". The Masons take the 20x1 needles, and pre-date 1916 when the AG Mason company sold out to White. The information out there is rather "muddy" with many claiming that the Masons are a badged White, but the documents that I've found indicate that AG Mason was a company on its own until 1916...
05-24-2012, 11:48 AM
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My mama, God rest her soul, was like that too. She would reheat until it was gone. I got to where I was scared of leftovers at her house. That is why I have a big dog to eat the leftovers here. Mama reused bread and bun packages sometimes and probably had 100 butter bowls when she moved the last time, and after she died, we threw away 50 plastic coffee cans, and that wasn't all of them. I am thrifty somewhat, but I try to stay on this side of hoarding..............except when it comes to sewing machines.
05-24-2012, 11:51 AM
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