Sideways

Hi oldsewnsew,
lol on the cure, who wants to be cured?? Haha, not I!

Looks like you had a great time on your lunch break, congrats on getting some beautiful machines.

Windblown

2 weeks ago I found a 301 with case and sewable in an antique shop for $50.00
I have been checking it out and done some cleaning and a bit of sewing. I had to replace the plug in cord- and I wanted to replace the foot petal because I like to sew slowly. All in all it has been a great machine. [ATTACH=CONFIG]431894[/ATTACH]

Charlee

The German Kenmore 84 compared to the Japanese Kenmore 84...both very nice machines, but I am surprised that there are so many differences mechanically!

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miriam

Charlee, I've seen the gray/purple Kenmore & liked it ok. How is it different from the other one? Is it just the externals or are the insides different, too?

Charlee

Insides too. They take different cams, the stitches set differently, the bobbin on the Japanese (gray) machine faces the end of the machine, on the German machine, the *&^# thing faces forward so that you have to lift the machine to reach it, even with a slide plate that is useless! They're like two totally different models.

miriam

You don't have to lift the machine if it is in the right cabinet...
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Charlee

Miriam, I'll have to look at the cabinet's label (inside, have to nearly stand on my head or sit on the floor and crawl under it to look) but I'm pretty sure that this is the original cabinet for the machine, it has the German "pincushion" in the drawer. There's no access hole in the front of it tho.

miriam

I have two or 3 of those cabinets. I try to match up machines that NEED that kind of cabinet. That Redeye can be re-homed. I'm not sure Kenmore made a cabinet like that. The Singer 306 and 319 sure do need a cabinet with a hand hole. I don't know if you want to cut a hole in a cabinet but it would be a lot easier to change out the bobbin.

Macybaby

That is interesting to learn about the cabinet with the hole. I'm interested in getting a 319 and wondered about changing the bobbin if it was in a cabinet

manicmike

I have one on a standard cabinet and it's very easy to tilt it back to get at the bobbin.