Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
05-02-2011, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by misseva
As you can see from the front of the machine - it was just - black. If you look real close it appears to have a label (?) on the front. I failed to take a pix from the back that showed the LaRaine logo. And when I started cleaning the place on the front that was solid black I detected the Honeymoon logo. Same thing on the back, when I started cleaning the LaReine logo it came off and the Honeymoon logo was there. I supposed it was sold by a department store. It had LaReine, LaReine, La. on it. I couldn't find anything about it in my internet search. I am attaching a picture on the cabinet. I can't believe I didn't take a pix of the back!!!! Thought sure I had
I hope someone sheds some light on this machine with Honeymoon under the LaRaine. I have not found a machine with two different names on it, one covering the other? Pretty interesting for sure.
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05-02-2011, 01:51 PM
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Thank you so very much with the information. I am going to check out that manual and hope to learn all about it. Sounds like a great machine for FMQ
Yes, it is a Singer Model 15 clone, and will thread the same way a Singer 15 threads!
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by Mary M
Then is it a clone of a Singer? I have no instruction book for it so need to know how to thread it. Would any Singer manual help with this? Thank you so very much for the info. I am anxious to try it but going to have it rewired first for the chord is very brittle. Mary
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05-02-2011, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by olebat
While servicing my FW this weekend, the flakes were falling into the gears. I was camping, so didn't have everything I needed for the job at hand. I just picked the flakes out with a pin, and carried on with the lube job. At the time I read the thread, I was unaware of the flakes, now I have a need to know.
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05-02-2011, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mary M
Thank you so very much with the information. I am going to check out that manual and hope to learn all about it. Sounds like a great machine for FMQ
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05-02-2011, 02:09 PM
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I am back, we got power today at 10:00 am. No power for five days and we got hit really bad. I have about a month of clean up new roof and several trees to get rid of . They were all about 150 years old. Houses across the way were destroyed we were very lucky. We had no gas no water for five days and the first thing I did today was take a hot shower. I am happy again. It will take me a week to read the new threads on the VSMS. Glenn
05-02-2011, 02:12 PM
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Good to hear you are safe and sound, Glenn
05-02-2011, 02:14 PM
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Got it going. I was threading it from outside in instead of inside out. The lady at the LQS made me feel so good. She said my FW was in excellent shape and I got a great buy on it. She said it hadn't been used alot because she was so clean. Now to find just the right name for her...
05-02-2011, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by kwendt
Nancy... you can get a foot pedal for the the 66-6 off ebay. I ended up rewiring the old one, but then also bought a 'new' foot pedal with the 66 cord set - so that I can use it with finer control. I love best the knee lever operation, so I leave the old foot pedal in the cabinet hooked into the knee operation. But when I have the need to change out machine heads, I'll just plug in that 66-6 on the regular 66 cord/pedal and use it on the table. Works fine. On that backtack... I learned to start my stitching on a scrap piece, then holding firmly, sew onto the real project fabric (this makes tiny stitches, almost like a backtack, without bunching up the fabric). It works, and is now second nature to me. I LOVE my granny's 66-6 machine. No, it doesn't have reverse, but man, can I sew boat canvas with it!
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05-02-2011, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Glenn
I am back, we got power today at 10:00 am. No power for five days and we got hit really bad. I have about a month of clean up new roof and several trees to get rid of . They were all about 150 years old. Houses across the way were destroyed we were very lucky. We had no gas no water for five days and the first thing I did today was take a hot shower. I am happy again. It will take me a week to read the new threads on the VSMS. Glenn
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05-02-2011, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by Glenn
I am back, we got power today at 10:00 am. No power for five days and we got hit really bad. I have about a month of clean up new roof and several trees to get rid of . They were all about 150 years old. Houses across the way were destroyed we were very lucky. We had no gas no water for five days and the first thing I did today was take a hot shower. I am happy again. It will take me a week to read the new threads on the VSMS. Glenn
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