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05-22-2012, 04:46 PM
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Yes, Candace I remember the seat you re-did - it is very cute now! I may keep the seat and re-do it, but not the cabinet. We can't put things out on a curb, we don't have a curb. I live on a small horse ranch with a gravel road about 1/2 mile long to get to the automatic gate to where our driveway starts! We have to make a dump haul anyway about once a year just to clean up!
Ok, Melinda, Dan, and Candace, I tried the bobbin case for the 319w in the 306w - no go! Geeze, why would Singer do that? They both take the weird little 206x13 needles, and the weird 'L' bobbins - so why aren't the bobbin cases interchangeable? I am going to visit Sew Classic and see if I can tell the difference!
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Ok, Melinda, Dan, and Candace, I tried the bobbin case for the 319w in the 306w - no go! Geeze, why would Singer do that? They both take the weird little 206x13 needles, and the weird 'L' bobbins - so why aren't the bobbin cases interchangeable? I am going to visit Sew Classic and see if I can tell the difference!
Nancy
05-22-2012, 04:47 PM
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Cathy, do you have one I could buy? I don't trust trying to buy one from anyone else in case it is advertised wrong! Looking at Sew Classic - it appears the 306w uses the open bobbin cases and the 306k the closed bobbin cases? Makes no sense to me.
Nancy
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05-22-2012, 04:48 PM
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you may still have a problem, putting in the correct needle will not retime it and correct the needle bar height if it was previously "adjusted"
05-22-2012, 04:57 PM
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05-22-2012, 04:58 PM
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Nancy per the Vintage Singer Group The 306K and the 306W do not always use the same bobbin case. The 306W use
bobbin case # 105032 -- the open front one.
The 306K and the 319 use #173058, the closed front bobbin case. Though, some machines can interchange...Singer started switching out the hook assemblies of the models some time during manufacturing. Did you get a 306K or W?
bobbin case # 105032 -- the open front one.
The 306K and the 319 use #173058, the closed front bobbin case. Though, some machines can interchange...Singer started switching out the hook assemblies of the models some time during manufacturing. Did you get a 306K or W?
05-22-2012, 05:00 PM
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Yes, I know Dan, but until I can try to sew with the machine how would I know? The machine seems to run fine with no thread. I will just have to wait until I get the correct bobbin case and see what happens. I am concerned, though, like I said there is a receipt from a Singer repair shop for "re-timing" the machine in 1976. There were lots of packages of needles with the machine - none of them the right ones for this machine. If it has been re-timed to use 15x1's wouldn't that be ok?
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05-22-2012, 05:25 PM
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Linda, I hope you didn't really buy class 15 bobbins for your FW and 301? Class 15 bobbins fit the class 15 machines, the 15 clones, and a few other machines. They won't work in a FW nor a 301. The FW and the 301 use a special bobbin made just for those machines!
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http://shop.sew-classic.com/Bobbins-...?categoryId=-1
Will these bobbins fit other Singer machines in addition to my FW and 301 machines?
05-22-2012, 05:33 PM
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Well, maybe I didn't buy Class 15 bobbins. This is what I bought from Sew-Classics:
http://shop.sew-classic.com/Bobbins-...?categoryId=-1
Will these bobbins fit other Singer machines in addition to my FW and 301 machines?
http://shop.sew-classic.com/Bobbins-...?categoryId=-1
Will these bobbins fit other Singer machines in addition to my FW and 301 machines?
Nancy
05-22-2012, 05:39 PM
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Nancy per the Vintage Singer Group The 306K and the 306W do not always use the same bobbin case. The 306W use
bobbin case # 105032 -- the open front one.
The 306K and the 319 use #173058, the closed front bobbin case. Though, some machines can interchange...Singer started switching out the hook assemblies of the models some time during manufacturing. Did you get a 306K or W?
bobbin case # 105032 -- the open front one.
The 306K and the 319 use #173058, the closed front bobbin case. Though, some machines can interchange...Singer started switching out the hook assemblies of the models some time during manufacturing. Did you get a 306K or W?
Nancy
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