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Old 06-06-2014, 04:42 PM
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What a fun thing - to find a machine in your birth year! Good luck on your search. I hadn't even thought of that.
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Old 06-06-2014, 06:48 PM
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I have a featherweight from 1957.
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Old 06-06-2014, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Purpleprint
I found a shop where the guy services older sewing machines, I spent over an hour in the shop learning about older sewing machines. Don't think I am crazy but I do have 4 or maybe 5 machines ............so far.
Is that all?? you can complain when you have 15 or more. hahaha.
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Old 06-07-2014, 03:53 AM
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I think it is a cool idea.. When searching for a featherweight I tried but did not succeed
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Old 06-07-2014, 04:04 AM
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DonnaC, you can order the oil pad online. Usually that is what makes the machine stink.
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Old 06-07-2014, 04:16 AM
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I don't think it is strange at all. Life is short and it something you want and can afford go for it.

I just got a Franklin machine which is my grandfathers name and am THRILLED to have it.

You have now given me the idea of finding a machine for the year I was born.
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Old 06-07-2014, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane
Crud. There was simply nothing worth buying at the end of 1974.
Bernina 830 record?
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Old 06-07-2014, 05:44 AM
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Not weird at all. Many people would like something from the year they were born. I would love a machine from 7-7-5? LOL!
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Old 06-07-2014, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by manicmike
Bernina 830 record?
Too fiddly from a service point of view and too many plastic gears that break for my liking. I just haven't found a Bernina yet that I have been able to bond with.
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Old 06-07-2014, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane
Too fiddly from a service point of view and too many plastic gears that break for my liking. I just haven't found a Bernina yet that I have been able to bond with.
REALLY? I have one somewhere - not bonded with it. Its called Favorit. 630 or 730 some thing like that. It has a coolness but that bobbin goes in the back of the machine - hard to get used to.
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