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Originally Posted by FarmStitcher
Take a look at this beauty! I hope this is the right link for it. I really like it and the cabinet, but don't have room for it and it's a little more than I want to spend right now.
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/fuo/2327380994.html
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/fuo/2327380994.html
Originally Posted by purplefiend
Originally Posted by FarmStitcher
Take a look at this beauty! I hope this is the right link for it. I really like it and the cabinet, but don't have room for it and it's a little more than I want to spend right now.
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/fuo/2327380994.html
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/fuo/2327380994.html
To the new owner of the FW, congrats. She sure is pretty.
I brought my Singer 66 home with me today. My little guy did really good at the shop and had lots of questions about every machine in there. The shop guy thinks he's a collector in training! :)
To the one who posted about back clamps, I now understand what they are. Thank you!! My 66-16 is a side clamp. It amazes me how similar all these machines look, yet they are all so different!
I brought my Singer 66 home with me today. My little guy did really good at the shop and had lots of questions about every machine in there. The shop guy thinks he's a collector in training! :)
To the one who posted about back clamps, I now understand what they are. Thank you!! My 66-16 is a side clamp. It amazes me how similar all these machines look, yet they are all so different!
Originally Posted by laura59
Finally, I got my dream machine. I have been wanting a fw for a while now, but, they are usually out of my price range. Sunday, I saw one on ebay, under buy it now. It was selling for $225. I emailed the seller and then after a few emails back and forth, I called him. We talked about the machine and I made arrangements to pick it up yesterday. It looked good in the picture, but it looked even better in person. It has the case with tray and key, the case is showing its age, but, I don't really care, it is only cosmetic. It also came with a manual, and some bobbins. I found that when I looked up the attachments it uses, I already have some of them from other machines. So, it didn't bother me that it didn't have any attachments with it. This morning, I took the bottom off and there is a new filter in there. The chrome is nice and shiny. It has been pretty well taken care of. I am going to use the pic as my new avatar. It is a 1951 with the blue centenial badge on it. I am a very happy camper. Sorry this was so long. Almost forgot, her name is Phyllis, after my younger sister who passed away 5 years ago.
Nancy
Originally Posted by Deara
I found this beautiful machine on craigslist.
As you can see in the pics she has her original cabinet too.
Before I even plugged her in, I gave her a good cleaning, with lots of oil and grease.
We plugged her in and she squealed and fussed until the oil and grease got to the places that had been so dry and uncared for.
She came with the '0' cam.
She has a knee bar and I ordered extra cams from ebay Sunday evening.
I joined a Slantomatic group on Yahoo and downloaded two manuals, the 503 and the 500.
The 503 had a great exploded view of all the oiling places and the gears to grease.
I am really excited to play with her.
I now have a machine that can zig-zag.
With the price of the cams coming I have less than $50.00 invested in the whole kit and kaboodle.
What a blessing this machine is to me.
I have named her Faith.
I would love to hear from anyone who has one like Faith to gleam your knowledge of do's and don'ts.
Blessings to all,
Sandi
Hubby will put her back in the cabinet this evening.
As you can see in the pics she has her original cabinet too.
Before I even plugged her in, I gave her a good cleaning, with lots of oil and grease.
We plugged her in and she squealed and fussed until the oil and grease got to the places that had been so dry and uncared for.
She came with the '0' cam.
She has a knee bar and I ordered extra cams from ebay Sunday evening.
I joined a Slantomatic group on Yahoo and downloaded two manuals, the 503 and the 500.
The 503 had a great exploded view of all the oiling places and the gears to grease.
I am really excited to play with her.
I now have a machine that can zig-zag.
With the price of the cams coming I have less than $50.00 invested in the whole kit and kaboodle.
What a blessing this machine is to me.
I have named her Faith.
I would love to hear from anyone who has one like Faith to gleam your knowledge of do's and don'ts.
Blessings to all,
Sandi
Hubby will put her back in the cabinet this evening.
Nancy
Originally Posted by FarmStitcher
Originally Posted by purplefiend
Originally Posted by FarmStitcher
Take a look at this beauty! I hope this is the right link for it. I really like it and the cabinet, but don't have room for it and it's a little more than I want to spend right now.
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/fuo/2327380994.html
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/fuo/2327380994.html
The White 77 model were fashioned to compete with the Singer Featherweight model 221; it has a lightweight body.
But they are a lot lower in price than the FWs. Cute machines too!
Yup, I have noticed that the prices are going up almost all across the nation. Large cities have the most inflated prices, totally ridiculous.
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by Deara
I found this beautiful machine on craigslist.
As you can see in the pics she has her original cabinet too.
Before I even plugged her in, I gave her a good cleaning, with lots of oil and grease.
We plugged her in and she squealed and fussed until the oil and grease got to the places that had been so dry and uncared for.
She came with the '0' cam.
She has a knee bar and I ordered extra cams from ebay Sunday evening.
I joined a Slantomatic group on Yahoo and downloaded two manuals, the 503 and the 500.
The 503 had a great exploded view of all the oiling places and the gears to grease.
I am really excited to play with her.
I now have a machine that can zig-zag.
With the price of the cams coming I have less than $50.00 invested in the whole kit and kaboodle.
What a blessing this machine is to me.
I have named her Faith.
I would love to hear from anyone who has one like Faith to gleam your knowledge of do's and don'ts.
Blessings to all,
Sandi
Hubby will put her back in the cabinet this evening.
As you can see in the pics she has her original cabinet too.
Before I even plugged her in, I gave her a good cleaning, with lots of oil and grease.
We plugged her in and she squealed and fussed until the oil and grease got to the places that had been so dry and uncared for.
She came with the '0' cam.
She has a knee bar and I ordered extra cams from ebay Sunday evening.
I joined a Slantomatic group on Yahoo and downloaded two manuals, the 503 and the 500.
The 503 had a great exploded view of all the oiling places and the gears to grease.
I am really excited to play with her.
I now have a machine that can zig-zag.
With the price of the cams coming I have less than $50.00 invested in the whole kit and kaboodle.
What a blessing this machine is to me.
I have named her Faith.
I would love to hear from anyone who has one like Faith to gleam your knowledge of do's and don'ts.
Blessings to all,
Sandi
Hubby will put her back in the cabinet this evening.
Nancy
Thank you Nancy for all the great info.
Faith is a 500A.
I have wanted a machine that would do all sorts of stitches without breaking the bank to own one.
I spent the afternoon doing some research about the available cams and what their stitches look like.
I saw that blanket stitch cam and I am hoping it is one of the ones that I am getting from ebay.
Blessings to you,
Sandi
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Originally Posted by FarmStitcher
Originally Posted by purplefiend
Originally Posted by FarmStitcher
Take a look at this beauty! I hope this is the right link for it. I really like it and the cabinet, but don't have room for it and it's a little more than I want to spend right now.
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/fuo/2327380994.html
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/fuo/2327380994.html
Here's another newbie question. What are cams? How do they make decorative stitches? Would you use them on a straight stitch machine or does it have to zig zag to make them work. I'm real curious.
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by HanNatNana
G'day Nancy
The serial number is NL 1 272183 That's how it's stamped on the base of the machine with the spaces. GL340 is in a small sticker on the underside and LT-23 is stamped into the metal base.
Thanks
Bronwyn ;-)
The serial number is NL 1 272183 That's how it's stamped on the base of the machine with the spaces. GL340 is in a small sticker on the underside and LT-23 is stamped into the metal base.
Thanks
Bronwyn ;-)
Chris, on the other hand, should be able to find an allotted date for the NA series because those machines were made in South Carolina - unless those are also lost records.
Nancy
Thanks sooo much!! I didn't know some were made in Taiwan, well it was probably on the printed sticker which has been wiped with something that has removed 'all' info.
Thanks again
Bronwyn ;-)
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