Do you sell vintage machines without table or case?
06-02-2014, 08:03 PM
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Do you sell vintage machines without table or case?
I have a Kenmore cleaned up and ready to re-home but I am not happy with the case. Is a cheap plastic case that feels more like a hazard than a help. The machine free stands firmly on 3 peg type feet. I will be showing it to someone next week but am not sure if I should bother with the case or not. If I were keeping it I wouldn't use the case. I feel it's ugly cheap plastic and offers a false sense of security. The machine is prettier out of the case. Maybe it's just me?
06-02-2014, 08:47 PM
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Yeah, I had a cheap plastic case that didnt fit anything tightly enough, so I donated it with a machine that that I'd robbed a motor and cord block off of. Just explain the flaws and offer it if they want it?
06-03-2014, 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by J Miller
What Miriam said ^^^.
Also a three legged machine is wobbly and won't sit steady.
Joe
Also a three legged machine is wobbly and won't sit steady.
Joe
Technically 3 legged should be wobbly, but this sucker stands really firm. Like I said, if I were keeping it, I would likely toss the case on this one, but I am not. I cannot keep them all! OK, back in the case we go!
06-03-2014, 05:14 AM
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Agreeing with others, and agree that aesthetically those plastics are UhhhhhGLY! So I would show and demonstrate the machine without case, and then tell them that it does come with a case if they want it for storage, dust protection, etc. I would just present the case as an extra, and not have the case be the thing to give the first impression.
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06-03-2014, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Cecilia S.
Agreeing with others, but I would add that aesthetically those plastics are UhhhhhGLY! So I would show and demonstrate the machine without case, and then tell them that it does come with a case if they want it for storage, dust protection, etc. I would just present the case as an extra, and not have the case be the thing to give the first impression.
Here's one I did in a few minutes. I used a shirt and some already quilted stuff. I cut the shirt - sewed two pieces together, sewed it to the quilted pieces, ripped out enough to attach pieces of the sleeve I narrowed down and then sewed those in tight and turned it through the button area and was done.
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06-03-2014, 05:24 AM
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Wow! Great idea!
Originally Posted by miriam
Yup throw it in free. You could also make a little dust cover.
Here's one I did in a few minutes. I used a shirt and some already quilted stuff. I cut the shirt - sewed two pieces together, sewed it to the quilted pieces, ripped out enough to attach pieces of the sleeve I narrowed down and then sewed those in tight and turned it through the button area and was done.
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Here's one I did in a few minutes. I used a shirt and some already quilted stuff. I cut the shirt - sewed two pieces together, sewed it to the quilted pieces, ripped out enough to attach pieces of the sleeve I narrowed down and then sewed those in tight and turned it through the button area and was done.
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