Lei Lani: A rescue

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10-30-2013, 06:39 AM

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Carol34446

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Both nice machines and good job rescuing them.

10-30-2013, 06:49 AM

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chris_quilts

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Good rescue job. So far, "the one" for me has been the 301 although I have another one that I use fro hubby's jeans repairs.

10-30-2013, 07:28 AM

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mighty

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Great machine!!!!!

10-30-2013, 09:40 AM

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Sunflowerzz

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Thanks everyone. Well, I cleaned up the Morse 300 Deluxe and sewed with her this morning. Alas she is NOT 'The One'. Close but just not quite there.

But she sews great and very strong. Also fun because the tension assembly is unique.

10-30-2013, 09:53 AM

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owlvamp

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Both are beautiful machines.

11-06-2013, 12:22 PM

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Rosebird

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Such a treasured to find a treasure! happy to find a Home and someone that care!

11-06-2013, 12:26 PM

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tessagin

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nice looking!

11-06-2013, 02:26 PM

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zozee

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Really classy looking!

11-06-2013, 02:31 PM

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Cecilia S.

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Originally Posted by Sunflowerzz

Thanks everyone. Well, I cleaned up the Morse 300 Deluxe and sewed with her this morning. Alas she is NOT 'The One'. Close but just not quite there.

But she sews great and very strong. Also fun because the tension assembly is unique.

Sunflowerzz, based on the Vogue and also another Singer of which you posted photos, I say, you have a real gift for cleaning machines! Very beautiful and detailed cleaning.

Give the blue Morse a bit of a chance. My avatar machine is nearly the same, though mine is more of a Singer clone, with the stitch length lever being in a round plate. It was my first machine, paid about a dollar a pound for him, an he hums like a stiching Gentle Giant. So soothing! Maybe yours is not in mechanically as pristne shape, maybe it is a different company... but I can say, my Great Blue is just aaaamaazzzzing. I could sew mindless lines of nothing just to hear the quiet hummy motor and watch the stitches form, one after perfect another. I think perhaps sometimes, after decades of not being used, the machines need a little bit more running than just cleaning-and-oiling, in order to get their joints moving nicely again... :-)

11-06-2013, 03:50 PM

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Vridar

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Thank you Sandra

Ron, I have 20 machines in various states of repair waiting on parts and as the parts come in I get them all ready for their 'evaluation'. That is when it is the most exciting for me except the finding and purchasing of them. Last night I started cleaning a Morse and I have to say the minute I twisted her dials and started fiddling with her my heart gave a little leap. I know what your wife means about intervention, made me laugh.

My little blue girl weighs a ton and I am going to work on her today.

I am glad someone else understands about "The One" I thought I would just buy some machines and repair them and choose the one I liked best but it turned into something much more personal I guess is the only way to put it and not nearly so simple and so far only one has captured my attention. So we shall see.

That is my story. Interesting how this can happen. I would never have guessed the original sewing machine purchase would lead me to this. I now truly understand what an addiction is and how captivating it is.