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Went to some local thrift stores in my area yesterday and look what I found for 47.95 and in the cabinet too. Don't have to tell you this baby came home with me and is going to get a good cleaning and oiling today. She is set up next to my 201 and they are getting along great. I tried her at the store and she just purred along so beautifully. Cant wait to try the fancy stitches. Want them for applique as it seems no matter what new machine I use for them, I don't like the look of them or the sound the machine.
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Is it a 401 ? Can't believe the deal you got :thumbup:
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Looks just like the machine my mother had years ago back in the late 1950's. Now my youngest sister has it and it still works and has all the cams to do them fancy decorative stitches. HAve a great day and enjoy. Huggies, Fay
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Congrats! She's lovely ~ enjoy! :D
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Lucky you! She is beautiful! Enjoy...
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Lucky you! She is beautiful! Enjoy...
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Congrats, and happy sewing!
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Nice find. I keep looking, but they go so fast at the thrift shops
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Beautiful sewing machine and thanks for sharing, now we all need to go and find the old machines and rescue them
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WOW!! She's a beauty :D:D:D
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What a wonderful find! Enjoy!
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Wonderful! I have my mom's that I learned to sew on.
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You're going to love her. Glad you found her.
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Congratulations, ......awesome purchase.
You're going to love her very dearly, the cabinet is awesome. Have you checked to see if there's a knee lever on the cabinet, look underneath your left side of the cabinet. |
yay! I have a 503 and bought a 401 for my 12yo dd. love them both!
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Nice find!
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Congrats on your terrific find......ENJOY!!
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Yea! What a beauty!
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Oh I love it!!! I hope to find one someday to go with my 301A and 501A.
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What a deal!
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wow that is a great find. Boy I'm sure you will be enjoying it for quite sometime.
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Looks like the one my mother had and I didn't feel I needed
another one so my sister took it for granddaughter. My mother got years of good service with it as she sewed for other people for years. It is still running good. Congrats. |
Can't beat these old, trusty machines.
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great old machine,lucky you.enjoy
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I still use the 401A that my Mom bought brand in 63. I've been sewing on it since I was 14 or 15 years old. I just take into the OSMG every year and she just keeps on ticking. Wish I knew how to use the buttonhole attachment, it still work also, if I knew how to use it.
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Next time you shop, can I go with you!?? Those older machines that work are like the industrial workhorses of sewing. You can not break them! Congratualtions on your new machine, and on being at the right place, at the right time.
Now SEW! LOL Julie |
Congrats, very pretty machine, did it come with all the cams,
thats what I have a hard time finding when I find them at thrift shops. :-D |
That's my Mom's machine!! I learned to sew on it. She was given a computerized machine (Elna I think) and after trying it, gave it to my sister and went back to her Singer.
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Cherryb - look on google.search for a manual for your machine. They are urally floating around out there. I found one for a machine I thought would never get one for. Good luck.
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Lucky you! She is beautiful!
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Oh man I want one!!! Ive been looking for a while now & haven't located one yet,:(
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Congrats enjoy her :), know you are SEW happy :)
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Originally Posted by ontheriver
Went to some local thrift stores in my area yesterday and look what I found for 47.95 and in the cabinet too. Don't have to tell you this baby came home with me and is going to get a good cleaning and oiling today. She is set up next to my 201 and they are getting along great. I tried her at the store and she just purred along so beautifully. Cant wait to try the fancy stitches. Want them for applique as it seems no matter what new machine I use for them, I don't like the look of them or the sound the machine.
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I'd give my eye-teeth for that cabinet, let alone the machine. You won the jack-pot for sure.
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Oh does this bring back memories. This is the exact machine I learned to sew on at 12 years old. I would love to have my mom's machine - just for old times sake. You are one lucky lady!
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You are right, nothing beats the sound of an old Singer buzzing along.
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These are wonderful machines. I have a 401,403 and a 503 . I cleaned up a friends 500 and fell in love with that. She rarely sews, lost the controller I gave her another, I told her she didn't deserve it and I was going to take it home with me. lol All mine need some cleanup work for something or other but they still run fine.
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Happy day! Enjoy it.
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My mother bought that machine when she arrived in Canada from Holland in the early 50's. It runs still like a dream and has many many hours on it as she made clothes for 8 children and then I used it to make clothes as a teenager. Its coming to me one day and I can't wait.
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I AM SO JEALOUS! I have been looking for a 401 for several months... Love her for me, too!
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