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Kathie I always thought the 66 was the best machine singer ever made. Glenn[/quote]
Glenn is the 99 as good? I have three 99's and have not tried them. One is a black side, the other is a hand crank and the third is just a regular one(?) I think. Kathie |
Originally Posted by MonkeeGirl
Just saw this on local craigs list. Anybody able to give info as to whether it would be a good buy? thanks
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/atq/2367141901.html |
Here's a thought.... on the older, straight stitch Singers, clones, treadles and such; has anyone done a check list of what things to 'check' first when there's a problem? Like a trouble shooting guide? That might be a good sort of document to have, especially for newbies to the old ladies. ???[/quote]
As far as a check list I look at it real good - does it move? Is the tension bent? Are the thread guides there? Is the bobbin case there? Is there rust? How much rust? Are all the parts there? Slide plates, etc... How damaged is the paint? Does it chain? Is the stitch regulator working? How much is it? How much do you have to put into it to make it sing? On a zig zag I look to see if it goes back and forth. Does it DO those decorative stitches if it is suppose to? Does the needle hit the hole? Does the needle hit a foot? Does it bring up a bobbin thread? Has it been dropped or thrown through a window? Is it gummed up with oil and not moving? How about the motor? Foot control? Wires? Light? Did someone not figure out how to get it out of a table and break a hinge or break the hinge out of the wood? Are the treadle parts all there? There are probably more questions... Or do you mean when there is a problem what do you check? There are all kinds of trouble shooting guides on internet - I have learned a lot that way |
Originally Posted by kwendt
By the way, Glenn.... your refinishing tutorial is great. I relied on that, plus my eyes and past experience in taking down two cabinets and a sewing stool. One cabinet all I did was take the old finish off, re apply new finish. Nice. The other cabinet had what looked to be the scorch mark from a large PAN set on it. Ended up taking it down, lightly sanding the top vaneer and bleaching the stain lighter. Then sanding, then staining the whole piece an antique walnut, pretty dark... to blend it in. Bugger of a thing. But it worked.
Now I have that badly damaged trapazoid cabinet to deal with. Whoo hoo. This is time consuming but not all that hard. Thanks again! |
Originally Posted by Kathie S.
Kathie I always thought the 66 was the best machine singer ever made. Glenn
I have never had an issue with the 99 they sew just fine but I don"t really use mine much. I just like the 66"s better. Billy can answer this question better than I. I would not turn one down :lol: Glenn |
Originally Posted by Grandmother23
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/atq/2365572119.html
This one just might want to find a cozy home with me. I really like the cabinet. Says it is a singer..... |
Originally Posted by purplefiend
Originally Posted by Grandmother23
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/atq/2365572119.html
This one just might want to find a cozy home with me. I really like the cabinet. Says it is a singer..... Very interesting. Sharon W. |
That particular model, with the square corners is the Model A-1, and was made only in the 70s and 80s, so 1882 would probably be the right date.
Originally Posted by shelburn
Hi purplefiend, Love your little machine. it looks similar to mine (except for the beautiful paint job!!! ) I did research on the Smithsonian site and got information on the company. And I called the 800 no. for New Home/Janome.
Talked with a lady who asked where the machine was made and as far as I can tell, it was made in Orange, Mass. Which she said placed it at the year 1882. That seems awfully early to me, but the previous owner got the machine from her mother, and that date would have been in the ballpark of her younger years. Anyway I am having fun cleaning it up and hope to have a good picture of the end result soon. I will attempt to send a picture or two today, but cant promise any thing. |
It's kind of hard to see, but this might be an early parlor cabinet which originally had a coffin top.
Originally Posted by kwendt
Hi all my wonderful treadle friends...serious question for you...
I've been looking for a 201 either to treadle or electric. Also been looking for a treadle cabinet without a machine, to put one of my 127's in. Here's something I ran across about an hour away from me. Current owner's great grandmother had it in Canada. Has moved around with the family for years. Last move about 15 years ago... was sitting in garage for about 10 years or so. Picture follows. The cabinet, is a parlor/drawing room style I've never seen. Drawers on the RIGHT, fold down leaf on LEFT, yet top opens too? Note that the irons are gone. Cabinet was 'converted to electric' by ggm and made to fit her 201 (pictured sitting on the top). According to current owner, the two panels that are unattached: 1 is the door that swings over the column of drawers, and the other is one of the side panels that has come loose. Glue has unstuck. Current own says that it dates to 1914. I suppose that the cabinet does, but that 201 doesn't. Here are my questions. Can anyone identify this cabinet? Is it a singer cabinet? or is it a different manuf.? (I haven't seen it yet, so I don't know if there are any manufacturers marks/labels left on it anywheres). I'm asking, CAUSE my next question is.... how hard would it be to find/source the irons and mechanisms to bring this back to treadle? Assuming of course, that the wood wasn't butchered in the orig. process. Next set of questions. That 201 was alloted in 1948. It's not original to the cabinet, machine fits into cabinet now... but I don't know why the machine is shown sitting on top of the cabinet, instead of sitting in it. I'm told that the stitch length level/forward/reverse... will only work if you HOLD it in position while sewing. That the machine will not feed the cloth either forwards or backwards otherwise. ????? Easy fix? Or no? Should I pick this machine up as my 201? |
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Just read a long line of threads ref the Singer 201. I'm considering one in a fine looking cabinet. Granny thinks it doesn't work. She's 80, and the sole owner. For the $30 they're asking, I think it'll be worth the price, if for nothing more than the cabinet. Looking for words of wisdom when I look at the machine. They, (grandson quoting GM) called it a treadle, when it clearly has a motor, so they obviously are close to clueless. There is nothing ornate in the photos he sent, and no obvious rust. Not sure about a hole in the cabinet - if it is a place to run electric wires or a belt. This jog anyones memory of something similar?
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