Originally Posted by Glenn
(Post 5619988)
thank you Judythe sewer for posting pics of the glass feet
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This looks really nice!, but to expensive.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/atq/3371840164.html |
Originally Posted by grayhare
(Post 5620387)
This looks really nice!, but to expensive.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/atq/3371840164.html |
Originally Posted by Mizkaki
(Post 5620050)
Why would you want to talk yourself out of taking that little cutie? Take it and enjoy it!
Cathy Thanks Ladies for providing the pics of the glass feet, very interesting, i imagine the glass made it easier to see what you were sewing. |
Thanks to Judy and Cathy for the pics of the glass inserts. No idea yet if the one I'm looking at has any. If it does I think I'd only use them as templates for copies - possibly in glass but most likely in plastic. Can't you just imagine some one in consumer product safety seeing glass feet for a modern machine? I don't even know if going with tempered glass would make them happy. Maybe Gorilla glass :)
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A week away and I'm about twenty pages behind - my you are a chatty bunch!! ;) I love every minute of it too...
Originally Posted by Crossstitcher
(Post 5609050)
Steve, beware these old machines multiply. We started with one and now have over a 100. But who's counting. BTW welcome to the board. Very friendly and helpful people are on here.
Originally Posted by Mizkaki
(Post 5615188)
To those who don't hoard fabric.......this won't make any sense. To those who do hoard...no explanation is necessary.
Stumbled across this stash at my favorite thrift store. Over 20 yards of batiks for less than $1.50 a yard. SCORE! Sure would like to see what the donor kept, since this is the cull. Cathy [ATTACH=CONFIG]372655[/ATTACH]
Originally Posted by miriam
(Post 5615225)
I cut my new stash into 180 6 inch squares so far. DD says the scraps would be overwhelming to Wilbur and Walter but DGD, Miss G. can have cut squares. I'm thinking of sending her 9 at a time... She has a little Spartan for piecing. Thrift stores some times have really good deals on fabric if you aren't too picky.
Originally Posted by MimiBug123
(Post 5617502)
Welcome to the friendliest board on the 'net! No matter what your question, you will find someone on here who knows the right answer. Most of us are addicts who don't want to be cured. LOL! We have more than a few vintage machines and love them. You really can't have one or two! I've got a 1925 66 treadle, a 1907 27 treadle, and a 1951 15 electric, as well as an assortment of other things! I love and use them all for different things. DH always asks what I plan on doing with each one I bring home. He always gets the same answer--sew, of course. It is an addiction and we are all enablers. Enjoy your time here!
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Originally Posted by miriam
(Post 5620483)
I wouldn't trust that guy. The 301 has an internal motor. Looks like something off a Fashion Mate to me. The 3/4 clones are very nice. Chunky looking little work horse IMHO
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Mine doesn't have the original motor - I think it has a Kenmore motor stuck on it.
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I have several clones that don't have their original motors. :( But at least the ones on there are black like the machines and don't stick out a pimple on prom night.
From what I've deduced many of the clones came in less motors and wiring. Then what ever distributor handled them put US type motors on them. My HOTHER was made in Japan by JUKI, but it's original motor was a Belgelcor brand made in Belgium. My Sew Mor 404 had a Delco US made motor on it, but the cooling fan shattered so now it's got a Chinese made Alpha Sew motor. I've also got a 1.5 amp motor made by Brother, I think, sitting on the sidelines waiting for a machine to go on. It's unpainted. So when it finds a home I'll tape off the placard and paint it to match. Joe |
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Here is my new Pfaff 230 from Miriam! She came with a bunch of attachments, the stitch wheel, and even an extra set of feed dogs, extra needle plate, and an extra needle clamp for a double needle? I am thinking whoever owned this machine had a donor machine! DH did a quick rewire on the cord where the insulation was missing. I just started playing with her, and Miriam yes, I may take Ray's class one of these days - but, not with this machine! She works perfectly - almost exactly the same as my 260! In fact, the manual is for the 230-260!
Nancy[ATTACH=CONFIG]373255[/ATTACH] She also has the back bed extension and is made to treadle if I wanted to do a motorectomy! The manual even talks about the speed if she were a treadle! She runs quiet and strong like all my Pfaffs! |
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