Thank you, I have played with it today and I am impressed how quite it is. Makes a wonderful stitch. I don't seem to mind that this is an E machine. Of course I will have to try it out in the treadle and with a HC. It appears to be a work horse.
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Glenn I yelled at Pat to get it for you... did it help?
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Originally Posted by miriam
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Glenn I yelled at Pat to get it for you... did it help?
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Glenn,
My 201-2 "IS" a workhorse and will remain an e-machine. I have other treadles and a HC to use so I don't want to fix it cos it ain't broke. For straight line quilting the 201 is the best machine we have. For piecing, most any will do. Joe |
Joe, I just may leave it as an E-machine. It is so good the way it is, as you said if it ain't broke don't fix it
Skip |
Glenn,
I love my 201k hand crank/treadle, its so quiet when its oiled correctly. Just don't forget all the oil points on the bottom of the machine, I missed a few when I first started using it. I eventually found a manual for it and it showed all the oil points, lots quieter now. :D Sharon |
I actually sewed the exterior leather for a hauberk (body armor) using our 201-2. I was able to do flat-felled seams through it all. the leather was 3oz Bison. Amazing machine.
(of course Heather angst about the machine getting "ruined" inspired the purchase of my 29-4 patcher...) |
My children are such enablers. My youngest daughter showed up today with a set of White irons - no machine. Not sure what she expects me to do with them and I don't know enough about such things to know if they are complete. I need to put them beside a 'good' set for comparison. I do have a White Family Rotary portable on which I don't like the looks of the wiring.
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Originally Posted by dunster
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Serial # 11 938 834, issued in 1894. ... I will practice restoring another one before tackling this one - I don't want to harm it.
Did you get this machine working? I'd love to know how it sews. I'm bidding on an 1895 version - nervously!!! Cheers, Amelia |
Originally Posted by makitmama
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all you industrial fans out there- I got to see a cool machine at my OSMGs yesterday- a Singer 7-44. Look at this pic of it next to a regular singer. He on on FB under sewingmachinesteve, with more pix.
Congratulations Glenn on your 201! Nancy |
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