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Lostn51 04-25-2010 12:12 PM

Hello everyone!!!

I just want to say that since I have become a member in this community I have felt very welcome and honored to be able to get to know you all and I have met some really wonderful people and have made quite a few friends!!

Everyone here by now knows that I love old machines especially treadles and somehow you guys find me the go to guy for answers to you questions.

Every day I hop on to see what is going on and I have tons of PM's in my folder waiting on me to help out with your vintage machines. I am NOT complaining a drop, believe me I really appreciate the fact that you respect me enough to want to ask your questions and I REALLY enjoy helping you all out. Plus I get to see some really neat machines that you guys own!!!! ;)

Now I am far from an expert by no means, but you know I will do everything I can to find the answers for you or point you to someone who does know the answers. I have tons of records, manuals and parts list stored on my HD plus the stacks of factory documents sitting in front of me that could help a lot of us out with our machines.

SO...........I am going to do a PDA just for asking questions, posting photos and just a nice place to hang out, but if it really takes off who knows the administrator might set up a corner just for the vintage machines.

But I was thinking that if we had a special area to go to ask questions and post photos it might would help some else that may have the same question. To me there is nothing more special that to make a quilt on a vintage machine.

So if you like Vintage machines and you want to come to the shop and hang out with us then feel free to do so!!!

Billy

Lostn51 04-25-2010 12:37 PM

Hello All!!!!

Welcome to the Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.

This is where anyone who has a vintage machine or has interest in vintage sewing machines are welcome and feel free to pull up a stool and sit a spell!!!! :D :D :D

I want everyone to feel like they are family and do not be afraid to share knowledge with us. Remember this is OUR shop and I want it to be a wonderful place for us to step back into time and relive the "Golden Age" of sewing machines.

As you can tell by the decor it is almost like you just stepped back into history sometime in the 50's and boy would you look at the machines and the store front! No modern cars out there!! We have the Doo Wop and Big Band playing in the background and unlike some places we have all sorts of machines here from treadles to the latest and greatest Japanese machines (I wonder if they will ever catch on) and of course we even have several FW's!!

So now let the fun begin!!!

Billy

no1jan 04-25-2010 12:37 PM

I think that's a great idea, Billy. I'm sure the questions I have asked have been asked many times before.

So count me in!
:) :)

Lostn51 04-25-2010 12:39 PM

And feel free to PM me also its just I wanted a nice little corner for all of those who love the vintage machines and use them!!!

EVERYONE is WELCOME!!!!

Billy

sharon b 04-25-2010 12:50 PM

THANK You for starting this :thumbup:

Oklahoma Suzie 04-25-2010 12:53 PM

sounds like a good idea.

tigger5464 04-25-2010 01:00 PM

I'm happy for you that you started this "shop"...I remember my GMA sewing on her old treadle....I always loved to sit and watch when she sewed. :D You have brought back wonderful memories for me....Thank you :D

BKinCO 04-25-2010 01:03 PM

.....brave man! This will be very interesting to watch....lots to learn!

Lostn51 04-25-2010 01:06 PM

I am looking forward to everyone coming in!! We have plenty of space and lots information to share with each other!

I am glad to see you all here! :D :D :D

Billy

patricej 04-25-2010 01:16 PM

this is not a PDA. i changed the title rather than move it to the PDA section.

Charlee 04-25-2010 02:01 PM

I'm in!! :)

When I get home I'll post some photos of the restoration project I just got...

It's a Wheeler and Wilson 9...like my Singer 9W, only it has some serious issues, having been through a fire!! :(

Lostn51 04-25-2010 02:38 PM


Originally Posted by Charlee
I'm in!! :)

When I get home I'll post some photos of the restoration project I just got...

It's a Wheeler and Wilson 9...like my Singer 9W, only it has some serious issues, having been through a fire!! :(

Thats the reason why the japan was bubbled and missing on the bed....... This is going to be a nice project.

Billy

no1jan 04-25-2010 02:47 PM

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Well I guess I'll start if off. This is my newest acquisition I picked up this last week. I had posted it already, but it deserves to shine on this post.

It a a Singer Model 66-1 Treadle I got off Craigslist for free! :) :) :)

Works beautifully except for the bobbin winder I broke while cleaning her.

Isn't she a beauty. Haven't named her yet. :thumbup:

Model 66-1 Treadle Red head
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Lostn51 04-25-2010 03:05 PM

Jan I looked and can not find the winder for the 66. I have several cast pieces for the VS machines like the 27's but no 66's. :(

And your machine is a side clamp so it will not be a 66-1 I think it is a 66-2 the 66-1, 66-3 were back clamp and also the 66-1 did not have the boss to bolt a motor or a hand crank to.

But it is such a nice machine!!!!!

Billy

Glenn 04-25-2010 03:07 PM

I think this is a great idea. I am like you there is nothing better than making a guilt with a vintage treadle. I even like the smell of the old machines!!! :lol:

Lostn51 04-25-2010 03:12 PM


Originally Posted by Glenn
I think this is a great idea. I am like you there is nothing better than making a guilt with a vintage treadle. I even like the smell of the old machines!!! :lol:

Glenn you need to post some photos of your acquisition on here. You know how we love photos!!!


Billy

thimblebug6000 04-25-2010 03:59 PM

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A bowling buddy asked me if I knew of anyone who would pay $25 Cdn for this little sewing machine she had kept in her hall closet for a few years. ( She probably got it for free, as she volunteered at a Women In Need shop.) Told her I'd look at it and then take it to guild if I wasn't interested, here in our area I haven't seen any interest at all in these cute machines. (& I didn't know it was a featherweight when I bought it...hehehe). I've made one care quilt with it, it's so cute....I don't really have the time to play with it or space for it....and DH said....what do you want with that old thing (the case is intact & not smelly, but not many attachments)......but here she is anyway....and I think she's here to stay! After looking up her serial # I see she was "born"" in 1948

clem55 04-25-2010 04:07 PM

So exactly where are we to find your new Shop? I really don't know what PDA is, I don't think I will ever learn what sall the abbreviations stand for!!

mimisharon 04-25-2010 04:14 PM


Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
A bowling buddy asked me if I knew of anyone who would pay $25 Cdn for this little sewing machine she had kept in her hall closet for a few years. ( She probably got it for free, as she volunteered at a Women In Need shop.) Told her I'd look at it and then take it to guild if I wasn't interested, here in our area I haven't seen any interest at all in these cute machines. (& I didn't know it was a featherweight when I bought it...hehehe). I've made one care quilt with it, it's so cute....I don't really have the time to play with it or space for it....and DH said....what do you want with that old thing (the case is intact & not smelly, but not many attachments)......but here she is anyway....and I think she's here to stay! After looking up her serial # I see she was "born"" in 1948

She's my age, exactly. Are you sure you wouldn't like to pass her on to me? :wink:

Lostn51 04-25-2010 04:59 PM


Originally Posted by clem55
So exactly where are we to find your new Shop? I really don't know what PDA is, I don't think I will ever learn what sall the abbreviations stand for!!

Clem you are in it now, so just pull you up a stool and join in the conversation.

Welcome my friend!!

Billy

Lostn51 04-25-2010 05:04 PM


Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
A bowling buddy asked me if I knew of anyone who would pay $25 Cdn for this little sewing machine she had kept in her hall closet for a few years.......but here she is anyway....and I think she's here to stay! After looking up her serial # I see she was "born"" in 1948

Thimblebug, that is a fine looking Featherweight you have there!! I cant believe the condition it is in, almost new and the case smells good you can not beat that. And for $25 Canadian or not is a GREAT price!!!

Nice thing about the accessories is that almost all of the Singer low shank accessories and feet will fit your machine. So don't look just for the FW parts. Usually if the say FW anywhere the price shoots through the roof.

Thank you for posting the beauty!!!

Billy

Glenn 04-25-2010 05:39 PM

Do you have some really old machines? Would like to see some photos of them.
Glenn

Rhonda 04-25-2010 05:50 PM

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Ok I have a question. With all the talk about old Singers I decided to check to see what more I could find out about mine. It is a Singer and I was told by a LQS who looked up the serial number that it is a 1950's reproduction of an 1850's model. so I went online to the Singer site. This serial number has an upside down v before the number L236839. On their site they divide the numbers into one letter or two. I was unsure if the upside down V was actually an A or a V. I looked it up both ways and neither one seems right. There are no single letter Ls with the right numbers. And the double numbers AL were made in 32. so I don't know what to think. Got any ideas?

My Singer
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Charlee 04-25-2010 05:54 PM

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Ok..as promised...I've posted pics of my vintage machines in other posts (check my profile for topics I've started, one is titled "I think he loves me!" and the other one is titled "Look what followed me home!" for my two "good" treadles, a Singer 9W and a Wheeler & Wilson #8. My Kenmore is shown in "Hey Machine Experts!" :)

This one however...well...let's just say she's had a HARD life! I'm going to do my best to turn that around for her...I've named her "Hazel" after the woman she belonged to many years ago. I bought her from Hazel's grandson, who has absolutely no sense of "heirloom". She's a Wheeler & Wilson D-9, much like my Singer 9W that was made after Singer bought out W&W in 1905. (Made about 1912 according to those in the know at Needlebar) Hazel survived a house fire, supposedly shut off in a room that didn't get burned, but that room must have gotten hotter than Hades, because the machine got hot enough to scorch the wood around her, and the bed of the machine lost the Japaned finish. I think it ended up on someone's porch for too long...the cabinet is in need of help as well.
I figure that I can't hurt the machine anymore than it's already been hurt, or the cabinet either, so this will be my first restoration project. Wish me luck!!

Meet Hazel...much the worse for the wear, hopefully to soon regain her former beauty with a "facelift"!
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Part of the needle plate, this shows the model and years that this machine was patented.
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Glenn 04-25-2010 06:06 PM

I know that we refer machines as she, but I see members have named thier sewing machines. Should I name mine? This is a new one to me.
Glenn

Glenn 04-25-2010 06:18 PM

I am looking for the attachements that go with the 66, some how they got lost alond the way. Grandma was 103 when she gave the machine to me and she could not remember what happened to them. She is long gone now but can see her sewing as if it where this morning.
I have heard you can convert them to side mount. Is this hard to do?
Glenn

Lostn51 04-25-2010 06:19 PM


Originally Posted by Rhonda
Ok I have a question. With all the talk about old Singers I decided to check to see what more I could find out about mine. It is a Singer and I was told by a LQS who looked up the serial number that it is a 1950's reproduction of an 1850's model. so I went online to the Singer site. This serial number has an upside down v before the number L236839. On their site they divide the numbers into one letter or two. I was unsure if the upside down V was actually an A or a V. I looked it up both ways and neither one seems right. There are no single letter Ls with the right numbers. And the double numbers AL were made in 32. so I don't know what to think. Got any ideas?

Okay Rhonda the LQS has not an idea as to what they are talking about!! But they are a quilting shop not a repair shop so that fairly understandable that they would not get it right.

No biggie I have the info on my HD so here we go! You machine is a Singer Model 15 and there were 50,000 of them allotted on Dec 18, 1952. It is not a reproduction it is a standard factory model.

The decal design that you have is called "Triplets" and they were offered on the 15K and 15-91. Which is one of the most sought after Model 15's that Singer came out with.


I hope this helps

Billy

Charlee 04-25-2010 06:23 PM


Originally Posted by Glenn
I know that we refer machines as she, but I see members have named thier sewing machines. Should I name mine? This is a new one to me.
Glenn

Totally up to you Glenn! :) It's a just a kind of silly thing we girls tend to do...like men naming their cars, we name our machines. ;)

But YES! I think you should name them! What will their names be?

Lostn51 04-25-2010 06:26 PM


Originally Posted by Glenn
I have heard you can convert them to side mount. Is this hard to do?
Glenn

You can convert them I have not tried this yet but from what I understand you can take the lug for the back clamp off and you then can use the side clamp attachments. But I am not sure of this.

What you could do is find the presser foot bar for a 66 side clamp and swap them out and then you in like Flint. Not hard to do but the attachments are not as rare and hard to come by as people think.

I am looking for a full set for mine but the ones I have seen were a little more than what I was willing to pay. Personally I would keep it like it is but thats just me. Goodwill, eBay or CL will probably be your best bet in finding the accessories that your looking for.

Oh and I have never named any of my machines although I think its neat that folks do do that. But its just not my cup of tea. :lol: :lol: :lol:


Ok..as promised...I've posted pics of my vintage machines in other posts (check my profile for topics I've started, one is titled "I think he loves me!" and the other one is titled "Look what followed me home!" for my two "good" treadles, a Singer 9W and a Wheeler & Wilson #8. My Kenmore is shown in "Hey Machine Experts!"
And I like it!!! You have some wonderful machines Charlee and this one can be a really nice one too! We need to hit the Smithsonian web site for info on your machine the link is:

http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollect...wing-Machines/

If anyone want to spend hours on end looking up things about vintage machines this is the place to find original literature, catalogs and inter office memos.

Billy

Billy

Charlee 04-25-2010 06:30 PM


Originally Posted by Lostn51
Oh and I have never named any of my machines although I think its neat that folks do do that. But its just not my cup of tea. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Billy

Poor, poor nameless machines...they're nearly orphans!!

:cry:

;) :lol:

Lostn51 04-25-2010 06:33 PM


Originally Posted by Charlee

Originally Posted by Lostn51
Oh and I have never named any of my machines although I think its neat that folks do do that. But its just not my cup of tea. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Billy

Poor, poor nameless machines...they're nearly orphans!!

:cry:

;) :lol:

They know Daddy loves them! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Billy

Glenn 04-25-2010 06:40 PM


Originally Posted by Charlee

Originally Posted by Glenn
I know that we refer machines as she, but I see members have named thier sewing machines. Should I name mine? This is a new one to me.
Glenn

Totally up to you Glenn! :) It's a just a kind of silly thing we girls tend to do...like men naming their cars, we name our machines. ;)

But YES! I think you should name them! What will their names be?

Okay then, the Prussian singer will be called Hilda and Grandma's I think I will call her Grandma since I have always refered to her this way. (I am up stairs sewing on Grandma) :lol: Glenn Thanks

Glenn 04-25-2010 06:44 PM

I ,like Billy, naming is not my cup of tea but I will name the Prussian singer Hilda and Grandma's will be just Grandma's machine. Glenn

Glenn 04-25-2010 06:45 PM

I seem to have posted this twice, sorry. Glenn

Lostn51 04-25-2010 06:46 PM

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Alrighty then someone was asking about some of my machines so here are the ones that I have uploaded to this computer.

The ones I have not included in these photos are my Singer 185J, 1870 New Home Model A, and my soon to be acquired Singer 500A. I have quite a few parts machines that I am not even including in the list.

Billy

1911 Singer 27 with the Godzilla and blackside finish
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1900 Singer 24 Industrial
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1910 Singer 27 "Hot Rod"
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1921 Singer 66-1 "Red Eye"
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1963 Kenmore Model 43 Rare Pearl Iris color
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Glenn 04-25-2010 06:52 PM

I have got to have me a hot rod. I like it. When I am not playing with my quilts and sewing machines. I am restoring a 1949 Chrysler Windsor.
Glenn

Lostn51 04-25-2010 06:55 PM

I am fixing to sell my '51 Ford and buy something different what I dont know but I imagine it will be in the late 30's or 40's. I live eat sleep and drink cars and sewing machines along with quilting. :mrgreen:

Billy

Glenn 04-25-2010 07:00 PM

I have just put a new wiring harness in the 49. I also have a 230SL 1965 Mercedes two seater with German specs brought back From Germany It is sweet!! My wife drives her grandma's 1975 sport nova grandma bought new. It has only 43,000 miles on her.
Glenn

no1jan 04-26-2010 03:09 AM


Originally Posted by Lostn51
Jan I looked and can not find the winder for the 66. I have several cast pieces for the VS machines like the 27's but no 66's. :(

And your machine is a side clamp so it will not be a 66-1 I think it is a 66-2 the 66-1, 66-3 were back clamp and also the 66-1 did not have the boss to bolt a motor or a hand crank to.

But it is such a nice machine!!!!!

Billy

Thank you Billy for all of your help and looking for my bobbin winder.

If anyone has a spare bobbin winder that would fit my machine or any place I can get one, please PM me.

What other models could I use for the part? :?:

Lostn51 04-26-2010 06:19 AM


Originally Posted by no1jan
What other models could I use for the part? :?:

After digging through my parts manuals only a 66 will fit a 66. I was thinking a 99 might would work but not so. They use the same bobbin but the casting is different.

You might get lucky and find a parts machine at a flea market or on CL, or just find the part itself on eBay or here.


Billy


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