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Sideways 07-18-2013 02:43 PM

You mean I have to choose?? Lol that pink Atlas is one pretty little machine!!! I always want what I do not have lol. the thrill is in the hunt!!!

miriam 07-18-2013 04:04 PM


Originally Posted by Sideways (Post 6184350)
You mean I have to choose?? Lol that pink Atlas is one pretty little machine!!! I always want what I do not have lol. the thrill is in the hunt!!!

So that's what it is. I find them, clean them up and I'm ready for another project.

jlhmnj 07-18-2013 04:17 PM


Originally Posted by miriam (Post 6184438)
So that's what it is. I find them, clean them up and I'm ready for another project.

Where do they go once fixed? I can only move machines locally unless I give away or sell at cost which is very little. Some Singers do OK on ebay. Hope I'm not prying.

Jon

miriam 07-18-2013 04:20 PM


Originally Posted by jlhmnj (Post 6184455)
Where do they go once fixed? I can only move machines locally unless I give away or sell at cost which is very little. Some Singers do OK on ebay. Hope I'm not prying.

Jon

As many as possible go on CL some are setting in my shop. A lot are setting in my shop. I went hog wild buying them this year. I haven't written ads as fast as I would like. I figure I am learning a LOT. Maybe way too much in some cases.

Vridar 07-19-2013 04:25 AM

"what is your ultimate must have machine for your collection?"
A 29-4 within an hour's drive for less than $200. Right!!!

Vridar 07-19-2013 04:30 AM

When I got the SM bug I thought I could re-home reconditioned vintage machines to like minded persons. Didn't work, so now I'm a collector of reconditioned vintage machines:thumbup:.

Yooper32 07-19-2013 06:24 AM

I would give my eye-teeth,(if I still had them) , to have my old Wheeler & Wilson Family #9 back, so foolishly discarded for a Japanese POJ. What a machine it was and I sewed all of my children's clothes on it for years.

SteveH 07-19-2013 07:05 AM


Originally Posted by Vridar (Post 6184982)
"what is your ultimate must have machine for your collection?"
A 29-4 within an hour's drive for less than $200. Right!!!

Don't give up! I found my 29-4 an hour and a half away and it was only $100. Needed two little parts I made myself.

SteveH 07-19-2013 07:07 AM


Originally Posted by Yooper32 (Post 6185189)
I would give my eye-teeth,(if I still had them) , to have my old Wheeler & Wilson Family #9 back, so foolishly discarded for a Japanese POJ. What a machine it was and I sewed all of my children's clothes on it for years.


WW9's are awesome machines and honestly seem to be as common on Craigslist as fleas.... You can search for D9 or W9 or even 9W (for the singer badged version from after Singer bought them in 1905)

ArizonaKAT 07-19-2013 07:17 AM

I must have a fiddlebase machine . . . . I don't know why.


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