Vintage Morse Fotomatic IV Sew Machine
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Vintage Morse Fotomatic IV Sew Machine
We just came upon a beautiful Morse Fotomatic IV sewing machine (believe it is 1967) and other than a demo video, haven't been able to find much of anything on it - anyone know of them? A manual came with it but it is not model specific and any info relating to them say they all operate pretty much the same. I have some questions if anyone is familiar with them. Thank you.
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We just came upon a beautiful Morse Fotomatic IV sewing machine (believe it is 1967) and other than a demo video, haven't been able to find much of anything on it - anyone know of them? A manual came with it but it is not model specific and any info relating to them say they all operate pretty much the same. I have some questions if anyone is familiar with them. Thank you.
Marysewfun
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Well, first off - is there an on/off switch? And before you die laughing, let me continue. :-) We plugged it in and suddenly it had life of its own - - it took off like at full throttle and the only way to shut it off was to pull the plug. I turned the plugs around thinking maybe a polar problem - but still the same. Anybody have an idea? We checked the foot peddle and it seems to be okay (not stuck that we can see), I played with several settings while reading the manual that came with it (not model specific but says it covers basic operations of all of them) but I don't think there is anything in that which would cause the motor to apparently race. We got it at Goodwill and it is in beautiful condition, nice enough to put on a table in the corner of the dining room to use. Any ideas of where to start looking? Thank you.
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