Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
Originally Posted by QuilterGary
Well I got a 301A NA236668. I have been looking for some time and missed some of them but I landed a 301A black long bed. Bobbin case missing but other than that the case is in good shape and it runs. I will get a bobbin case and get it cleaned up and get some pictures posted. I also got a modern White Model 1777. I need to stop and count the number of machines I have. Vintage machines 2 ea 201-2, 15-91, 99, FW, 301A, 15 clone and a Kenmore godzilla (for $10 it followed me home). I know I am far behind some of you but I just started a few weeks ago of really looking. I do not have any treadles, just no room right now.
Geeze someone rescue this machine! It is far too nice for a 'parts' machine. Look at those La Vincendora decals!
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Originally Posted by miriam
My sister came up to visit a few days. This afternoon, we worked on an old Singer 411 I bought last fall. I had worked on her a little and gave up. The needle was hitting the foot - took off the foot and it hit behind the hole - took off the plate and it was hitting the shuttle. So we thought maybe the needle bar was bent. I have an old Singer 500 that is good only for parts - the parts do interchange. SO we did a needle bar transplant. We took the one off the 500 VERY carefully and then took the needle bar off the 411 - identical! We put the 500's needle bar on the 411. Then we stuck the bent one on the poor old tired 500. (NOTE: We could not see that it was bent until we had it out of the machine.) Then we had to time the machine. I have had to do it on a Consew walking foot every time the thread winds around the shaft so I tackled that with my sister observing every move I made. We did a high five when we got the thread to feed. Then the thread was hanging up on something so we started checking for burrs. We took the bobbin case out (again) and felt around the shuttle and sure enough there was a burr where the needle had been hitting because it was out of sync with the shuttle. Got it polished up and she runs!!! It took us about an hour and a half to get it all done. Imagine the bill from the shop??? We named her Gertrude - Gertie for short - I would ssssssoooooooo love to turn her into a treadle - some of those were made as treadles in Germany - Gertie would need a new balance wheel though. Her previous owner abused her - bent needle bar, broken cabinet where the hinges go, missing spool holders. Poor thing. In spite of all the abuse, Gertie's motor purrs & she makes a great stitch. She came with some parts that are suppose to make a chain stitch. I will have to try that out some time.
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Geeze someone rescue this machine! It is far too nice for a 'parts' machine. Look at those La Vincendora decals!
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Originally Posted by lee231
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Looking at your pics of the bobbin winder, I believe all the parts are there. I think the parts are assembled wrong, the part that pops when the bobbin is full is under where the bobbin is mounted, it needs to be above the bobbin. HTH's
edit, I think the two parts need to be switch around, bobbin wheel (tire) on the bottom screw and shoe on the top screw.
Looking at your pics of the bobbin winder, I believe all the parts are there. I think the parts are assembled wrong, the part that pops when the bobbin is full is under where the bobbin is mounted, it needs to be above the bobbin. HTH's
edit, I think the two parts need to be switch around, bobbin wheel (tire) on the bottom screw and shoe on the top screw.
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Geeze someone rescue this machine! It is far too nice for a 'parts' machine. Look at those La Vincendora decals!
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It has 6 days to run and no buy now. I put it on watch.
Originally Posted by purplefiend
Originally Posted by Krystyna
Hi, I am now an official member of the vintage sewing machine owner's club! Don't know why, but I am a little terrified of it. Can anyone help ID the exact model for me? Serial number is GO108195. I'd really like to find a manual. And a little hand holding would be good, too! :roll:
the back or on the side?
Yours is older than mine by a few months made in 1910,
my serial number is G5960807.
You could remove the motor and light and make her a treadle again.
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Originally Posted by Nanamoms
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Geeze someone rescue this machine! It is far too nice for a 'parts' machine. Look at those La Vincendora decals!
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WARNING: Don't fix a sewing machine around young boys... BTDT 20 years ago. I have an Elna that will never be the same - strictly for parts forever - expensive parts missing. NOTICE: at the top I said the words 'successfully restored' - my beloved Elna was a failure - 20 years ago. So I failed. I tried. I have most of the parts. There is so much info on here - if you try it and get stuck ASK!!!
I found real fine electricians screwdrivers and other thin and narrow screw drivers. I rigged up a screw driver tip and a very small box end wrench to get into the stuff at a tight angle. Big clunky tools don't fit the slots on sewing machine screws. I keep magnets and a muffin tin handy and put things in there in the order they come off. I photo copy the page from the repair manual so I can write and draw on it. When I am done I might make notes on the actual manual in case I do it again in 20 years.
Originally Posted by Nanamoms
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Geeze someone rescue this machine! It is far too nice for a 'parts' machine. Look at those La Vincendora decals!
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