Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
#211
Originally Posted by mickey
Billy or Charlee Help please this is an antique sewing machine i am looking to purchase. It is not a singer but is said to be manufactured in late 1800's. Can you tell me anything about this machine from this picture? The spool holder on top is different from others i have seen
The spool holder is unique, it's folded down now, to allow the spool of thread to be loaded, once the thread is on, it lifts back up and is upright, looking like an upside down "U" with a spool on one post of it.
If you're looking for a vintage machine to use and keep using a lot, this is most likely not the machine you want to buy. The needles are obsolete, and when you can find them, they're terribly expensive. The credit card that I use for ebay tells the story...I bought 18 needles for my Singer 9W (basically the same machine) for $65....and consider myself lucky not only to have found them, but to have purchased them for that price. They often sell for $10 a needle. You CAN find them, sometimes OSMGs (Old Sewing Machine Guy) will have them laying around in a dusty back room... use this fact as a bargining chip when you negotiate price!
That's the only negative to buying this machine. I love the Singer I have, it sews like a dream. I love the cabinet on yours...they're called "coffin tops", and they're not so common to see in a complete state like this one you show....the coffin is often missing, or really beat up.
What are they asking for the machine? If the price is right, and only you can determine that, (it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it) then I'd say go for it! :)
#212
Originally Posted by mickey
how hard is it to get parts for a Singer 401a? My Mom's has a bent needle bar we think--it keep breaking needles, also makes a sight tapping sound when it sews.
#213
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the machine is only 75.00 but if it will not be good for machine quilting i do not think i want it purchase this machine. i also love the casing but that is not why i want the machine.
do you just key in singer sewing machine parts to find their site?
do you just key in singer sewing machine parts to find their site?
#214
Originally Posted by mickey
the machine is only 75.00 but if it will not be good for machine quilting i do not think i want it purchase this machine. i also love the casing but that is not why i want the machine.
do you just key in singer sewing machine parts to find their site?
do you just key in singer sewing machine parts to find their site?
http://www.parts.singerco.com/CPpart...4999/401A1.pdf
Any OSMG should be able to get you the parts, or send an email to Guy from the link I posted earlier...
Hope this helps! :)
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Originally Posted by mickey
how hard is it to get parts for a Singer 401a? My Mom's has a bent needle bar we think--it keep breaking needles, also makes a sight tapping sound when it sews.
This is what happens when you don't oil and service the machine regularly.
Billy
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thank you, thank you, thank you Charlee
Billi, mom was hemming denim pants and went over the felled seam and popped the needle and bent the bar we think--i hope it just popped it out of position. but there is not a good shop here to fix this. so hoping that i can follow your tutorial when you make it and maybe find out what is wrong.
Billi, mom was hemming denim pants and went over the felled seam and popped the needle and bent the bar we think--i hope it just popped it out of position. but there is not a good shop here to fix this. so hoping that i can follow your tutorial when you make it and maybe find out what is wrong.
#217
Hi Billy, Just dropped in the shop for a sec to say I do have pictures of the front of this machine but am having a lot of trouble downsizing them and getting to show up here. But, never fear, I won't give up.
John, the owner of the machine, wants $125 for it. The top of the desk isn't in too good of shape but it has a unique iron looking type bar that holds it up.
Better run so I can get those pictures posted.
John, the owner of the machine, wants $125 for it. The top of the desk isn't in too good of shape but it has a unique iron looking type bar that holds it up.
Better run so I can get those pictures posted.
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Linda, I love it!!
I wished you could have taken one from the front so that everyone can see the embossed areas that are on the machine. Did you know that the White Sewing Machine Company was the first manufacturer to use the "Wrinkle" finish and held a patent on it.
The anniversary of this model was bronzed and a lot of folks that have them today have ruined them by over polishing them to make them shine instead of keeping the patina.
The wrinkle finish didn't show up on the Singers until they were being refurbished by certain authorized manufacturers and then they started using it themselves in the latter 50's.
Billy
I wished you could have taken one from the front so that everyone can see the embossed areas that are on the machine. Did you know that the White Sewing Machine Company was the first manufacturer to use the "Wrinkle" finish and held a patent on it.
The anniversary of this model was bronzed and a lot of folks that have them today have ruined them by over polishing them to make them shine instead of keeping the patina.
The wrinkle finish didn't show up on the Singers until they were being refurbished by certain authorized manufacturers and then they started using it themselves in the latter 50's.
Billy
#218
Vintage White Rotary Electric Machine-serial number 31x19510. This is a retry to load pictures.
#220
On that White Rotary it says in the back 'Patented Nov. 8, 192(7) not sure if it is a 7 or not.
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