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10-16-2011, 02:57 PM
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I just realized that my earlier post was really messed up! The first paragraph should have been at the end instead of being first. Sorry.
10-16-2011, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by deplaylady
Originally Posted by Charlee
Originally Posted by deplaylady
I finished cleaning my 15-30. I put a repro hand crank on it also and painted out the Chinese letters - fortunately mine moves really smoothly and quietly. I had bought the machine for $20 and it was missing the slide plate - and the box. I bought a wood box on eBay that was covered with ugly wallpaper.I removed the wallpaper thinking I would paint it but the joints didn't look very good. So I put red oak veneer on it and stained it. Here is the finished product:
10-16-2011, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Caroline S
My Belair 929 (circa late 1950s?). Billy thinks she was made by Morse. She's a "dirty girl" and has seen a lot of use judging from the wear on the front of the bed. The foot controller was cut off and I had an EUREKA moment when I realized that I did have a foot control that came with the Plymouth, a model 15 Japanese clone, that I purchased last July. I plugged her in and she runs. Now to begin the deep cleaning and oiling she needs. BTW, a manual came with her. Whoohooo!
What is the red plastic thing in the shuttle case?
I think I will name her Marilyn after Marilyn Monroe.
What is the red plastic thing in the shuttle case?
I think I will name her Marilyn after Marilyn Monroe.
10-16-2011, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Kathie S.
Try retheading your machine, try changing your needle, take out the bobbin and put it back in. Kathie
When you put your bobbin make sure the thread is coming from the top of the bobbin and bring it towards you. Put it throught the slit in the bobbin case and bring the thread to the back of the machine. It threads just like the bobbin on the new machines. Kathie[/quote]
I have found manuals and full instructions for every Singer machine I have for free on ISMaCS or other site. You have to have the needle in the right way, and thread the needle correctly for it to pick up the bobbin thread...when I first tried my 66 in treadle, I couldn't get it to pick up the bobbin thread...until one of the wonderful people here told me exactly how to put the needle in and thread it. First try after that it worked!!
10-16-2011, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Glenn
Look at my latest find. Glenn
10-16-2011, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by olebat
Phooey. Thought there was a sub thread for just vintage photos, but can't seem to locate it any more. At guild show and tell a few months back, I showed some photos of my new vintage acquisitions. I was asked to display the machines at the quilt show, which was this weekend. Unfortunately, I had also volunteered to fill a booth at a local county fair, not realizing that the two overlapped. So I set up at both. Here are photos from the show.
10-16-2011, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by olebat
Phooey. Thought there was a sub thread for just vintage photos, but can't seem to locate it any more. At guild show and tell a few months back, I showed some photos of my new vintage acquisitions. I was asked to display the machines at the quilt show, which was this weekend. Unfortunately, I had also volunteered to fill a booth at a local county fair, not realizing that the two overlapped. So I set up at both. Here are photos from the show.
Isn't it great?? My mind is running a mile a minute as well! :)
10-16-2011, 03:38 PM
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Hey, Charlee & Monica & Nancy...guess what...I won a Davis Vertical Feed machine on auction this weekend, along with some attachments of some kind (haven't seen a good pic of them yet). It's just the machine, no cabinet or base, but I am sooo excited!!
10-16-2011, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by olebat
. . . I was asked to display the machines at the quilt show, which was this weekend. . . . Here are photos from the show.
10-16-2011, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by olebat
Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by olebat
. . . I was asked to display the machines at the quilt show, which was this weekend. . . . Here are photos from the show.
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