Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
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I had one of those Kenmore 158.XXXs for a while. Does it have the double disks? Mine had double disks and you could adjust a knob and do all kinds of cool patterns with just one double disk and that knob or lever or what ever.... Very fun machine. I picked it up at a yard sale and re-sold it. While I was waiting for the buyer to come (only about 2 hours late...) I started seriously playing with the machine. If I would have known what all it did I would not have sold it.
Thanks Miriam. I will take another look at it and be back.
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Mine didn't have orange disks but it looked a bit like that if I remember right. I wonder if there are any double disks with that. Those were the cool ones - maybe had 4 or 6 of those and then others that just were disks. For all I know there might be a machine like that in my shop - but no disks that I have seen yet. There is a bit of EVERYTHING in there right now. I'm thinking of taking a bunch of machines with me to the class and see if anybody wants parts machines or 'fix up & combine to make one run' deals - dirt thrown in free.......
These machines have a tendency to not move the fabric like they should...example, my machine's feed dogs move back and forth, but they don't cycle up and down....so they never release the fabric in order to advance it, they just wiggle it back and forth. I need Cathy to come visit me!!
Take fabric with you. Test it. If you like it, offer less, but I'd buy it!
Take fabric with you. Test it. If you like it, offer less, but I'd buy it!
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These machines have a tendency to not move the fabric like they should...example, my machine's feed dogs move back and forth, but they don't cycle up and down....so they never release the fabric in order to advance it, they just wiggle it back and forth. I need Cathy to come visit me!!
Take fabric with you. Test it. If you like it, offer less, but I'd buy it!
Take fabric with you. Test it. If you like it, offer less, but I'd buy it!
It's a common problem with these machines from what I understand...
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It's supposed to be an easy fix...I just can't get William to do it for me, and I'm no SM mechanic...and really don't wanna be...
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