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Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell

Old 11-20-2011, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by AJ Quilts View Post
So go to the dump and get it.
Sure, I'll get right on that....I'm sure I can echo locate one lone sewing machine in a major city dumping ground. LOL.
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Old 11-20-2011, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jljack View Post
Hey, here's a Japanese 15 called Household... And another called Edison.
Going by your photos, my Olsen and my Pioneer are Japanese 15s, which hurts my feelings not at all. Happy with them both
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Old 11-20-2011, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace View Post
Sure, I'll get right on that....I'm sure I can echo locate one lone sewing machine in a major city dumping ground. LOL.
C'mon Candace....where's your sense of ADVENTURE? LOL
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Old 11-20-2011, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Janis View Post
Look what this guy has to say about vintage sewing machines!!!

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/atq/2696803370.html

Little does he know!!!!
Apparently whatever he said was baaaaddd,lol, because it's gone. Was it repeatable?
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Old 11-20-2011, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee View Post
C'mon Candace....where's your sense of ADVENTURE? LOL
Oh the adventure may be there along with the hepatitis :> And add the $7 entry fee.....ummmm "no".
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Old 11-20-2011, 03:55 PM
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Oh the adventure may be there along with the hepatitis :> And add the $7 entry fee.....ummmm "no".
Too much of this virus thing going around.... and I don't mean hepatitis....
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Old 11-20-2011, 03:58 PM
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Hi to all you old machine lovers!! I am a new owner of a Free no.5 that is in great shape! She is in a very nice cabinet that only needs shined up a bit. My husband took it apart to clean it by Billie's tutorial. Now, when he turned it up-side down a little steel pin fell out onto the table. It looks like a pin that Billie shows with the tension peices. Can anyone explain how to put it back in it's proper place? I thank you already and will post pictures when we get it back together.
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Old 11-20-2011, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jillnjo View Post
Hi to all you old machine lovers!! I am a new owner of a Free no.5 that is in great shape! She is in a very nice cabinet that only needs shined up a bit. My husband took it apart to clean it by Billie's tutorial. Now, when he turned it up-side down a little steel pin fell out onto the table. It looks like a pin that Billie shows with the tension peices. Can anyone explain how to put it back in it's proper place? I thank you already and will post pictures when we get it back together.
http://www.tfsr.org/pub/technical_in...echanism_2.pdf good explanation how it should go.
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Old 11-20-2011, 04:11 PM
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I was in a local goodwill store, and as usual, looked to see if they had any sewing machines. Ha. They had one, and there is a NICE one listed on ebay.


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Kenmore Sewing Machine Model E6354 W/CABINET.


But, the one at goodwill....bad, really bad. The cabinet it was in was not as nice as the one shown here, and the machine itself was dirty and beat up. THe best part was that on the corner of the open cabinet someone had written, in magic marker, no less......ANTIQUE $199.00. Not on its best day, lol. And the only accessory was an old spool of thread.

They just don't get it, do they?
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Old 11-20-2011, 04:17 PM
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I think that I am going to stop fooling around with my Kenmore for a while, and put my brother up on the cabinet, and whip out two more Christmas outfits for my dogs (yes, I am one of those) so I can get their photos and make my Christmas cards. I finally got the needle to stop breaking, and now the bobbin is doing a devil dance for me. Well...that bobbin is going outside with me for the dog's next potty break, and we will see how far into the woods I can throw it before we come back in. I HAVE HAD IT!!!! I don't care if Sears says it is the right one....it does not fit right!! THe machine is metal, why can't I use one of the old metal one in there? I have some old Singer ones - will they work right? Sheesh, could NOT be any worse than this one. I swear, I now have a white streak in my blonde hair that no hairdresser could match,lol.

I really need to hook up the power to my green Japanese 15 and get it up and running, lol. What do you do when you get this frustrated?
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