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08-13-2012, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by sew wishful
Anyone heard of an Apartment SM? Looks like a 3/4 Singer, but definitely says Apartment across the top. Pretty neat little machine. It's for sale and I'm asking questions of the owner, but she works nights soooo...will take a while to get back to me.
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08-13-2012, 07:43 PM
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So, Joe, what you are saying is that lowering that needle a little bit, like I suggested, changed things. Hmmm. You are welcome for the advice in post 37370.
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08-13-2012, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by chris_quilts
Have a question...
I have a couple of rusty bobbins ~ the spindle portion ~ and am wondering if they can be resurrected to new life or are they toast? I need some to go with the machine I'm donating and it came with those rusty bobbins plus two like I've never seen before that I am keeping for my own machines which use 66 bobbins. TIA.
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I have a couple of rusty bobbins ~ the spindle portion ~ and am wondering if they can be resurrected to new life or are they toast? I need some to go with the machine I'm donating and it came with those rusty bobbins plus two like I've never seen before that I am keeping for my own machines which use 66 bobbins. TIA.
Chris
08-14-2012, 02:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Christine-
Here's a machine for the extremely short among us!
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/clt/3203638047.html
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/clt/3203638047.html
08-14-2012, 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam
ARGH - pictures... Let me try again. What machine is in the picture.
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08-14-2012, 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Caroline S
It looks like the 27 Crinkle that I posted about last week. Even down to the small hand wheel. Refurbished and electrified at some time.
08-14-2012, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam
So it probably is a 27 that has been converted. It seems to be a very nice machine. Skip didn't wanna test it out. I should have made him...
Here is the link about my Singer 27 Crinkle. This machine is the only one of the herd/hoard that I have been unable to fix. She was frozen up solid in the upper innards. At least until yesterday. I will detail my fight with that machine as an update to the above thread. I am thinking that the 27 had the lower mounted bobbin winder and the 127 had the higher mounted one.
08-14-2012, 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Caroline S
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...d-t196954.html
Here is the link about my Singer 27 Crinkle. This machine is the only one of the herd/hoard that I have been unable to fix. She was frozen up solid in the upper innards. At least until yesterday. I will detail my fight with that machine as an update to the above thread. I am thinking that the 27 had the lower mounted bobbin winder and the 127 had the higher mounted one.
Here is the link about my Singer 27 Crinkle. This machine is the only one of the herd/hoard that I have been unable to fix. She was frozen up solid in the upper innards. At least until yesterday. I will detail my fight with that machine as an update to the above thread. I am thinking that the 27 had the lower mounted bobbin winder and the 127 had the higher mounted one.
08-14-2012, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by melinda1962
Joe,
Yes, the Q foot is a clear plastic kenmore foot that came with q needles. I see them in sets on shop goodwill sometimes. That foot was the life saver for t shirt type fabrics. Also, you can try cheating the needle down just a smidge, if you don't have the q foot. Not sure of the logic, just that it sometimes worked back in the day.
Yes, the Q foot is a clear plastic kenmore foot that came with q needles. I see them in sets on shop goodwill sometimes. That foot was the life saver for t shirt type fabrics. Also, you can try cheating the needle down just a smidge, if you don't have the q foot. Not sure of the logic, just that it sometimes worked back in the day.
I did not ignore this suggestion, it was just one of many things I read that did not fully gel. I had the needles set to the same over all length, I had not thought about the eye placement. Had you gone into some detail as to why I should cheat the needle down, I might have tried it sooner. Since I had them the same length I did not want to risk making the needle too long without a good reason.
Seeing for myself the misaligned eyes gave me that reason.
08-14-2012, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by melinda1962
So, Joe, what you are saying is that lowering that needle a little bit, like I suggested, changed things. Hmmm. You are welcome for the advice in post 37370.
Don't take offense that I didn't jump right to your suggestion. I have a dozen projects running concurrently and I didn't get back to the Kenmore until last night just before I posted the last comment about it. Please also read my previous response.
Joe
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