What is your Holy Grail?
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,963
Here most 201s are motor or treadle, and I so want to try the potted motor first hand. My hope is that a 201K2 will turn up, very dirty is all right, as long as it shines up and decals and paint are nice I'm happy. There are two prewar Bernina models, heavy cast irion zigzaggers, I am looking for one to turn up closer to me, but shipping from US is not totally out of the question.
#12
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 673
Singer 320 (the free-arm version of the 319). I don't think they were made in (or imported to) the U.S., so I guess I'm including a color-coordinated 110V motor with that request.
Pfaff 138 industrial. I'm 6'3" so most domestic machines (and cabinets) feel slightly out of scale to me. This Pfaff has a good reputation and a roomy throat space.
Are attachments allowed? If so, Singer Walking Foot attachment #160741 at a sensible price. I don't know if I want it to keep; I just would like to see what all the fuss is about.
Pfaff 138 industrial. I'm 6'3" so most domestic machines (and cabinets) feel slightly out of scale to me. This Pfaff has a good reputation and a roomy throat space.
Are attachments allowed? If so, Singer Walking Foot attachment #160741 at a sensible price. I don't know if I want it to keep; I just would like to see what all the fuss is about.
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.
Posts: 16,105
Would love to have the machines back that were set on the curb. That's not going to happen. Oh well. Not to dwell. I keep checking the thrift stores around here and still way over-priced for machines I wouldn't even use for doorstop in a barn.
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: North Central, NC
Posts: 2,741
I lust after a Rocketeer but really don't have room for anymore ... and I don't really have that many. I also would like to have a handcrank but at some point I think I will buy just the wheel and crank for my 128 or 99K both in Bento Boxes. Mostly what I need/could use is more room but then I guess a lot of us could say that!
It's nice that we can all have these dreams and that some of them do come true.
It's nice that we can all have these dreams and that some of them do come true.
#18
Let's see . . .
I'm really wanting the early Boye needle display case - the one that has Singer as #11 and White as #15. That will make #4, and I really only want to have two of them, one of each numbering system.
For machines, I don't know if I have any "holy grail" right now. I'm thinking of getting a later Singer 12 hand crank. It would replace my 1868 model.
I'm still looking for "Supre Macy" found one, but the name decal was in poor shape, and that is the important part for getting one! Though I'm thinking I'll name my long arm "Macy" and that will help with my user name (original MacyBaby was the nickname for a horse I bought as a weanling and sold several years ago).
And I'd love to find a Style #1 puzzle box!
Ok - so maybe my one true "holy grail" item at this time is a Singer Penguin Foot that won't cost more than a mortgage payment to obtain!
I'm really wanting the early Boye needle display case - the one that has Singer as #11 and White as #15. That will make #4, and I really only want to have two of them, one of each numbering system.
For machines, I don't know if I have any "holy grail" right now. I'm thinking of getting a later Singer 12 hand crank. It would replace my 1868 model.
I'm still looking for "Supre Macy" found one, but the name decal was in poor shape, and that is the important part for getting one! Though I'm thinking I'll name my long arm "Macy" and that will help with my user name (original MacyBaby was the nickname for a horse I bought as a weanling and sold several years ago).
And I'd love to find a Style #1 puzzle box!
Ok - so maybe my one true "holy grail" item at this time is a Singer Penguin Foot that won't cost more than a mortgage payment to obtain!
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