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Old 01-29-2015, 07:45 AM
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..... Singer 201-2 and a 1200?

There is a Singer 1200 in a small industrial looking table on GW right now and it made me curious.
{ http://www.shopgoodwill.com/auctions...-19756194.html }
The 1200 is visually identical to the 201-2.

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Old 01-29-2015, 08:08 AM
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I finded it. Now youse guys don't have to tell me to do my own research ...

[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD="width: 89, align: left"]201-2 [/TD]
[TD="width: 73, align: left"][/TD]
[TD="width: 65, align: left"]Domestic[/TD]
[TD="width: 548, align: left"]Horizontal rotary hook, with reverse. Potted motor; internal gear driven.[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: left"]15x1[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE]
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[TD="width: 92, align: left"]1200
[/TD]
[TD="width: 74, align: left"][/TD]
[TD="width: 65, align: left"]Artisan[/TD]
[TD="width: 848, align: left"]As 201 but with knee lifter; in power table.[/TD]
[TD="width: 125, align: left"]
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ok but it's not a power table. 1200 still uses the potted motor, the thing hanging down is the controller. in fact that stand is the same as used on a singer #404 cabinet, but with a 4 drawer cabinet upper

It would be like having a "mini industrial" with a servo motor.

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Well, I got the info I posted from ISMACS, so if it's wrong it's their fault ....

My wife looked at that machine and said: "That's like the machines I used at Barrows years ago." She said it would be a good quilting machine. Unfortunately it's in CA and we're not ...


I told her she could use my 201-2 ... same thing basically. She didn't appreciate my humor.


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Old 01-29-2015, 08:47 AM
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nothing wrong Joe, I didn't open your links because I know that table. see the term power table indicates the motor is attached to the table.

who ever buys that will have the perfect sewing machine.
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...Unfortunately it's in CA and we're not ... Joe
I am REAL close to San Jose
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That's a later 1200. All except the last 5 years or so of production the 1200s were labeled as a 201. The knee lift is built into the back of the machine. Also notice the lack of decals. It's not really a power table, it's what was commonly used in tailors shops.

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I am REAL close to San Jose
Then go get it! There weren't that many 1200s made, and to find one still in it's original table is even less common.

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ok but it's not a power table. 1200 still uses the potted motor, the thing hanging down is the controller. in fact that stand is the same as used on a singer #404 cabinet, but with a 4 drawer cabinet upper

It would be like having a "mini industrial" with a servo motor.
It's not the controller, it's the knee lift.

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Old 01-29-2015, 12:55 PM
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the dark box below the table attack to the back brace, with the rod going to the pedal. is the e controler aka foot pedal, you can also see the knee lift

singers #404 cabinet kinda hides all that. I've tired to look up the singer 404 cabinet all I get is a u tube vid that I can't load. if you look in at singer 15-91 manual on about the 3rd / 4th page it shows the 404 cabinet.
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