Originally Posted by
rosiewell
I bought a Singer 600E at Goodwill for $20. I was very happy about my find until I took it home and found that is more complicated that I wanted it to be, even though i downloaded the manual, I had a hard time threading the machine and filling the bobbin. The machine looked in good condition and I will take it to a repair shop to look into, but I was reading on the net about this model and it said that it was the best of the worst series of Touch and sew by Singer. Has anyone ever had this model, what is your experience?
I don't have a 600E but I did buy a 646 - knew it had problems but ended up it will not sew. It runs quite well but doesn't pick up the thread and nothing in the bobbin area moves. Mine has plastic gears and some of the gears are messed up. "Touch and Throw" seems to be a very common name for them. I'm going to sell mine for parts and maybe get back part of my money. Hope you have good luck with yours.