Originally Posted by
Candace
Here's a video... kind of long. But, my machine is just as fast as this and is not what I consider to be fast compared especially to my 401, Elnas and other vintage machines. I guess it's what you have to compare to or are used to. The motor on the 319 is only .5(I think) which is a pretty weak motor.
For example, I did a serpentine stitch on my binding on the 319 last week and it was slooooow. I did the same stitch on my Elna 62C and it was probably twice as fast.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/...cglp3a&newfp=1
Maybe Singer was afraid to put a fast motor on it for fear it wouldn't do a good job on the fancy stitches? It wouldn't be hard to tack on a hefty motor though. I haven't done much with mine. I got it cleaned up and put some kind of motor from another machine on it and I do know it runs. I did not like it for free motion - I felt too cramped. I'm wondering if I would like one of the high shank Kenmores for finger room better.