Originally Posted by
jennb
Hubby and I were poking around in a couple of antique stores today and I came upon a cabinet with a sewmor zig zag machine that looks alot like my Lenco. It was nicely turning, relatively clean, and in a standard little cabinet. They wanted 75 but I thought that was way too much, though I don't have another sewmor. Its been there for awhile. I was sorta contemplating going back later and making a more reasonable offer. What would y'all say is a fair price for this? I'll see if I can find a pic of a similar machine. It was way too dark to get a good one in there, and its way buried in their stuff, so I am pretty confident that it will still be there whenever I make it back.
I couldn't have taken it with me anyway because we went to lunch and came back with a 55" HDTV and leftover mexican food...I didn't have any place to put it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftybean/2540186774/ found a photo of an identical machine...
Jenn, I have a Sewmor and it sews great. The problem with that machine - and it looks like the one you are looking at is the same - is that they are dedicated left needle position machines. Which means, you could not use that machine to piece a quarter inch seam with - your quarter inch seam doesn't make it over the right feed dogs. If you want to use it for something with a 5/8" seam - you'd be ok. My Granddaughter has used one all summer to make a rag quilt using a 1/2" seam. Those machines are work horses and will sew through most anything - but, the left side needle drives my batty!
Nancy