Originally Posted by
miriam
My 411G has the same problem - I thought they were broken off - someone tried to 'fix' them - really nice to treadle BTW
I'd been thinking that too! How nice to have a machine I could treadle to do "anything" without power,... and the chainstitch. I don't currently know why, but I think I need that.
Did you ever fix your spool pins, or do they dance like the ones I'm staring at? Can they even hold a spool of thread that way and not mess anything up?
Originally Posted by
J Miller
I don't have a clue. Even looked up a 411 on ISMACs and it looks like many of the Singers of that era. Were it mine, I'd just put felt pads there. Color code them to match even.
Joe
I think I shall color code them red. It's the only color of felt I have.
The pins are disassembled already, so it'll just be a matter of cutting and stuffing felt.
There wasn't a lot of information on ismacs at all, they had a manual though. Between that one and the one on Singer's site, I think I have all the info on operating it that I need.
Here's everything I know currently about the machine:
The 411G is a german produced machine. It's closest to that 431G you asked about a month or so ago, just with a flat bed instead of an open arm. (Edit: and also no extension bed. I'll be on the lookout for one of those....) It's got a few differences from a 401 visually (one is that the color is much lighter than the 401. Almost a beige, in fact), and the bobbin winder is "internal" more like the newer machines, plus that chain stitch which it does with only the needle plate needing to be changed. (newer models require a bobbin cover plate, and a slide on guide.) This one has the guide permanently attached, inside that front door, and the bobbin case doesn't get covered, you just remove the bobbin.
I plan on cleaning it up tonight after I finish with a couple of clients. I'll post a pic or two of it in this thread then.