Melissa25125

I just purchased a Kenmore 158-17033 at a tag sale today for $10 in it's cabinet with the original instruction manual but no stitch cams or accessories/attachments. I had found a 158-19801 model Kenmore at a Goodwill earlier in January, but it was too expensive to repair so I let repair shop keep it for parts, but I DID keep the original manual, the attachments box, the fashion cams, and the embroidery attachment w/alphabet cams that were never even opened. After doing some research, I've been able to confirm that the attachments/accessories for these two model machines are interchangable, so, I'm really looking forward to using this machine. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure the repair guy I took the 19801 model to was scamming me and I fell for it, not knowing what a valuable find I had made...but at least I have a new home for the accessories...so all's well that ends well.

I'm a bit of a fanatic when it comes to vintage machines. I have a Singer 15-91 w/all original parts/manual/cabinet ($37+$87 repair), a Japanese Made Commodore Deluxe Precision/Singer Class 15 clone ($15+$30 repairs), a Necchi BU Mira made in Italy w/it's original cabinet, manual, accessories and cams ($25), Singer models 534&543 ($25 for both), Singer 5528 ($50/my daughter's machine), Brother 3034D and 2340CV sergers ($350/D and $425/CV), Singer Merrittlock 14U44 Serger ($30), Janome Sewist 521 ($40)....The only ones I purchased brand new were the 2 brother sergers...the rest are all thrift store finds. I also have a White Rotary 77- 56885 ($10) machine but it's in really rough shape w/no manual or cabinet and the wiring is shot, but it does have the original attachments. I guess the good thing about White machines is that they were so popular, they're very easy to find if you keep an eye out for them, and they're really durable/heavy duty too!!