Originally Posted by
purplefiend
I have been looking at my local Craig's list for Singer 27/127 heads. I have noticed that most of them are missing the front slide plates, others the bobbin winder. I find this very strange indeed.
What started the search for this model of machine was last month a friend gave me a shuttle and 15 bobbins from her Singer.
Sharon W in chilly Texas
Sharon, An interesting thing I have come to find out about the missing front slideplate has a pretty logical reason to it. Most of them were in a cabinet opposed to a case. When you use a machine like that you open and close that slideplate almost exclusively and it gets worn much more than the back one. Thus, it gets looser and looser as time goes on until it slides out very easily. When a machine is stored it folds into the cabinet with that slideplate facing down and sooner or later the front slideplate just slides or falls out due to gravity. Eventually they get lost.
~G~