Originally Posted by
miriam
I was attempting to use a Singer 500 as the donor I did get the 500 back together just fine and it moves just fine but it was the donor and the donation didn't fit.
Yes it has to be compatible blood types and all that. The Singers in the 400 and 500 numbers look like they are in the same family; much the same outline, angles, beige and brown. Maybe there's an old list of parts some where. These are the type of vitage I like, with all metal gears, can be repaired and worth spending some time and money on. Yesterday there was talk about an old 90's Bernina that blew up, not sure if it ever will be repaired because of the mother board and electronic parts. It's been a long time since Singer made these, every year some go in the garbage, sold off as parts machine on ebay. I wonder how many of us really care about them, and actually sew on them? I hope some are willing to spend a bit of time and effort on them in the future.