Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
I think your Morse is a bit later than you suspect. The early Morse machines were 15 class clones, later ones came after the first zig zaggers started arriving from Japan. Morse had his machines built with other manufacturers' designs and was sued more than once for it. Not saying they aren't good machines, just that his models came after others because he copied them. Despite his glowing obituary Morse wasn't a very good man, just a greedy one.
I think the reason I have an unnatural aversion to Morse machines is because I intensely dislike dishonesty. Same with Nelco machines. I do own one Morse clone, it's an almost identical twin to one of my Brother clones and will be a parts donor to the Brother. I also have an aversion to stripping a machine for parts but I don't think this one will bother me too much.
Cari
Hi, I took delivery today of a backup/parts machine for my 4100, though it looks good enough to fix it up in its own right. Amongst all the goodies was the original manual, and folded up in the manual was the original bill of sale and guarantee card: March 31, 1954, sold to a Mrs. Florio of Torrington, Connecticut for $239.95, a lot of dough in '54. How many years has it been since anyone looked at that paper, and where is Mrs. Florio now? My own mother is 96 and lives alone, drives (badly), manages her own affairs entirely. She broke her hip a little over two weeks ago, had it replaced (hemiarthroplasty), and will be back home, we just found out today, on Friday. I've been building ramps all week, so I think we should be good. Maybe I'll give Mrs. Florio a jingle and invite her to the coming home party. We're serving haddock, and I picture our Mrs, Florio as a practicing Catholic, so the menu should be fine. My mother can show off her 15-91, bought about the same time, I believe. And if Mrs. Florio wants her Morse back, she can have it. They can make Mom's surgeon a quilt.
Fantasy, I know, but...