James got a small folding travel iron, which he says has a good temperature for what he is doing.
He also brought a machine he recently acquired to show us, a Singer 15-91, made in 1952. He got it for a good price, saying that the shipping for it was more that the price he paid for the machine.
The machine has a broken motor brush retaining screw, which James is trying to remove. The group discussed several ideas for doing that.
Cheryl & Chris
Cheryl and Chris mentioned an American Model 1 sewing machine they acquired last summer. It came up in a conversation about bobbins, as it uses a long shuttle with a very small round bobbin inside. Also mentioned was the Davis VF was a favored machine for most sewing.
Janey
Janey brought plastic holders for VAX cards to any who wanted one for their card.
Janey also brought several samples of tests she has done on handkerchief edges, using different machines with the attachments. She had done three on a 306 and three on a 221 with feet numbers 120842, 120855 and 161671. It was noted that the cross-wise grain was not as neat as the length-wise grain. She still wants to do samples on a 66 or 99 or 27/28.
... to be continued