old Singer machine
#41
Originally Posted by sewmom
Originally Posted by KatFish
I LOVE my old vintage Singers. I hate the newer ones they make today with all plastic gears. I have a Feather weight, Singer 99, 223, 301, 401, 500, and 774 and I love them all. I also have a "Pink" atlas sewing machine and a green Montgomery Ward sewing machine that I got at an auction for a song. They sew the straightest seams, and are still very easy to find parts for. I can do most of the maintence myself, so I don't have to take tem in for repairs so much. Pull out that old machine and use it. You'll love it.
#42
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Originally Posted by Pattiannie
Hey quilterguy27.... I'd love to have a link to Billy's tutorial service info for Singer Featherweights...It'd sure save me some money taking or shipping it to SE Missouri to have it serviced. Would you be willing to share the info for others again?
#43
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I recently found a Featherweight and thought I'd use it only when my Janome was in for service, wrong. It sews so beautifully I think I'll only use the Janome when my Featherweight isn't available. I love the stitching it does, perfect even with me at the pedal.
#44
I absolutely love the vintage sewing machines. I recently acquired a Necchi Bu Supernova, two Singer 201-2's, and a Singer 301-a. I would love to have a Featherweight. They're a little too expensive for me right now, but maybe sometime in the future. How to I obtain a link to Billy's site?
#45
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
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Originally Posted by sarge1
ok ladies, when I got home from work, I dug out the old machine. I feel simultaneously guilty for keeping it boxed up all these years, and excited to try to use it. Can't start it up now (baby's sleeping), but tomorrow! Now, some help figuring out what I've got?! I can't find a model number on it; it seems there are pieces hiding inside the base (I hear them rattling around), but I don't know how to get them out; the bent piece of metal (see pic) seems to fit into a small hole on the base, and turn, but then nothing.This thing weighs about 150 lbs!
with a 220 volt motor. The bent bar is the what is used to power the machine, you use it with your knee .
The machine threads from left to right, needle goes in with the flat to the right.
You can use the manual from a Singer model 66, same machine just bigger. To get to the stuff you hear rattling around, try undoing the thumb screw to the right on the plate thats to the right of the hand wheel.
#46
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
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I sew more with my 2 Singer treadles, 201K and 15-90. I also have 4 featherweights and a 301. They all sew a beautiful straight stitch, no plastic parts to wear out, they are all metal.
Here's my sewing machine album:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...60310442BRuLem
Here's my sewing machine album:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...60310442BRuLem
#47
This is Billy's thread on old machines. I have found lots of info here. I have never tried to do a link before, so I hope this works. Billy is really involved with his dog Lola right now and isn't answering a lot, but you could PM him. His screen name is Lostn51
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43881-1.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43881-1.htm
#48
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Location: montana
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Originally Posted by greaterexp
Originally Posted by Pattiannie
Hey quilterguy27.... I'd love to have a link to Billy's tutorial service info for Singer Featherweights...It'd sure save me some money taking or shipping it to SE Missouri to have it serviced. Would you be willing to share the info for others again?
#49
Originally Posted by sarge1
I notice a lot of you have old Singer (or otherwise) machines, and post pictures of them, ask questions about repairing them, etc.
I have one; my question is, do you just have these for display, or do you use them, or...? If you use them, what is the advantage of the old machine? I've never used mine (given to me by an aunt), and actually don't even have it on display.
I have one; my question is, do you just have these for display, or do you use them, or...? If you use them, what is the advantage of the old machine? I've never used mine (given to me by an aunt), and actually don't even have it on display.
#50
Well, I'm new on here! I was reading all the posts on the old sewing machines. We've had my husband's grandmother's old sewing machine in our bedroom for almost 20 years and I've never really opened it. I guess I'll open it tomorrow just to take a look at it and see what condition it is in. Maybe I'll start using it.
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