If there was a company out there now that made all metal machines like the antique singers, would you think they are better or worse than the new, mostly plastic, machines? Would you buy one, or would you buy the new machines instead?

Lynette

I own a 1953 singer myself and love it also there are reproduction singer featherweights out there but ive heard that they arent like the originals

i like a computer in the machine that i use for piecing and then the machine that i use for quilting on a frame i prefer it to be light weight.

so if a metal machine came on the market that had a computer and was light weight i would buy it over the plastic parts that are on the market today.

I have a couple of the newer Berninas -- they are all metal on the inside as well as having metal bobbins. With hard plastic on the outside, that keeps them light enough that even I can move them around with little trouble. I think it was a good compromise for me. But if you have an older all metal machine and it works, I sure wouldn't get rid of it!!

I have 5 older machines(70's,50's and 30's) and 2 fairly new elnas, one is computerized, other than that, I would buy an all metal machine if it was well make and not like the new Singers.

I would buy a newer metal machine if available. I have a new Janome and I love it but it can't sew the crazy things I sew. I have a 72 Kenmore that is a workhorse. It's done everything from sheer fabrics to 4 layers of vinyl. I just finished a tonot (?) cover for the pickup....That old machine sewed just fine...the Janome couldn't handle fabrics that heavy.

I have three all metal Pfaffs. I bartered a newer "plastic fantastic" machine for fabric. I definitely prefer the old school machines over the new ones--if I'm going to embroider, I'm going to do it by hand anyway.

I wish the new machines of today had the perfect stitch of a vintage all metal Singer.

I have a Pfaff that is about 30 years old that I love. My sis also has an older Pfaff. They are both work horses. She got a new machine and quilting frame. We have had more problems with that machine than our old ones. She also has a featherweight that sews like a dream. My mom had a slant-a-matic singer that was a workhorse.

I have had all metal Singer and now I have a plastic Singer. Of course the new one has more features. But as far as the material they are made of I can see no difference.