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    Old 10-06-2009, 05:14 AM
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    Love it.
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    Old 10-06-2009, 07:57 AM
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    What a find! I love to see these old machines finding homes where they will be put to work. It's too bad sewing machines are not so well made anymore. I love my Bernina, but I doubt if it will be still going strong in 50 years.
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    Old 10-06-2009, 08:22 AM
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    Congrats! It looks somewhat like the one my mom had (sister has it now) but it doesn't have cams.
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    Old 10-06-2009, 09:08 AM
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    Originally Posted by dunster
    What a find! I love to see these old machines finding homes where they will be put to work. It's too bad sewing machines are not so well made anymore. I love my Bernina, but I doubt if it will be still going strong in 50 years.
    Nothing is well made these days, well, not much is. It gives the companies assurance that they're gonna be in business, I guess.
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    Old 10-06-2009, 09:09 AM
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    Originally Posted by sewnsewer2
    Congrats! It looks somewhat like the one my mom had (sister has it now) but it doesn't have cams.
    If it is one of the ones that takes the discs (cams), you can find the replacements on eBay.
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    Old 10-11-2009, 10:11 AM
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    THis machine takes a 206x13 needle. Swing needle. They are shorter than most regular needles. I would like size 14. Anyone know where to get them? AllBrands has them, but they are on backorder, and that is for 100 needles/$49.
    One site wanted $10 to ship 5 or 10 needles...
    Any suggestions of places you get hard to find needles?
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    Old 10-11-2009, 11:41 AM
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    Very nice! Congrats!
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    Old 10-11-2009, 01:22 PM
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    The foot control is easy to take out and put on the floor. If it's like my old Singer it's a foot control slipped into a slot underneath the cabinet. I like the knee control much better then the floor. Only thing is if you are use to using a machine with auto knee lift, things can get interesting. :D
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    Old 10-12-2009, 05:33 AM
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    Originally Posted by BellaBoo
    The foot control is easy to take out and put on the floor. If it's like my old Singer it's a foot control slipped into a slot underneath the cabinet. I like the knee control much better then the floor. Only thing is if you are use to using a machine with auto knee lift, things can get interesting. :D
    The knee "pedal" had a missing bolt, so it wasn't attached to the table. I was unfamiliar with this, and I thought the foot pedal was just attached to the inside of the cabinet for storage--out of the way with a neater appearance. My DH (he's like MacGuyver) figured out where it went and put it back on. The "foot" (I tried) didn't work too well in the floor while pressing down with my foot because it is one of the types that just has the small button to push down. I thought, boy, this is going to be interesting to get used to.
    I really do like the knee control. I'd never tried one like that before.
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    Old 10-12-2009, 06:31 AM
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    I use to have a button foot pedal on my Kenmore and asked at a local machine repair shop...cause the button would stick...and they looked it up in the parts book and found a newer style and it works great. At least the machine doesn't sew my itself any more....thought it was hexed.
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