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02-02-2016, 12:58 PM
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What do YOU use? to repair sewing machine manuals & boxes
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I tried gluing the cracks in a plastic carrying...
I tried gluing the cracks in a plastic carrying case with plastic cement, the solvent-based kind that melts the plastic so it runs together and dries adhered to itself. The join still won't bear...
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Yet another Rare machine destroyed by poor packaging....
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I spent part of yesterday gluing a plastic...
I spent part of yesterday gluing a plastic Kenmore case back together with plastruct. Managed to cement a bit of my hair into the crack too. :( It's nothing like a strong bond but at least it looks...
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12-24-2015, 02:19 PM
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Inside the Davis Sewing Machine Factory in 1881
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I wonder if our school trips ever went to Batsto,...
I wonder if our school trips ever went to Batsto, it certainly fits the profile of old crafts that I remember. Cross-stitch on punched paper, anyone?
The glass factory in Bridgeton which employed...
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12-21-2015, 08:31 PM
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A Card For Everyone
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Goodness but that machine shines. May all of our...
Goodness but that machine shines. May all of our holiday celebrations be as flawless. :)
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12-21-2015, 12:47 PM
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Do your other hobbies "color" your views on sewing machines
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To be slightly more on topic, most of my hobbies...
To be slightly more on topic, most of my hobbies have been about playing with data and ideas and not things. I would rather have drawn the pattern instead of cut and sewn it, or thought through the...
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12-19-2015, 06:41 PM
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Do your other hobbies "color" your views on sewing machines
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Flip that around rather, and say that my views on...
Flip that around rather, and say that my views on sewing machines color my other hobbies. Because when I first saw the gaming miniature called the 'large arachnid' (it's built out of metal), my...
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12-18-2015, 09:14 PM
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Do you have any info about these machine?
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Just look at the solid handwheel on that machine!...
Just look at the solid handwheel on that machine!
I know nothing about this badged name but I love the look of this.
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12-05-2015, 12:15 PM
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Probably new Work Stand template needed and info Please
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Fascinating part about the 'asphalt varnish'. So...
Fascinating part about the 'asphalt varnish'. So there was a method to spot clean the scratches, back then...
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11-29-2015, 11:22 PM
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What is your Holy Grail?
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I've got that one, pennycandy. Kenmore 1400, a...
I've got that one, pennycandy. Kenmore 1400, a pretty pale green. Low shank feet, too, since it was not a 1400-0. It has many sisters with the 'two dials on the right and white/red toggle above' look...
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11-28-2015, 07:16 PM
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Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
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I thought press-fit WAS British English because...
I thought press-fit WAS British English because it doesn't sound right to my American ears either...I would've said they were tap-in spool pins, or something like that.
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11-27-2015, 06:04 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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I worked retail at the game shop and it was kind...
I worked retail at the game shop and it was kind of disappointing. Just the usual kind of Friday traffic, nothing very out of the ordinary. Got myself a miniature I had been wanting though. It is...
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11-26-2015, 12:02 PM
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Vintage machine that does a blanket stitch?
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TWO fishies? I thought I was doing great with...
TWO fishies? I thought I was doing great with one! (And I just got fishie cam's machine's motor cleaned out so it's going to be fishies all day, today. ;) )
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11-22-2015, 09:17 AM
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99 in blonde
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I am going to file that one away in the tip jar....
I am going to file that one away in the tip jar. :) Right next to the notes on kantha quilt jackets. The kantha quilts were hand stitched with a running stitch and so they made flexible jackets and...
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11-20-2015, 10:14 AM
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For giggles, continued, I saw it on...
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Now that is one ad with no photos of the machine...
Now that is one ad with no photos of the machine that does not bother me.
No giggling from me this week as I missed out in two weeks' time on a $40 portable -and- a $20 cabinet White 77. The...
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11-10-2015, 10:09 PM
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Vintage Sewing Machine Shop Machine Photos
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Why not though? The groove's just there to make...
Why not though? The groove's just there to make space for the thread, what would it do to the stitch physics if there was just empty air there? Not much. A little less resistance on the fabric on...
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11-10-2015, 04:49 PM
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Kenmore 158-481
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Oh, beautiful! One of my 'ones that got away'....
Oh, beautiful! One of my 'ones that got away'. It's built similar to the Models 35 and 47 but I had no luck looking for those manuals either. Yet. I'll try again later.
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11-03-2015, 02:52 PM
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NOT MINE - but I have the honor of sharing this piece of new history....
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So we started out centered on the needle, sewing...
So we started out centered on the needle, sewing front to back. . .wonder why it changed from sewing right to left, on some machines. Very interesting!
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11-02-2015, 09:45 AM
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For giggles, continued, I saw it on...
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Art deco parlor cabinets are amazing. ...
Art deco parlor cabinets are amazing.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/atq/5292556156.html
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10-28-2015, 10:09 PM
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This is very exciting news! Now you have me...
This is very exciting news! Now you have me wondering if there was a European standard bobbin after WWII and we Americans never learned about it in time before sewing machine production moved out of...
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10-19-2015, 09:10 AM
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Need mounting hinges for my Kenmore
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I think you may not need to worry about that. I...
I think you may not need to worry about that. I have also just gotten a '30s or '40s Kenmore cabinet and that one has the 1 1/4" round hinges. Pictures of that one will come once I put the 1701 into...
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10-19-2015, 07:11 AM
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For giggles, continued, I saw it on...
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The seller is not happy how much value this lost...
The seller is not happy how much value this lost when she "drove it off the lot". Writing to make you giggle.
One of those overpriced Janome Sewing Tables for sale...
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10-18-2015, 08:02 AM
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Need mounting hinges for my Kenmore
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I looked under the cheapest '70s Kenmore cabinet...
I looked under the cheapest '70s Kenmore cabinet I have and that I was going to take the knee control out of it and stick it to a nicer cabinet. It looks like they changed hinge styles between the...
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10-17-2015, 10:00 PM
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Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
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Today my husband and I, and the Singer 66-16,...
Today my husband and I, and the Singer 66-16, went up into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and met up with a vintage sewing machine fan up there. She'd let the neighbor sew on some of her herd,...
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10-13-2015, 07:37 PM
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Necchi Goes Back to the Future
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Quincunx
Still a good move on their part. Not everyone...
Still a good move on their part. Not everyone wants to mess around with the vintage machines. Which just means more for us. :D
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10-10-2015, 07:21 PM
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Colorado get-together?
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Quincunx
They hold up great as long as you do not have a...
They hold up great as long as you do not have a cat that likes to climb up onto your shoulder. I have to take a hand sewing needle to my T-shirt again and tuck in a lot of embroidery threads that...
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