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    Old 10-25-2011, 01:25 PM
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    I have heard that you should use metal bobbins with metal bobbin cases and plastic with the plastic ones. Don't know if that is gospel or not.
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    Old 10-25-2011, 01:32 PM
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    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Nancy if you send me your email address I will sent you a short clip of the machine in action in the treadle. If you have a red eye with the treadle no modification is necessary except to remove the motor and place in you cabinet. You will need a belt longer than the one on the red eye. I think any singer treadle with same dim as the red eye would work. My 319 fits the back lift hinges on the treadle. You will see an old man working the machine to LOL
    Glenn
    Ok I just watched a very handsome, young, thin man with a mustache and a big smile threadle his Singer 319! WOW! I want one - I am now on the hunt for a 319! Glenn, you are right the 'clip' you sent me is very short, but WOW it looks like so much fun to treadle a machine that does decorative stitches! What year is your 319? That machine sounds so smooth running!

    Thank you!

    Nancy
    I had to pull out my medicare card to make sure you were watching the right clip :lol: I think if I remember correctly I dated it to 1964. I don't have all the flat cams for it yet but have not really looked for them. With the one I have and the keys I can do many stitches. It is a great machine to sew with.
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    Old 10-25-2011, 02:11 PM
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    Can anyone figure out when this old Singer was made?
    http://cnj.craigslist.org/atq/2668127062.html
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    Old 10-25-2011, 02:14 PM
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    Originally Posted by jlhmnj
    Can anyone figure out when this old Singer was made?
    http://cnj.craigslist.org/atq/2668127062.html
    It's a German made machine, the C numbers began about 1908. All of the records were lost when the Russian Army invaded Wittenburg in 1945.
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    Old 10-25-2011, 02:15 PM
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    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Nancy if you send me your email address I will sent you a short clip of the machine in action in the treadle. If you have a red eye with the treadle no modification is necessary except to remove the motor and place in you cabinet. You will need a belt longer than the one on the red eye. I think any singer treadle with same dim as the red eye would work. My 319 fits the back lift hinges on the treadle. You will see an old man working the machine to LOL
    Glenn
    Ok I just watched a very handsome, young, thin man with a mustache and a big smile threadle his Singer 319! WOW! I want one - I am now on the hunt for a 319! Glenn, you are right the 'clip' you sent me is very short, but WOW it looks like so much fun to treadle a machine that does decorative stitches! What year is your 319? That machine sounds so smooth running!

    Thank you!

    Nancy
    I had to pull out my medicare card to make sure you were watching the right clip :lol: I think if I remember correctly I dated it to 1964. I don't have all the flat cams for it yet but have not really looked for them. With the one I have and the keys I can do many stitches. It is a great machine to sew with.
    I wanna see!!!
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    Old 10-25-2011, 02:18 PM
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    Originally Posted by Charlee
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Nancy if you send me your email address I will sent you a short clip of the machine in action in the treadle. If you have a red eye with the treadle no modification is necessary except to remove the motor and place in you cabinet. You will need a belt longer than the one on the red eye. I think any singer treadle with same dim as the red eye would work. My 319 fits the back lift hinges on the treadle. You will see an old man working the machine to LOL
    Glenn
    Ok I just watched a very handsome, young, thin man with a mustache and a big smile threadle his Singer 319! WOW! I want one - I am now on the hunt for a 319! Glenn, you are right the 'clip' you sent me is very short, but WOW it looks like so much fun to treadle a machine that does decorative stitches! What year is your 319? That machine sounds so smooth running!

    Thank you!

    Nancy
    I had to pull out my medicare card to make sure you were watching the right clip :lol: I think if I remember correctly I dated it to 1964. I don't have all the flat cams for it yet but have not really looked for them. With the one I have and the keys I can do many stitches. It is a great machine to sew with.
    I wanna see!!!
    Ok, Charlee coming your way
    Glenn
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    Old 10-25-2011, 02:23 PM
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    Originally Posted by sherian
    Hope I am ok to change subject and ask, about bobbins
    a woman at a quilt shop said only use plastic bobbins,
    that metal were not good for sewing machines.

    I have a babylock embroidery machine, it seems to work better for me with a metal bobbin. Works smoother, and
    better. I also use metal bobbin on my 221-1 singer.
    What did you think?
    I think with the Babylock, you should probably be using the bobbins that were made for it, i.e., plastic.

    The 221 is going to work better with the bobbins that were made for it which would be metal.
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    Old 10-25-2011, 02:24 PM
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    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Originally Posted by Charlee
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Nancy if you send me your email address I will sent you a short clip of the machine in action in the treadle. If you have a red eye with the treadle no modification is necessary except to remove the motor and place in you cabinet. You will need a belt longer than the one on the red eye. I think any singer treadle with same dim as the red eye would work. My 319 fits the back lift hinges on the treadle. You will see an old man working the machine to LOL
    Glenn
    Ok I just watched a very handsome, young, thin man with a mustache and a big smile threadle his Singer 319! WOW! I want one - I am now on the hunt for a 319! Glenn, you are right the 'clip' you sent me is very short, but WOW it looks like so much fun to treadle a machine that does decorative stitches! What year is your 319? That machine sounds so smooth running!

    Thank you!

    Nancy
    I had to pull out my medicare card to make sure you were watching the right clip :lol: I think if I remember correctly I dated it to 1964. I don't have all the flat cams for it yet but have not really looked for them. With the one I have and the keys I can do many stitches. It is a great machine to sew with.
    I wanna see!!!
    Ok, Charlee coming your way
    Glenn
    Thanks Skip! :)
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    Old 10-25-2011, 02:30 PM
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    Originally Posted by Charlee
    Originally Posted by jlhmnj
    Can anyone figure out when this old Singer was made?
    http://cnj.craigslist.org/atq/2668127062.html
    It's a German made machine, the C numbers began about 1908. All of the records were lost when the Russian Army invaded Wittenburg in 1945.
    Nazi German era? Thanks for the info.
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    Old 10-25-2011, 02:34 PM
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    Originally Posted by Charlee
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Originally Posted by Charlee
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    Nancy if you send me your email address I will sent you a short clip of the machine in action in the treadle. If you have a red eye with the treadle no modification is necessary except to remove the motor and place in you cabinet. You will need a belt longer than the one on the red eye. I think any singer treadle with same dim as the red eye would work. My 319 fits the back lift hinges on the treadle. You will see an old man working the machine to LOL
    Glenn
    Ok I just watched a very handsome, young, thin man with a mustache and a big smile threadle his Singer 319! WOW! I want one - I am now on the hunt for a 319! Glenn, you are right the 'clip' you sent me is very short, but WOW it looks like so much fun to treadle a machine that does decorative stitches! What year is your 319? That machine sounds so smooth running!

    Thank you!

    Nancy
    I had to pull out my medicare card to make sure you were watching the right clip :lol: I think if I remember correctly I dated it to 1964. I don't have all the flat cams for it yet but have not really looked for them. With the one I have and the keys I can do many stitches. It is a great machine to sew with.
    I wanna see!!!
    Ok, Charlee coming your way
    Glenn
    Thanks Skip! :)
    I'm with Nancy...pretty handsome young fella in that clip!! :)
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