miriam

not crazy loud - SCARY loud - at least with the motor on it. If you hand crank it the machine works fine.

manicmike

After Miriam mentioned it (think it was last year), I imagined how loud my VS would be with a motor (between very and extremely).

miriam

Oil doesn't really help when you have a motor on those.

Rodney

Sews that blind hemmer is a nice looking machine. Very tempting but I know I would never actually use it. The treadle base looks like it's original on the other machine. They just stuck a more modern machine in it and removed the pedal. The machine looks like a Wards to me.

I have a Brunswick VS machine that needs new wires. It will be interesting to compare it to a round bobbin machine for noise when I get it running.
Rodney

jlhmnj

LOL---My Davis' that were converted to electric work nicely.

Jon

miriam

Jon, I don't know why that conversion failed. It makes horrible noise. I've oiled it and re-oiled it and it is loud. The Davis makes it's own sound.

jlhmnj

Miriam,

I have no doubt many of the motorized VS machines would vibrate terribly and go crashing from the tabletop if left to there own devices. There are good ones out there and wouldn't fool too much with a rotten apple in the barrel with the price of parts these days.

Jon

scrappingfaye58

they are kidding, right????

jlhmnj

Sort of. I've had good luck with my Davis "upgraded" VS machines. I believe Miriam and Archaic when they tell me their machines are crazy loud. The vibration part was an attempt at humor.

Jon

miriam

Ok so my sense of humor is sick... what's new. But that refurbed Singer 27 is NOISY I tell you. It is NOT noisy when it is hand turned. It can not be converted to HC or back to treadle due to somebody grinding off the BW mount and putting one on the top that only fits with a very small hand wheel. Not all refurbished machines are bad - just a couple I've seen. The other bad one was a Singer 66 - it is only good for parts. I've seen others that were just fine. It was the modifications...