Buttonholers ....
07-17-2012, 11:14 AM
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I was wondering about the button holer, went to a estate sale, the sewing machines were gone, but in a box of thread, most wood spools, was a button holer and instructions, will now take a closer look, see if it fits my 1942 singer which I got at a different garage sale that still needs cleaning. Still looking for that FW bargain.
07-17-2012, 12:51 PM
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Holy Crap! I have one sitting here I don't see pictured or mentioned. I will take pics of it in the next day or so. It's called the "Universal Sewing Machine Attachment That Makes Buttonholes" by London Specialties Co in Chicago Ill. Circa 1946
Personally, I think they could have shortened the name a bit.
They say it "sews on buttons, darns - mends, attach zippers, quilts, overcast seams" and fits any sewing machine.
It's the weirdest attachment I've seen yet for a sewing machine.
Contents of the box are:
2 elastic bands
2 pieces of twisted metal
2 sheets of instructions
a "small hoop"
Personally, I think they could have shortened the name a bit.
They say it "sews on buttons, darns - mends, attach zippers, quilts, overcast seams" and fits any sewing machine.
It's the weirdest attachment I've seen yet for a sewing machine.
Contents of the box are:
2 elastic bands
2 pieces of twisted metal
2 sheets of instructions
a "small hoop"
Meant to add: The testimonials on the advertising insert crack me up. Suburban one-upsmanship at its finest!
07-18-2012, 12:24 AM
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I've got one of these! I've used it to make (very bad!) buttonholes. I suspect that's something that takes a lot of practice. It's a killer darning spring though!
Meant to add: The testimonials on the advertising insert crack me up. Suburban one-upsmanship at its finest!
Meant to add: The testimonials on the advertising insert crack me up. Suburban one-upsmanship at its finest!
I especially loved the testimonial that said "all my neighbors envy me".
My neighbors shake their heads and laugh at me with all the sewing machines.
07-24-2012, 09:13 AM
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If it doesn't, I probably have a low shank BH I can send you. They're like bunnies here!
I finally used one of the buttonholers to do the curtains for the gazebo this weekend. 43 buttonholes in total. That's probably 10x as many as I have ever done with any machine in my entire life.
It was a breeze, and they all looked uniform and great, no thanks at all to the skill of the carbon based life form operating it.
When I was done, the BH was disassembled and greased / oiled. Doesn't make it any quieter.
I finally used one of the buttonholers to do the curtains for the gazebo this weekend. 43 buttonholes in total. That's probably 10x as many as I have ever done with any machine in my entire life.
It was a breeze, and they all looked uniform and great, no thanks at all to the skill of the carbon based life form operating it.
When I was done, the BH was disassembled and greased / oiled. Doesn't make it any quieter.
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07-24-2012, 12:12 PM
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07-25-2012, 04:23 AM
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If it doesn't, I probably have a low shank BH I can send you. They're like bunnies here!
I finally used one of the buttonholers to do the curtains for the gazebo this weekend. 43 buttonholes in total. That's probably 10x as many as I have ever done with any machine in my entire life.
It was a breeze, and they all looked uniform and great, no thanks at all to the skill of the carbon based life form operating it.
When I was done, the BH was disassembled and greased / oiled. Doesn't make it any quieter.
I finally used one of the buttonholers to do the curtains for the gazebo this weekend. 43 buttonholes in total. That's probably 10x as many as I have ever done with any machine in my entire life.
It was a breeze, and they all looked uniform and great, no thanks at all to the skill of the carbon based life form operating it.
When I was done, the BH was disassembled and greased / oiled. Doesn't make it any quieter.
When I read what you did with the curtains my wife had one of those "duh ... I never thought of using a button holler for curtains" look on her face. Thanks for the idea.
Joe
07-26-2012, 10:58 AM
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When I read what you did with the curtains my wife had one of those "duh ... I never thought of using a button holler for curtains" look on her face. Thanks for the idea.
07-29-2012, 07:33 AM
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I've got one of the "Jetson" case buttonholers for my Rocketeer. When my wife gave it to me (birthday present!), I took the time to clean/oil it as best I could.
Joe, you mention greasing it. Which part(s) should I grease? Also, I wondered when I got it if the cams should be lubricated.
Tate
Joe, you mention greasing it. Which part(s) should I grease? Also, I wondered when I got it if the cams should be lubricated.
Tate
07-29-2012, 08:14 AM
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Tate,
The best way I can answer your question was to scan in the two pages of instructions from a Singer buttonholer manual.
Oil is obviously sewing machine oil, but the Lubricant is actually the Singer grease in the tube. Same stuff they use in the motors.
All of the buttonholers that use the cams are made by Greist and regardless of the clam shell are the same underneath, and these instructions will cover it.
Joe
The best way I can answer your question was to scan in the two pages of instructions from a Singer buttonholer manual.
Oil is obviously sewing machine oil, but the Lubricant is actually the Singer grease in the tube. Same stuff they use in the motors.
All of the buttonholers that use the cams are made by Greist and regardless of the clam shell are the same underneath, and these instructions will cover it.
Joe
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