Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
03-25-2012, 03:33 AM
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Glenn I'm am so looking forward to your tutorial on this, how very exciting!
03-25-2012, 05:01 AM
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I have been sewing on my 27 I just cleaned, not making anything but sewing scraps to see what it can do. It sews very nice straight stitch and the tension is good. Even tho it is a VS there is not much different to sew with than the 66. This 27 is very quiet but still has the shuttle song. Does anyone else have any experience with a 27 Singer. I think my Vs2 Singer sews better than this one.
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Yes, I have a Singer 127 that I use to hem all my jeans and my DIL's jeans. That machine will go through that flat felt seam - doubled - like butter. It amazes me - it never skips a stitch or jumps off the seam - just a great old treadle! It is a 1913 machine, and it was my second treadle. I got him right after getting my 27 with the Pheasant decals from 1901. I also have a VS2, but 'Bessie' is not in her treadle as her treadle is in line for a do over - so I have not sewn with Bessie except on the kitchen counter just to see that she will form a stitch!
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03-25-2012, 05:17 AM
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It looks like someone had fun painting this machine and cabinet!
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/fuo/2913453965.html
Nancy
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/fuo/2913453965.html
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03-25-2012, 05:19 AM
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I wish I had room for this one - reasonably priced and such a cute cabinet! I love the cabinets with the maker's name on them! Look at that middle drawer! So cute! Also, the foot pedal!
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/atq/2918089380.html
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http://sacramento.craigslist.org/atq/2918089380.html
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03-25-2012, 06:03 AM
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Hi Joe,
Don't have a Minnesota B but I noticed that the Needlebar, if your a member, has some good pictures under Davis in the photogallery. On my Davis Min "A" all this spring does is return the feed dogs to down at the end of the "stroke". A cam raises the dogs at the beginning. One end of the spring is attached to a screw and the other end goes thru a small hole in the bar that the feed dogs are attached to.
Needles are obtained easily and cheaply enough to make modifying your "B" not really necessary. Boye 10's are the easiest to use but fairly expensive unless you find a bargain. MTx190 is a common industrial needle so they have to be aligned but are inexpensive. These needles are also good for some of the Vertical Feeds if you have or add any down the road to your collection.
Good Luck
Jon
Don't have a Minnesota B but I noticed that the Needlebar, if your a member, has some good pictures under Davis in the photogallery. On my Davis Min "A" all this spring does is return the feed dogs to down at the end of the "stroke". A cam raises the dogs at the beginning. One end of the spring is attached to a screw and the other end goes thru a small hole in the bar that the feed dogs are attached to.
Needles are obtained easily and cheaply enough to make modifying your "B" not really necessary. Boye 10's are the easiest to use but fairly expensive unless you find a bargain. MTx190 is a common industrial needle so they have to be aligned but are inexpensive. These needles are also good for some of the Vertical Feeds if you have or add any down the road to your collection.
Good Luck
Jon
Not a member over at Needlebar.
My machine does have the little spring you just described. It is complete and functional. But also a more stout wire or spring inboard of that one that did something. I'll take a pic of mine I guess and post it.
I have some of the MTx190s thanks to Mizkaki (Sorry Cathy I know I didn't spell that right.) But I got them after I'd started the cleaning process and haven't had any chance to try them out yet.
Joe
03-25-2012, 06:24 AM
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Jon,
Not a member over at Needlebar.
My machine does have the little spring you just described. It is complete and functional. But also a more stout wire or spring inboard of that one that did something. I'll take a pic of mine I guess and post it.
I have some of the MTx190s thanks to Mizkaki (Sorry Cathy I know I didn't spell that right.) But I got them after I'd started the cleaning process and haven't had any chance to try them out yet.
Joe
Not a member over at Needlebar.
My machine does have the little spring you just described. It is complete and functional. But also a more stout wire or spring inboard of that one that did something. I'll take a pic of mine I guess and post it.
I have some of the MTx190s thanks to Mizkaki (Sorry Cathy I know I didn't spell that right.) But I got them after I'd started the cleaning process and haven't had any chance to try them out yet.
Joe
Jon
03-25-2012, 06:25 AM
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It looks like someone had fun painting this machine and cabinet!
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/fuo/2913453965.html
Nancy
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/fuo/2913453965.html
Nancy
03-25-2012, 06:38 AM
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I wanted to show you this from a 1949 Singer sewing manual. Never in a hundred years would I be able to do what it says.
03-25-2012, 08:32 AM
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03-25-2012, 08:41 AM
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Joe,
You spelled my name OK.
The only possible problem with lowering the needle bar is the needle clamp hitting the foot. Sometimes this will happen depending on the length on the old needle. If it was a really long one then the clamp with the change is lowered so much as to interfere with the travel of the bar.
You spelled my name OK.
The only possible problem with lowering the needle bar is the needle clamp hitting the foot. Sometimes this will happen depending on the length on the old needle. If it was a really long one then the clamp with the change is lowered so much as to interfere with the travel of the bar.
Jon,
Not a member over at Needlebar.
My machine does have the little spring you just described. It is complete and functional. But also a more stout wire or spring inboard of that one that did something. I'll take a pic of mine I guess and post it.
I have some of the MTx190s thanks to Mizkaki (Sorry Cathy I know I didn't spell that right.) But I got them after I'd started the cleaning process and haven't had any chance to try them out yet.
Joe
Not a member over at Needlebar.
My machine does have the little spring you just described. It is complete and functional. But also a more stout wire or spring inboard of that one that did something. I'll take a pic of mine I guess and post it.
I have some of the MTx190s thanks to Mizkaki (Sorry Cathy I know I didn't spell that right.) But I got them after I'd started the cleaning process and haven't had any chance to try them out yet.
Joe
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