New guy with new old Singer 27
04-02-2014, 02:26 AM
#11
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On a completely different observation, I'm astounded by the assumption by anyone that any child would be scarred for life by a drawing of a woman's nipple. Don't children get their first nutritious food from two of those things? As a baby I know for sure that I saw two of them several times a day for over a year. As a child, I'm sure I saw pictures of them on work place calendars (dad was a mechanic, his partner liked the nudie calendars), and even more in magazines (another of dad's friends was quite careless in leaving his truck unlocked with porn inside).
Adults get offended when children see nudity (I'm not talking about the stuff that more evil adults get up to) and assume the kids will be traumatised. Well, if it's occasional and accidental, they won't be.
If I had that machine my kids would think it was hilarious.
Adults get offended when children see nudity (I'm not talking about the stuff that more evil adults get up to) and assume the kids will be traumatised. Well, if it's occasional and accidental, they won't be.
If I had that machine my kids would think it was hilarious.
04-02-2014, 02:41 AM
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Location: Central Minnesota
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Great buy, and nice photos. Join a support group if you find yourself going back to craigs list to look for more sewing machines. If you don't you will need to start thinking about an addition to the shop just to house all your machines.
Have fun.
Have fun.
04-02-2014, 05:22 AM
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It is very likely that machine would willingly sew canvas or leather. The balance wheel is nice and heavy and it will go through stuff nicely. There is a ton of info on restoring old sewing machines. I wish more people would research before they wipe machines down with what ever is handy.
04-02-2014, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by manicmike
If I had that machine my kids would think it was hilarious.
This Singer 27 is awesome! Great find.
You can literally resurrect that entire unit (Machine, wood, irons) with just sewing machine oil. Before you use ANYTHING else, please read a bunch here. You will see many stories of folks wiping off their decals with cleaners.
The old machines used Shellac over Japanning and not polyurethane over paint.
04-03-2014, 08:25 AM
#17
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Old Treadle Sewing Machine
Hello neighbor, I live in Ceres and that is neighboring City to Modesto. I joined the Quilting Board yesterday and am 77 years old. My Grandmother had a treadle sewing machine and they basicly went out of style around 1950. That's when they went to Modesto and bought one of those speedy electic ones from Sears. I could tell you what some of the attachments are for, but have never owned a Singer.
I went on line and searched for a instruction manuel for my current machine. Then just printed the whole thing, put it in a notebook and now I am all set. Try that, it just might work for your machine.
My sister wildyard got me into this forum, hope we both have fun.
Wanda
I went on line and searched for a instruction manuel for my current machine. Then just printed the whole thing, put it in a notebook and now I am all set. Try that, it just might work for your machine.
My sister wildyard got me into this forum, hope we both have fun.
Wanda
Originally Posted by icentropy
Hi all, first off thanks to Macybaby for telling me about this forum.
I was checking out a local Facebook page when i stumbled across an ad for an old sewing machine for sale. They were asking $200. I thought it was pretty neat but not having an extra $200 to blow on a decoration i forgot about it.....till they posted again saying they needed to get it out of their basement and "someone please make an offer".....so i offered them $50 via PM (figured it'd make a nice gift for my wife as a decoration) and they took it! Now i have an old sewing machine in my shop.
I just got it into my shop and cleaned it up a bit with WD-40 (it's all i had). everything seems to spin free. It had an old broken leather band so i just restapled it and that seems to hold. The little research i've done in the last few hours seems to say it's a model 27 from 1899. It came with a bunch of bits and pieces and accessories that i have no idea what they're for but there's quite a few of them. I WAS going to give this to my wife (she's not much into sewing, and has a cheapy walmart machine we bought her years ago for $100 or so that she uses once in a while) but the more i learn about these the more I'm thinkin i might just keep it for myself. Hey it's a pretty manly machine right?
I'd like to learn more about how to restore, maintain and use it. I'm also interested in learning what it can do. I know this is primarily a quilting forum but has anyone used them to sew heavier fabric? denim? Canvas? Leather? I honestly don't know anything about sewing either but I've always been interested and now i have a good reason to learn
Here's some pics. The first three are from the sales ad. The rest are taken a few moments ago at my place after a wipe down of WD-40.
I was checking out a local Facebook page when i stumbled across an ad for an old sewing machine for sale. They were asking $200. I thought it was pretty neat but not having an extra $200 to blow on a decoration i forgot about it.....till they posted again saying they needed to get it out of their basement and "someone please make an offer".....so i offered them $50 via PM (figured it'd make a nice gift for my wife as a decoration) and they took it! Now i have an old sewing machine in my shop.
I just got it into my shop and cleaned it up a bit with WD-40 (it's all i had). everything seems to spin free. It had an old broken leather band so i just restapled it and that seems to hold. The little research i've done in the last few hours seems to say it's a model 27 from 1899. It came with a bunch of bits and pieces and accessories that i have no idea what they're for but there's quite a few of them. I WAS going to give this to my wife (she's not much into sewing, and has a cheapy walmart machine we bought her years ago for $100 or so that she uses once in a while) but the more i learn about these the more I'm thinkin i might just keep it for myself. Hey it's a pretty manly machine right?
I'd like to learn more about how to restore, maintain and use it. I'm also interested in learning what it can do. I know this is primarily a quilting forum but has anyone used them to sew heavier fabric? denim? Canvas? Leather? I honestly don't know anything about sewing either but I've always been interested and now i have a good reason to learn
Here's some pics. The first three are from the sales ad. The rest are taken a few moments ago at my place after a wipe down of WD-40.
04-03-2014, 03:48 PM
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Location: West Central Texas
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Welcome to the "dark side" (from a fellow HTer)! I shared a link on the HT forum for the manual, so I hope you got it. Look at the stickies on the top of this forum and you'll find several on restoring old machines. Here's the link to a bunch of videos you might find helpful: http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...v-t167789.html
You really have a beauty.
You really have a beauty.
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