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So sad...I have a Shopgoodwill.com machine that arrived last week. A beautiful Singer 15 from 1906 with Tiffany decals. ...The bottom base where the bobbin case sets inside was BUSTED. :(:(:( It didn't happen during shipping either. It will either become a parts machine, or a lamp. :hunf:

Those machines look like good practice/test machines for solvent, paint, french polish, etc. At least they don't have them priced at $150. There is one that I have seen numerous times over a couple years on CL in Denver that is in similar condition for $150.

JediMom - Tiffany is my favorite decal set. When I first read I was thinking that the wood base what was broken, but maybe you mean a metal piece of the machine??? Perhaps replacement part would be in order?

Please NO lamp.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

No, it isn't the wooden base, nor a metal piece broken. It is a piece of the iron base underneath the machine that is busted off. I figure it was donated that way to Goodwill, or possibly it could have happened at the donation place. (I can't get pictures to upload onto the board for some reason. Otherwise, I'd post one to show you.) Regardless, I don't have the other piece of iron to even attempt JB Weld. I have repaired many a Singer over the past 5 years, and this one truly is irreparable. It really is too pretty to turn into a boat anchor, which is what it is. IF I decided to make it a lamp, what I would actually do is turn a wooden base into the lamp, and place the machine into the base. I would NEVER put an actual lamp kit inside of a machine like I have seen on Pinterest. The base would be a lamp, and the machine just a "pretty" placed inside the base.

Maybe you could replace the entire base with one fromanother.You would lose some of thepretty, but everythingfrom the pillarup would be good.

Pics have to be very small to post here. 1000 pixels as amax dimension work.

Janey, Good idea about a head for trying finish techniques.

I don't see either one of those machines as a lost cause. I've seen worse brought back into service.

Cari

I like it as it...totally roached! I would clean it up just a little and put on a shelf in my sewing room. Thanks for sharing.

Sad to see those machines in such poor condition.

Yes, I could probably bring them back to life, but there are so many other easier candidates. If they were a few decades older I might go for it. Though llongo233 gave me an idea. Rat rod red eye? Fix just enough to get it running. I may have to replace some chrome though so it wouldn't snag thread. That would be run at my hand crank demos.

so very sad

Both Ratrodsingers.com and ratrodsewingmachines.com are available.

bkay

Here are JediMom's pictures resized. It really is a beautiful Tiffany 15.


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I've tried several times to upload the other images and can't seem to get them.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

I guess they did post :o

The first one of the bobbin area is the back side and the second one is the front side. It looks like a fairly fresh break to me. Too bad you don't have the piece that broke off.

The piece that broke off is the part that the shuttle race body screws into.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

Thanks for posting them! I tried and tried to post them after I emailed you.

It really is a shame. It's very pretty. It would make a nice conversation or decorative piece. I can't see it becoming a garden statue or *shudders* a tractor. That's why I think a placing it inside a wooden base converted into a lamp would be nice. It could replace my ugly bedside lamp.

So sad....

I think the break looks fairly recent too. I tried attaching the shuttle to the other side in hopes it would MAYBE work, but it didn't. I was hopeful and did try, though!

Be careful, you may start a movement. bkay

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Jedimom, You truly did have a beautiful machine. Pretty ugly break. Sorry it happened.

Well, I certainly will not be buying anymore machines from Shopgoodwill.com. I have grown very leery of online auctions as it is. I should have known better. Oh, well...I did find that beautiful RAF Singer 15 the same day from a local shop. :thumbup:

You are welcome. Glad I could help. I use Microsoft Office Picture Manager on my Windows 8.1 laptop. One of the options to "Edit Pictures" is Resize. I use "Percentage of original" and for yours I use 25% as the percentage. Then "Save As" with a different name. Then do not save "original changes" (option when close program) so still have original size.

It truly is a shame that it was broken.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

I have an older Singer 15 that is totally wrecked. It was bad to start with (almost as bad as these original pics, but everything moved OK) and I bought it to do a test-repaint on it. I took it apart and tried stripping the paint but used the wrong stuff and now it's REALLY bad. I can't bear to toss it out though, I KNOW it can be fixed. I have all the parts and it worked when I started...but I regret trying to strip it now. I should have just kept it as-is. OH well. Live and learn!