Ooops--one more. A GoodhousekeepER with interesting gridded panels (photos #9 and 10). Wonder what the 3 buttons are that look like rectangular dice?

http://eugene.craigslist.org/atd/5236155768.html

Sharon

I've had one like that before. The buttons are for silk, normal, darning.

TY! Sort of like tire tread then....

Sharon

Am I missing something here, or is this person trying to sell old plastic bobbins for 2-3 times the cost of the same bobbins new on Amazon or Ebay?
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ele/5233292069.html

OK, so I can't find my brackets. Weird because they should be with the cradle.

Oh well.

The cabinet that I had only had 2 little pieces of metal, not a whole front piece. All I would do to replicate this if I put the machine back into another cabinet that didn't have them is notch the spot that needed to be notched so everything would sit where it needed to be, bend a piece of "flat stock" - or use an angle bracket if one fit there - then drill a hole for the pin in the cradle and a hole for the screw to hold the bracket on. As Singer has shown us several times, there's more than one solution to any problem. :)

Regarding the cradle brackets/latches:

I took some pics of the bracket latches on the #40 Queen Anne cabinet that came with the Singer 301 I'm keeping. Here's one side (no part number on this latch.)

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Here's the other latch with Simanco part #136413:
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Here's the underside view for those of you (us?) looking to duplicate these in your metal shop!
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Finally, here's the business end, as viewed from above. I can only assume that the cork that supports the machine is original...it looks pretty good for a tiny piece of cork that's been (at least occasionally) supporting half the weight of a 301 SM for 63 years!
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Brian

That's very different than the brackets I remember. I'm starting to wonder if mine was a rigged setup to begin with. Now I'm going to need to watch for another 301 in a cabinet.

Silly ebay seller! How many of you know what this really is?

Vintage-Victory-of-Chicago-Pink-Plastic-Thread-Holder

Hhmmm never thought about using it for thread...

Sharen, each of those buttons has WORDS on them. so they are not dots like on a die, but a letter of the alphabet. It is hard to see though.

the one posted is the "multiple" use one. It can be used with the 401/500 also, but the 401 does not use the two cutouts. the 301 does not use the cork pads. There are earlier ones that only work with the 301, they have the cutout that the cradle hooks into, but not the cork pads. And some only have the pads and can't be used for the 301.

Macybaby, TY! Can't make out any letters on the buttons so was thinking icons. Love that machine but I don't dare get any more (have 2) due to a packratting DH. No room. Sigh.

I know. :) When are you going to reveal?
Rodney

It holds poker chips in real life. :D

Wow, an autograph written on a sewing machine.

Steven-Tyler-Aerosmith-Original-autographed

If it held poker chips in real life they were very small chips. I have one from my grandmother and it was always a small spool thread holder. So it it held chips what kind were they?

I was wrong too then. I thought it was a chip holder too.
Rodney

At that price people will be able to view it for quite a while. It is in nice shape and the high price will help keep it that way though.
Rodney

Pedestal Sewing Machine - that cracked me up... Yes you can view it on that nice pedestal at some little known and out of touch antique shop......

Uh, lovely picture, but where is the sewing machine? http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEAUTIFUL-VI...item5b013b9ebc

BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE EMDEKO INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE JAPAN TESTED SERVICED & OILED

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgxWDEwMj...Tlyrb/$_57.JPG

Further down in the ad he states that pics of the machine are coming. He also calls it an industrial machine so even if I were interested at first, I'd pass on it.

Cari

Maybe the sewing machine is in the bed and breakfast - you get to use the industrial machine while you sit on that deck and make quilts very quickly.... ya sure

It will be interesting to see if it is actually industrial - you know ebay sellers think that any heavy old machine is "industrial". I have some cams that I believe are for an Emdeko. They don't fit anything I have.

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

I have cams that don't go to anything either - they might as well go on an Emdeko..........

by any chance are they similar to the cams for the Dressmaker - I think those are the ones we need for the the turquoise and white "Miracle" as seen here - http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...ml#post7242945

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

I saw one on my local craig's list for a treadle that didn't work because it was missing the motor and such. lol
Sharon in Texas

It's "Fred Sanford's" used sewing machine heaven guy. He's got a facebook page and half a billion machines.

Very nice refurbishing - although the lid might be heavy:
http://northernwi.craigslist.org/atq/5241917568.html

I think I like that - probably someone use it to hold potted plants and tried to make restitution....

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/plymp...net/1090655264
Peek a boo!

It's moving really fast! Maybe the person taking the picture fell down.

I also think it is a poker chip holder.

If you google "vintage plastic poker chip holder" some come up that are nearly identical.

My brother had a set when we were mid teens. The chips were a bit smaller than a quarter. His was more like some of the other circular styles.

Ahahaha! You made me spit out my water!

I think you are right. It was originally a chip holder but now the ones I see are turned into thread holders. I see them all the time in antique shops with high prices with the thread spools in them. I have my grandmother's who used it for thread. I wish I had the chips to go with it. They seem popular to vintage poker collectors. I will just keep it with her old thread in it.

ROFL!!! Me too Christy!! My family members wanted to know what was soooooo funny!!

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/fuo/5209999907.html
kind of over priced for something somebody puked on......

Well, at least it wasn't even all that great when it was new.
I'd charge more. After all, it's distressed.
Rodney

..... and it is shabby chic!!! or is that tres chic!!
:D

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/art/5244722404.html

I have always liked the look of these cabinets