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.....a poor, abused and unloved machine yesterday. The sad thing is I cannot even speak its language! It is a Haid & Neu treadle in a cabinet/table. I paid $15 to rescue it.
The manual is, of course, all in German. I cannot tell how old it is, I am thinking maybe the 50's? It has the bobbin case and even the leather belt and wheel. I am hoping we can get her fixed up and usable again. She belonged to someone's "ex" M-I-L and was brought over in 1966 when she died. She had been stored none to carefully or gently in a garage (or perhaps an outside shed). The cabinet/table is oak and seems to be original to the machine. It, too, needs some TLC. Anyone familiar with this brand, Haid & Neu? (I did read it was taken over by Singer in 1958) Any advice on refurbishing it? These photos were taken at the time of rescue! Thanks, Patches |
I'm glad you rescued her! Sorry, though, I never heard of that one.
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hope you can restore it
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Congratulations on your rescue. Looks like an easy clean up and you will have a great machine. I don't know anything about it but looks like one of the earlier Singer models.
Billy will drop this into the Vintage Sewing Machine shop on this board. He has also written great tutorials to clean the machines. Glenn has written a tut on refinishing the cabinets so you can find the info there. |
could be the German Singer!!! Congrats -- what a price!!!
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Originally Posted by quilt addict
Congratulations on your rescue. Looks like an easy clean up and you will have a great machine. I don't know anything about it but looks like one of the earlier Singer models.
Billy will drop this into the Vintage Sewing Machine shop on this board. He has also written great tutorials to clean the machines. Glenn has written a tut on refinishing the cabinets so you can find the info there. Any ideas on how figure out the age, etc...? Where do I find the tutorials? Thanks so much, Deb |
Thankfully you rescued her.....I hope you can get her cleaned up and running!
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Looks nice.
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I wish I could find something like that around here! Around here the same families are still using them! Lol
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Hope you can find out something about it.
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Your machine looks a great deal like the Singer I learned to sew on which I think was purchased sometime in the 1940s
It was a great machine. Wish I still had it, but I wasn't smart enough to salvage it from the remains of our house that burned. |
i wonder if you could type the instructions in the computer then use the translator, i am not too bright about stuff, but it might be fun to try, it is a beaut
jan |
Nice find.
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Originally Posted by janallyn
i wonder if you could type the instructions in the computer then use the translator, i am not too bright about stuff, but it might be fun to try, it is a beaut
jan If that proves to be of little help I will probably have to find someone who speaks and reads German to help me. Fortunately, the German Air Force has a small base here at Holloman. My husband teaches out there and often has German students.....(hmmmm, now the old cogs are turnin'!) |
Glad she found a new home. Once you get her up and running you'll be sewing quilts with a German accent. :)
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Great find!! One to save.
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Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
Glad she found a new home. Once you get her up and running you'll be sewing quilts with a German accent. :)
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Originally Posted by mom-6
Your machine looks a great deal like the Singer I learned to sew on which I think was purchased sometime in the 1940s
It was a great machine. Wish I still had it, but I wasn't smart enough to salvage it from the remains of our house that burned. So sorry your house burned, what a terrible thing to go through! |
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45983-1.htm
this was on the vintage sewing machine shop there is a lot of info on the vintage sewing machine shop as well It looks like cleaned up it will be a very nice machine |
Deb, what an amazing find!!! Keep us posted! :D
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I have found that when I don't have a manual for something, I can do a "Bing" search, (my favorite search engine), and type the name of the product in with the keyword "manual". In your case you may need to add the keyword "english". I have always gotten results that way. This is a very old product, so may or may not get the results. By the way, the machine is a real beauty.
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I can't help you with your question, but wanted to say that it's a beautiful machine and cabinet once you get it cleaned up. Contact Billy on the vintage topic. Glad you rescued it and what a great price.
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I don't have time to read all of the posts on this topic right now, but I do want to say that it looks like an excellent machine to do quilting. Lots of space to push that quilt through.
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Originally Posted by Patchesnposies
.....a poor, abused and unloved machine yesterday. The sad thing is I cannot even speak its language! It is a Haid & Neu treadle in a cabinet/table. I paid $15 to rescue it.
The manual is, of course, all in German. I cannot tell how old it is, I am thinking maybe the 50's? It has the bobbin case and even the leather belt and wheel. I am hoping we can get her fixed up and usable again. She belonged to someone's "ex" M-I-L and was brought over in 1966 when she died. She had been stored none to carefully or gently in a garage (or perhaps an outside shed). The cabinet/table is oak and seems to be original to the machine. It, too, needs some TLC. Anyone familiar with this brand, Haid & Neu? (I did read it was taken over by Singer in 1958) Any advice on refurbishing it? These photos were taken at the time of rescue! Thanks, Patches wow...lucky.... |
Hope you get her up and running soon.
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What a prize!
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Wow....what a lovely find!
I wonder if this would work for you.......scan the book, put it in your computer as a pdf then translate it thru Google. Can't hurt to try. |
Great buy.
J J |
You could type the instruction and use a translator (I do this when I buy something from a store and the instructions are in another language) I go into google and look for translation websites. It should give you a general idea on how to run machine.
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Originally Posted by Patchesnposies
.....a poor, abused and unloved machine yesterday. The sad thing is I cannot even speak its language! It is a Haid & Neu treadle in a cabinet/table. I paid $15 to rescue it.
The manual is, of course, all in German. I cannot tell how old it is, I am thinking maybe the 50's? It has the bobbin case and even the leather belt and wheel. I am hoping we can get her fixed up and usable again. She belonged to someone's "ex" M-I-L and was brought over in 1966 when she died. She had been stored none to carefully or gently in a garage (or perhaps an outside shed). The cabinet/table is oak and seems to be original to the machine. It, too, needs some TLC. Anyone familiar with this brand, Haid & Neu? (I did read it was taken over by Singer in 1958) Any advice on refurbishing it? These photos were taken at the time of rescue! Thanks, Patches |
Originally Posted by Patchesnposies
.....a poor, abused and unloved machine yesterday. The sad thing is I cannot even speak its language! It is a Haid & Neu treadle in a cabinet/table. I paid $15 to rescue it.
The manual is, of course, all in German. I cannot tell how old it is, I am thinking maybe the 50's? It has the bobbin case and even the leather belt and wheel. I am hoping we can get her fixed up and usable again. She belonged to someone's "ex" M-I-L and was brought over in 1966 when she died. She had been stored none to carefully or gently in a garage (or perhaps an outside shed). The cabinet/table is oak and seems to be original to the machine. It, too, needs some TLC. Anyone familiar with this brand, Haid & Neu? (I did read it was taken over by Singer in 1958) Any advice on refurbishing it? These photos were taken at the time of rescue! Thanks, Patches |
Originally Posted by Quilt Mom
Originally Posted by Patchesnposies
.....a poor, abused and unloved machine yesterday. The sad thing is I cannot even speak its language! It is a Haid & Neu treadle in a cabinet/table. I paid $15 to rescue it.
The manual is, of course, all in German. I cannot tell how old it is, I am thinking maybe the 50's? It has the bobbin case and even the leather belt and wheel. I am hoping we can get her fixed up and usable again. She belonged to someone's "ex" M-I-L and was brought over in 1966 when she died. She had been stored none to carefully or gently in a garage (or perhaps an outside shed). The cabinet/table is oak and seems to be original to the machine. It, too, needs some TLC. Anyone familiar with this brand, Haid & Neu? (I did read it was taken over by Singer in 1958) Any advice on refurbishing it? These photos were taken at the time of rescue! Thanks, Patches |
Here are the cleaning tutorials
Part 1: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45816-1.htm Part 2: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45983-1.htm Part 3: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-46696-1.htm Furniture cleaning: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-133115-1.htm And one to check the wires first: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45814-1.htm You can also call Singer 800-474-6437 and ask them if they can give you a model and date of your machine. Although I think I have read before that some of the records from Germany are lost. Good luck! |
Check with your local high school or collage and see if they have a German teacher who can translate the manual for you.
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Originally Posted by quilt addict
Here are the cleaning tutorials
Part 1: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45816-1.htm Part 2: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45983-1.htm Part 3: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-46696-1.htm Furniture cleaning: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-133115-1.htm And one to check the wires first: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45814-1.htm You can also call Singer 800-474-6437 and ask them if they can give you a model and date of your machine. Although I think I have read before that some of the records from Germany are lost. Good luck! |
Originally Posted by quilt addict
Here are the cleaning tutorials
Part 1: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45816-1.htm Part 2: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45983-1.htm Part 3: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-46696-1.htm Furniture cleaning: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-133115-1.htm And one to check the wires first: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45814-1.htm You can also call Singer 800-474-6437 and ask them if they can give you a model and date of your machine. Although I think I have read before that some of the records from Germany are lost. Good luck! |
the cabinet your machine is in looks very similar to the one I have. I bought the cabinet with a 1955 Singer 201 treadle.
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Since you have a computer you have a translator as well.. If you have the patience you can type in the words and allow the machine to give you what it says in English.. or now that school is in session or will be very soon, take the instruction book to the German dept. and let them tell you what it says.. I think they would do that. Meanwhile most machine work pretty much the same. If it's that old you probably won't hurt it if you thread it wrong or put in the bobbin backwards. Just clean her up and have fun..
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Look it up on line...Should be able to get some information on it. Good Luck....
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Glad you rescued her! She looks cute.
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