The shiny black hearse - chrome heavy nose
 

I have an old Raico machine that is shiny and black with a heavy chrome front end. It is gorgeous. But it reminds me of a hearse....

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Chrome nose doesn't show up well when I do a picture - maybe someone knows how to make it shiny in the pictures - here it is blinding some times.

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Do you think it looks like a hearse?

A couple years ago some of us decorated our machines up for halloween...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...n-t164335.html It was fun. I don't know if anybody else wants to decorate or not...

Oh and yes the casket:
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The Raico seems to be a very nicely made machine... and it sews very nice. It is just a straight stitch with chrome on the nose, slide plate, light switches, stitch length and feed dog drop, etc.

Cute idea. I don't think I am creative in that way to think of anything.

Miriam it does look like a giant black Cadillac (in a good way).

I also like the look of the 301, but I've always thought it looked like a casket, or a machine that Morticia Addams would have sewn on.

Neat looking machine, Is that long nose only decorative or is there something in there?
Rodney

The light is under the chrome along with all the regular works. I think the light needs an LED - no air vent at all. The light switch is on the front. This, like a caddy is powerful. Morticia Addams would want the decals off...

That's pretty neat in it's own right. It has to be one of the first examples of moving the light up front when most machines still had them mounted on the arm.
Rodney

What a beauty, enjoy

I love your machine and your decorations are so cute!

I know that this is an old thread but my husband recently unearthed one of these in our bunkhouse. It is a beautiful machine but we are having a really hard time finding out any information about them. It sees but the thread eventually gets bound up and breaks. I would love to find it a new home if anyone is interested because it is so beautiful or get more information. I will attach a photo once I figure out how to do that.

Another photo (I hope)

These are a wonderful machine. I’d love to have it but logistically... I would fix that machine then use it for everything. It is a tank. I’m wondering if it is made by what ever company made Atlas, Brother Toyota? Cari knows... Several things could cause the thread to break. Is the needle threaded correctly. Is there any rust. Does it have the correct bobbin? Check to see if the needle is in correctly. Needle on that machine goes flat side to the side of the needle bar. Thread goes toward the needle bar. is the tension set correctly. If it is tension there is a really good tension thread here somewhere. Maybe check the sticky notes.

Miriam I don't think it's Brother built. This is one seriously cool machine. I'd love to have one of these but same as you, logistics.....

Cari

twhvir, check to see that you have it threaded correctly. I just noticed that it threads rather strangely. Look at the photo in post 1.

Miriam, exactly what is the needle bar?

Someone in Janey's Colorado group might like this machine. Of course, Canon City might not be close enough to Denver to make the logistics work.

bkay

Hey I went to go see Janey and John once...Oh yea. Long way to Canon City..Though I have been there.

bkay the needlebar is the rod that holds the needle and clamp and is powered by the machine. You've touched a bunch of them. Why are the rods, called bars?? This is a flat bar off an old Davis.

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