Singer No. 127 parts query
I have a Singer No. 127. I am trying to work out what these are. They were in one of the drawers...
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I have a 127 and a Franklin 127 clone in a parlor cabinet, and that doesn't look like anything I've seen, unless it has something to do with raising/lowering the machine out of/ in to the table.
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I have a feeling the 2 may not belong together but they were in the top drawer of the cabinet. joined by that twine. They may have got connected by accident...
The machine raises & lowers as it should. |
These don't look familiar but i do have a model 127 which is waiting to be stripped down so i will report back but highly doubt it's a piece from the workings of the machine. Could be anchors used for transportation of the machine on a truck bed or something similar back in the day???
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The eye of the clamp shaped item rotates 360 degrees smoothly but does not seem to be otherwise adjustable so I kind of thought it maybe had something to do with guiding the treadle belt maybe?
Here are some separate pics of the 2nd item which has some sort of scale on one edge - https://i.postimg.cc/bNYFndz3/DSC00038.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/YChnXVLF/DSC00039.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/SNZ1fqRq/DSC00040.jpg |
The clamps are not for guiding the belt i say (just looked at my own and nope). Now then, those measured guides are a puzzle that i will look up further. Sorry i can't help for now.
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I am going to guess that slides into a presser foot attachment. Did you have other feet that came with the machine?
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Originally Posted by Rod
(Post 8399613)
Here are some separate pics of the 2nd item which has some sort of scale on one edge -
I"ll try to look later for some and the other parts. Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do. |
Yes, I see now this is part of a Tucker foot attachment.
I can't help feeling the clamp thing is related to the machine somehow as both were in the top drawer. |
The clamp is not part of the machine or cabinet IMO.
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Hello,
Having disassembled a few Singer 27/127s, I can tell you that is definitely not a part that belongs to the machine itself. The clip thingy is absolutely a piece of a tucker attachment, but the zig-zag bends were put into it by someone, as it is normally quite straight on both sides. Honestly, it looks to me like the whole was put together by someone (or someone's husband?) as a helping device to be fastened to a table or surface with the clamp end, and then to hold something that could be fitted into the clip end. The clip doesn't look strong enough to hold say, a manual or book pages, but might hold pieces of fabric or some such. Matt |
Originally Posted by Rocketeer
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.... The clip doesn't look strong enough to hold say, a manual or book pages, but might hold pieces of fabric or some such.
Matt |
Could be! Doesn't look like a very strong clip, but I would be so curious to know what it was used for.
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Interesting, some kind of special purpose jig, maybe for curtains, sails, or other long wide hem project.
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I'm no expert on anything, but I would say that neither of those items are part of the Singer machine. The small clip looking thing has had couple of good (and I assume accurate) explainations. The clamp is not part of sewing.... it is more industrial and was probably put on (as someone else said) the twine with the clip as a holding device.....maybe hubby didn't have anything smaller in his garage!!! Regardless, expect to find some "strange" things in the drawers of some machines!!! FYI... I have some unusual "tools" in my tool box I made for my motorcycle!!!
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