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QuiltnCowgirl

04-25-2011 12:38 PM

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Take a look at the cool colors of this vintage Brother machine. Please tell me I'm not the only one who can just see a whole room decorated in those colors with the machine being the focal point. LOL

http://fresno.craigslist.org/hsh/2341372738.html

Cowgirl, that little machine is so cute! I love the brown & pink. Never seen one like that before!!

It is still listed...want me to get it for you? You can drive up this weekend to pick it up. (not an enabler at all :mrgreen: )

sewbizgirl

04-25-2011 12:45 PM

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Monica, I am not starting a list of the 328's, just curious as to the year of yours since you said it has plastic.

Nancy

Nancy, Here is a photo of the plastic part in the all metal machine. From what I have read in researching, this is the only place in the machine where the plastic part is used. I haven't taken the rest of the machine apart to see what is under the hood. Maybe someone else here knows.

That looks like teflon.

Annaquilts

04-25-2011 12:46 PM

I love it too and will be up there this summer. LOL Very cute!

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Cowgirl, that little machine is so cute! I love the brown & pink. Never seen one like that before!!

It is still listed...want me to get it for you? You can drive up this weekend to pick it up. (not an enabler at all :mrgreen: )

QuiltnCowgirl

04-25-2011 12:47 PM

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Oh I see you found out about the 66 and the bobbins..... :mrgreen:

Some Model 66's are finicky about what bobbin you use on it and only a Singer brand will work on them. I have at least 5 cases of bobbins that are Singer brand just for that reason. But the way to tell is the bobbin winder, if it will not wind it worth a hoot then it will not like the bobbins.

Billy

Good tip... I have an older 66, and have used the bobbins that came with it (was my grams). But now that I have several old singers, there are all kinds of bobbins floating around in my sewing room. Good to know how to check...

So I'm thinking this is the case with the bobbins I got from my repairman for my 15-91. Bobbin winder appears to work, until I put a bobbin on it that is. I'm thinking I need to find some of the original Class 15 bobbins. Anyone have any spares I could buy or know of where to get them?

QuiltnCowgirl

04-25-2011 12:48 PM

Offer is open to you too...I can keep it until you get up here. Can you tell I want someone to get this machine? Just can't get over the cool colors :)

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I love it too and will be up there this summer. LOL Very cute!

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Cowgirl, that little machine is so cute! I love the brown & pink. Never seen one like that before!!

It is still listed...want me to get it for you? You can drive up this weekend to pick it up. (not an enabler at all :mrgreen: )

jljack

04-25-2011 12:52 PM

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Also, a bout the side winder. It winds them, the prob I have is that I buy my thread on the big spools and the sidewnder wll not handle them on ther own. I put a pencil through thge hole and use that to wind off of. Its tricky, but t works.

I just put the cone on my cone thread holder and thread it through the small eye on the Sidewinder, etc., and it works fine!!

jljack

04-25-2011 12:56 PM

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Here is pic of my backside after the spa treatment. The Godzilla finish is a bugger to clean.

Glenn that is a beautiful blackside!! Good work cleaning her up.

jljack

04-25-2011 01:16 PM

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Hi BoJangles I just found my MIL's Willcox. Jimmy needs someclean-up work and I have yet to find his moter.
He was born July 4, 1871. Paula

Wow, I didn't think machines were powered that old! Please post a picture when you can!

Nancy

Uhhhhh....when did electricity become available to homes? Not that early, I don't think. Probably can't find the motor because there never was one?

Actually, I bet your Wilcox and Gibbs was a treadle as most homes didn't get power until the 1920's and later.

Nancy

Yep...that was exactly my point. No electricity in 1871, so no motor to find! :-)

jljack

04-25-2011 01:21 PM

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Cowgirl, that little machine is so cute! I love the brown & pink. Never seen one like that before!!

It is still listed...want me to get it for you? You can drive up this weekend to pick it up. (not an enabler at all :mrgreen: )

Haha-!!! The drive up would be fun, but if I buy another machine, my DH will send me and all of them PACKING!!! He already got steamed over the Western Electric I bought a couple of weeks ago. And now I am secretly looking for a Featherweight that needs complete repaint. I have an idea for how I want to redo one, but I have to wait at least a month before I spend any more money!!

That brown & pink one is sure cute, though!!

jljack

04-25-2011 01:23 PM

So, now that I am all caught up.......

Billy, do you have any more handcrank kits for the 99s? I have one I want to turn into a hc. Let me know. Thanks!

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