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Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
Hi everyone, My 'pillque' (computer) went down about three weeks ago, and it took me a little while to get up and running again. It has taken me two weeks to get caught up with you guys and dolls. First, may I send out my condolences to all who have endures losses of love one's. May I send blessing to who have made it through the storms, fires, and floodings. May I send congrats to all who have obtain new acquired ladies. May I wish everyone a belated 'Mother's day. I thank all of you for the very much welcome shared knowledge concerning these percious ladies. And last, I'd like to share I have acquired two ancient beauties of my own. One an ancient hand pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted QULIT. The other is a FW. I know, you want to see pictures. I have to take pics, first and then I can post them. Oh yea, the quilt may be 60 to 80 years old. The speciality cleaners is quessing that age, because of the fabric that it is made with. Let me say good blessings to all.
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
Hi everyone, My 'pillque' (computer) went down about three weeks ago, and it took me a little while to get up and running again. It has taken me two weeks to get caught up with you guys and dolls. First, may I send out my condolences to all who have endures losses of love one's. May I send blessing to who have made it through the storms, fires, and floodings. May I send congrats to all who have obtain new acquired ladies. May I wish everyone a belated 'Mother's day. I thank all of you for the very much welcome shared knowledge concerning these percious ladies. And last, I'd like to share I have acquired two ancient beauties of my own. One an ancient hand pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted QULIT. The other is a FW. I know, you want to see pictures. I have to take pics, first and then I can post them. Oh yea, the quilt may be 60 to 80 years old. The speciality cleaners is quessing that age, because of the fabric that it is made with. Let me say good blessings to all.
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Naomi and I have gotten five lap quilt tops ready to finish for the vet center--and I have now made over 200 9P blocks from vintage for the family memory quilts. Naomi is in daily use---and we will be FMQ on her soon! I wanted her for her toughness and ease of maintenance! Love my Vikings, but they are NOT easy to work on![/quote]
DH. myself and the granddaughter (Gabby) are going to see Mary today. There are many baby animals at Mary's so Gabby should be happy to see them. It's always a treat to see Mary. |
Originally Posted by miriam
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by miriam
you could order a service manual on line for about $10- it has how to do the spring
Nancy sorry it was $12 miriam this says it is an Instruction Manual. That's not the same as a Service Manual is it? I already got the free download so I just hate to be buying the same thing. And thank you for all the advice and help. I appreciate it. I did take the handwheel off and turn over that metal spacer. I remember reading that somewhere else so tried it first :). I'll work on it again tonight after work. I'm also working on trying to get the tension just right on the 301! I think I'm loving this tan one almost as much as the black one ;) |
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by mpeters1200
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
m There are different types of cams for different machines. Photo of flat cams for my 328k and a photo of the Singer 328k in treadle. Thanks for posting pictures. It was hard to picture in my head what those look like. The light bulb went on and I understood! My mom sewed all our clothes for as long as she could. She would skim through penny's and ward's catalogues and pick things for us. We got to pick one or two things we liked. Then, we'd come in from playing one day and the clothes would be on our beds to put away. I had no idea that she made them, especially without a pattern, until much, much later. I only have a couple memories of when she had the machine out. I posted picture of where the cams get positioned in the machine. The cams sit on disc spindle under the large silver thumb screw. You can find a Singer 328 manual online that has directions for using the cams. My mom mainly made her own clothes, but from time to time she would make a dress or coat for others. She made me a beautiful navy blue wool coat when I was around six. I loved that coat! I wish she had kept it, but she donated it to a child who needed a warm coat after I had outgrown the coat. At least the coat served a better purpose than sitting in a box waiting for me to open it every 10 years to admire, it kept a child warm. And the beautiful Necchi machine went off to a woman that needed a sewing machine when my mom decided she wanted her Bernina 830, some 30 years ago. Your mom sounds very special. She left you with wonderful memories. Now, you can make wonderful quilts with your vintage machines for your children. And maybe leave a vintage machine for one of them.:) Mom stopped sewing before she stopped doing everything else. It was one of the first things she couldn't do anymore. I know she saw a quilt or two I made, but I don't think she could see the detail in the stitching or quilting at all. Her eyes were bad and I don't know how well she could see with her glasses. |
Originally Posted by jtapp9
Originally Posted by miriam
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by miriam
you could order a service manual on line for about $10- it has how to do the spring
Nancy sorry it was $12 miriam this says it is an Instruction Manual. That's not the same as a Service Manual is it? I already got the free download so I just hate to be buying the same thing. You want a SERVICE MANUAL for a Singer 401 or 500. The bobbin winder is going to be different though. The 403 and the 503 are close to the same but don't have the cam stack - so the manual will work for them as well. I'm pretty sure I paid $10 or $12 for mine. It was VERY helpful if you can read a service manual - DH helps - he's used to car repair manuals. I don't have anything to do with these but they are helpful sites: http://www.tandtrepair.com/SlantOMatics.html he DOES have REPAIR manuals for $12 - you print. He has a lot of info on his various pages. Never dealt with this one but here's another place to get a manual - http://sewingmachinemanuals.ecrater....ce-and-repair# http://www.sew-classic.com/ Book mark this one!!! Jenny has a LOT of info on the 400 & 500 series machines - she sells stuff for the vintage machines - she's quick and she has fair prices - I think she only posts what she has in stock - no waiting for it to get there. I don't know if she has repair manuals for sale. I think the bobbins I got from her are better than the ones I bought in the store. She has LOTS of info - her site is an all day read. |
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Does anyone know about the Singer 185J or have one? I would like to learn more about it. My understanding is they are similar to the Singer 99. :-D
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Here is a site with FREE SERVICE MANUALS!!!!! The 401 is page 124 of a very long pdf!!! It is the same thing I got for $10 or $12 some where on line There are manuals of all kinds. I'm book marking this page for myself! http://sewing-machines.blogspot.com/...e-manuals.html |
Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
Hi everyone, My 'pillque' (computer) went down about three weeks ago, and it took me a little while to get up and running again. It has taken me two weeks to get caught up with you guys and dolls. First, may I send out my condolences to all who have endures losses of love one's. May I send blessing to who have made it through the storms, fires, and floodings. May I send congrats to all who have obtain new acquired ladies. May I wish everyone a belated 'Mother's day. I thank all of you for the very much welcome shared knowledge concerning these percious ladies. And last, I'd like to share I have acquired two ancient beauties of my own. One an ancient hand pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted QULIT. The other is a FW. I know, you want to see pictures. I have to take pics, first and then I can post them. Oh yea, the quilt may be 60 to 80 years old. The speciality cleaners is quessing that age, because of the fabric that it is made with. Let me say good blessings to all.
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http://s216.photobucket.com/albums/c...VICE%20MANUAL/
I found that when searching for the singer 500 service manual. It is jpg (photo) files but you can expand each page and print it or save it to file. :) |
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