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A regular hopping foot does the same thing...

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Originally Posted by Charlee

A regular hopping foot does the same thing...

hopping foot?

Like this one:

http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CFEQ8wIwAQ#

(no affiliation, just googled "darning foot")

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Originally Posted by a1crafter

I have a motor, light, foot pedal and cord for a Singer Model 66 which needs to be rewired. Do I need to buy the materials from a sewing machine repair shop or will Lowe's or Home Depot carry the proper materials. I will have my son do the project for me, I'm trying to get the materials together to save him time. Any information will be greatly appreciated.

a1crafter, If you have the motor, light, foot pedal and cord - what needs fixing? Do you mean you have the motor, light, foot pedal and plugs? If that is the case and all you need to do is re-wire - and your son knows how to re-wire - you can get the wire at any good hardware store, which would include Lowes and Home Depot. Usually, what goes bad is the cords so I am thinking that is what you need?

Nancy

Thank you, Nancy, I had forgotten about sewalot's website. I'll go back and read it again. I finally got the pictures out of my camera so I can post a picture of my Dressmaker. It's not very good but I hope you get the idea. I'm also posting my Western Electric.
Jan

Dressmaker made by White, 1957

[ATTACH=CONFIG]207085[/ATTACH]

My Western Electric

[ATTACH=CONFIG]207086[/ATTACH]

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Originally Posted by vintagemotif

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Originally Posted by mpeters1200

Now I have to go back and reread page 1125 to learn about the my pages. Lots of great info there, but I'll need to have it up in order to actually use the my pages thing.

To whomever that posted the link to the singer attachment directions, thank you.

I went at looked at my ruffler and my manual and it was exactly the same as the link. While I understand the words written are English, the meaning is Greek. Since I'm working on my first project EVER that involves ruffling or gathering....I'm cheating and having a tailor friend of mine help me with it. I'm hoping I can do it without having to add that big monster to the machine!

Does anyone have an example of an edgestitch foot that would fit a 66? I don't have one with the machine now. Are they available for these older machines or only for the new ones? I think it might be helpful for some of these rolled hems I'm doing. Just a thought. Billy, if you have one, can I combine them with an order for classic 66 bobbins?

Do you need to bookmark my bookmarks?! ;)
Check my "my pages" pages for your info on attachments. I hope it is there. If not, check a manual.

Here is the link for attachments: http://www.thesewbox.com/free_sewing...tructions.html

Huge Thank-you for providing that wonderful link
[ the sew box ]....saved me a ton of money & I learned so much from it.
A Happy New owner of a Singer 15-90

Just worked on a Singer 401A and did o.k. but would like to know if there is a repair manual available for this model. Have been searching on the internet, but can only find instructional manuals. Will that be of any help or is a repair manual something else? Anyone help with the answers?

jpete523, I like your turquoise Dress Maker. That has to my favorite color in machines. Is it because my mother's White was that color?

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Originally Posted by jpete523

Jan I love the Western Electric! But the little silver knob next to the thread is a tension disk -- you need to thread around/through that disk! Can you print out the threading diagram from the link I sent you? Your machine looks like it will thread exactly like my Wilcox and Gibbs! Beautiful machine!

Now that Dressmaker is definitely a Class 15 clone. Is that the machine made by White in Cleveland? I think you said in the late 50's? According to http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...iRjrJ?start=36
White started importing machines from Japan in 1953 then moved all production to Japan in 1958. It would be really intereting if they actually started making the clones here in the US as I thought all clones were made in Japan post WWII in the 40's through the 60's. Remember, just because it was made by/for White doesn't mean it is not a 15 clone. There are literally millions of class 15 clones - all based on Singer's Model 15-30.

Anyway, both machines are very nice, but I am really interested in the Dressmaker! It is a class 15, and if it was infact made here in the US -- that is very very interesting! I am going to have to do some more research! Thanks a lot! LOL!

Nancy