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vintagemotif

07-26-2011 05:46 PM

Heehee!

My daughter is sewing a pair of pants right now, and she ran into trouble doing the top stitching with her Janome TB30, birds nests underside.

I told her she could use one of my machines. I told her that I have a couple that produce beautiful top and bottom stitches. Well, the look of horror on her face made just made me laugh. I told her not the TREADLES, but my 401 or FW. She said maybe...no that's okay. Well, I got the 401 out, set it up, did a test run with fabric and thread. And she said "Your machine WINS".

So, she sits down to work with the 401, hits the foot pedal, and says "oh, man, this machine goes". heehee She also said " that big hunker of a thing goes faster than my Janome". So now, she is getting use to the 401's speed and learning to control the machine to use for her top stitching. I told her she could still try a treadle. :)

Bennett

07-26-2011 05:57 PM

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Here is a deal on a Handcrank if someone wants a mystery box!

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=8284502

Billy

how do you get it open?

Use a small screwdriver and it will open no problem. There were only 3 keys for the Singers that I know of Square, Slot, and Triangle.

Billy

I wrote them an email and told them the same thing. They sent me a reply 3 days ago saying "Thank you, that worked and we are updating the listing." Only they never updated the listing.

It was updated if you look carefully. I didn't see that yesterday. Kind of takes away the excitement, but I guess they can't update the pictures, because those haven't changed.

Deara

07-26-2011 05:59 PM

Last year at an antique fair, hubby and I bought a Singer in a bentwood case that was locked with no key.
We paid $21.00 for a 1934 Singer 128K with the 'Lavencedora' decals and the Indian Star.

Somewhere on this board is pictures of her.

Blessings,
Sandi

dirty1mom

07-26-2011 06:05 PM

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I wrote them an email and told them the same thing. They sent me a reply 3 days ago saying "Thank you, that worked and we are updating the listing." Only they never updated the listing.

Your not supposed to do that, it takes the fun out of getting something good for next to nothing. Plus if they already had a bid on it they can not update the listing.

Billy

If you scroll down under the original description there is an update. No pic though.

Launie

07-26-2011 06:45 PM

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My 15-91 does this thing where, after letting up the gas, the needle still goes up and down a few times before stopping. Not really a big deal, but when quilting, it leaves little "french knots" of thread where I stopped the machine to adjust my quilt. I bought a new pedal and DH put it on for me. I thought maybe that would help but not really. Any ideas? I think I may need a new motor. Is that a difficult thing to do/find?

Lots of machines do that. If you slow down before you get to the stopping point does it still do it?

Sat down and played around some today. Gotta say I LOVE my new pedal. And if I do slow down then the "ups and downs" greatly reslove. I also oiled it like crazy on the undercarriage and greased the pots iwth Vaseline. Seems like I read somewhere that works if you don't have the Singer grease. Old Ironsides seemed to run really well after all of that. It still amazes me that a 76yr old machine can bring it every time!

lee231

07-26-2011 06:46 PM

Might as well tell the rest, 128-1951 according to serial #.

deplaylady

07-26-2011 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Lostn51

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Originally Posted by deplaylady

I wrote them an email and told them the same thing. They sent me a reply 3 days ago saying "Thank you, that worked and we are updating the listing." Only they never updated the listing.

Your not supposed to do that, it takes the fun out of getting something good for next to nothing. Plus if they already had a bid on it they can not update the listing.

Billy

If you scroll down under the original description there is an update. No pic though.

I didn't notice the update - I see no one has bid any higher. I sort of had a guess from looking at the outside - at least I guessed it wasn't a machine that used a knee bar. I am looking for something to turn into a hand crank.

deplaylady

07-26-2011 06:50 PM

These two are in my neck of the woods, but they put a reserve on them. They have a Spartan, too, but last time it went to $35 and never hit the reserve price and got relisted, so my guess is this one will have a high reserve on it also. Too bad since I wouldn't have to pay shipping.

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=8266522

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=8266467

Miz Johnny

07-26-2011 06:52 PM

Awesome!! A friend of mine has a complete treadle. They don't show up very often!

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Look at this machine!! 1862 Singer Letter A... Now at $685. What a looker!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180698913313

Miz Johnny

07-26-2011 07:01 PM

I'm betting on a 28/128 due to the depth of the base. Wouldn't you think someone would have tried a small screw driver??
Miriam, it's close to you!

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Originally Posted by Lostn51

Here is a deal on a Handcrank if someone wants a mystery box!

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=8284502

Billy