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pfroggg 03-29-2012 11:03 AM


Originally Posted by vintagemotif (Post 5099720)
I can't get the link to work, even after copy and pasting.

http://tinyurl.com/bl82etl

J Miller 03-29-2012 01:02 PM


Originally Posted by jljack (Post 5099710)
Just the reason I put a hand crank on my 99 so I can take it camping when we start going this year!! I can't wait to be sitting up in the redwoods sewing away hearing only the nice little tick tick of the machine and all the birds and the wind in the trees!!

I have a 99K that's a work in progress. It will be a hand cranker when finished. Someday. I'm not sure I'd take it camping though. I've got other things I like to do when I'm out and away from civilization.

Joe

Charlee 03-29-2012 01:06 PM

I take my 28K camping with us...that or my FW... I've said before that I'm not big on the great outdoors, so it suits me fine to stay at the camper and sew! :)

irishrose 03-29-2012 01:17 PM

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I got excited over a box of cams at SA today and bought a Montgomery Ward J1561 machine - probably from the late 70s. It doesn't have a bobbin case, but the second one I tried from other machines fits. I plugged in the machine and it won't sew. It has a switch for 'electronic' or 'normal'. Can I take the bottom off and take this machine apart myself or am I in over my head? It's a heavy well made machine - made in Japan by Juki - so far that's all I know. [ATTACH=CONFIG]323662[/ATTACH]

BoJangles 03-29-2012 01:23 PM


Originally Posted by Charlee (Post 5100158)
I take my 28K camping with us...that or my FW... I've said before that I'm not big on the great outdoors, so it suits me fine to stay at the camper and sew! :)

Charlee, that I could do!

Nancy

Crossstitcher 03-29-2012 01:24 PM


Originally Posted by BoJangles (Post 5099008)
Trish that sounds wonderful, but my DH would not like it if I was 'gone' all day like that - most of the time anyway! I bet you get a lot done with no regular household duties waiting or distracting you. My cargo unit is pretty close to the garage where DH spends a lot of time on wood projects so we still feel we are sorta together - at least in the same vicinity! The best part of being out of the house is I don't get side tracked with a cleaning project! Your situation would even be better for being more productive!

Nancy

Nancy my room is only about 75 feet from the house and his shop is about another 50 feet. Also have a chicken coop not too far and I can hear the rooster crow and the hens cackle. Or brag about laying an egg. So we are not too far apart during the day. I try to get what housework done in the mornings and sew in the afternoon now that I don't need a fire in the stove.

vintagemotif 03-29-2012 01:29 PM


Originally Posted by pfroggg (Post 5099911)

Thank you!!!!:)

OMG! This is 293 some pages of stuff. Eeks, the mind can't process this today. This lovely works is going into a deep file. I need to quilt.:p

BoJangles 03-29-2012 02:06 PM


Originally Posted by sweetpee (Post 5098576)
Billy, I had a question back a couple of months about my 301A. Bobbin problem. Someone came back and had pictures that showed how the bobbin case should go in. The picture showed the pointy thing inbetween this other thing like a U shape. Mine is not like that how do I get mine in that area????? Please help me as I would love to use the machine. Thank you and I do believe you responded to the question on my first time.

Ok Sweetpee, I was hoping Cathy or Candace would answer this, but it must have missed them. Miriam is right.

You need to remove the throat plate and put it back making sure that the position finger is in the notch of the position plate under the machine. Here is a copy of a 301 manual. Print out pages 12 through 15 - or better yet print out the whole manual! There are graphics that show you how the position finger needs to be, along with graphics of how the bobbin should be inserted and which way it needs to turn when inserted correctly.

http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ine-manual.pdf

Good luck, let us know if you get your 301 up and running as I am sure either Candace or Cathy could help you more than I can!

Oh and by the way, the needle has to be inserted correctly too with the flat side to the left! It then threads right to left!

Nancy

BoJangles 03-29-2012 02:11 PM


Originally Posted by Crossstitcher (Post 5100207)
Nancy my room is only about 75 feet from the house and his shop is about another 50 feet. Also have a chicken coop not too far and I can hear the rooster crow and the hens cackle. Or brag about laying an egg. So we are not too far apart during the day. I try to get what housework done in the mornings and sew in the afternoon now that I don't need a fire in the stove.

Trish, I agree it does sound like a heavenly set up! I have a SIL who just had to have her 'own' craft shop so her hubby built her one in the back yard. She is a scrapbooker and wanted this shop so bad. Well, she never goes out there - it is either too cold - too hot - too many bugs - too far away from the house, etc.. I am glad you use yours, it sounds perfect!

Nancy

buslady 03-29-2012 05:30 PM

Wow, a building just for sewing/crafting! I'd be in heaven. I am lucky enough to have nearly the entire upstairs. Now, if I could just get it arranged the way I want it. I keep moving things around, some day I'll get it done.


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