Originally Posted by Candace
(Post 5165392)
Poor Frankenstein 301. Why would someone pay top dollar for it...yuck. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Singer-301A-...#ht_500wt_1221
And another... http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINGER-301A-...ht_2215wt_1389 Poor, poor things!!! |
Think it fell out of an airplane and was transformed int the Bionic Sewing Machine.
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Originally Posted by jlhmnj
(Post 5167923)
Think it fell out of an airplane and was transformed int the Bionic Sewing Machine.
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
(Post 5166895)
Candace, I have to admit I am becoming a little fickle with my FW's now that I have started using the 301! The more I use my 301, the more I like it - so much so that I am now going to the 301 instead of my FW's when I need to use an electric machine!
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Originally Posted by vintagemotif
(Post 5167632)
Janice, I can see the photos now of your very lovely Davis NVF. Well, worth your drive down to LA.
If you use Glenn's method of cleaning the machine, I would go around the decals and then clean the decals up with just sewing oil. These decals can turn green with other chemicals, but sewing oil works great. I would NOT use baby oil on them since baby oil has other oils, perfumes. The baby oil will be fine for the Singers and other machines with shellac intact, and babies bottoms, but not on these Davis machines. With that stated, I wish I had bookmarked the blog of one collector that I found a couple of years ago. I can't find the blog now, but he stated that he only cleans his machines with sewing oil. And that it would take him weeks to get the crud off, but it would come off. He had the prettiest machines I have seen on a blog, a very beautiful collection. Congrats again! You are going to LOVE this machine!!! |
Originally Posted by melinda1962
(Post 5167140)
I can see the orange cabinet. Maybe Glenn will have some magic answer for you.....gonna take a lot of magic to change that pumpkin. Great machine. I am on the lookout for one, but they are rare in this part of the country.
There are 4 of them on eBay right now, but none of them with a cabinet...only the head. I got my first one, a High Arm Vertical Feed 1, from eBay, and she came without a cabinet, but luckily with all her attachments. I was lucky with that. They usually don't have their attachments with them still. |
Anyone in Nashville area looking for a 15 in that neat Singer cabinet with the curved front drawers? It even has the ink well in the top left drawer. It's at shopgoodwill.com
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=9847169 Here's another of the same cabinet, but a 66 or 201 in Savannah, GA. Boy, when they show up they show up in herds!! LOL http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=9846948 |
Originally Posted by jljack
(Post 5168664)
Thanks everyone!! Yes, I am really liking her dirty little self already!! She really is a pretty grimey mess, but I know she is going to clean up just fine. My DH is a wood guy, and he thinks the veneer under that pumpkin paint is pretty shot...there are tons of cracks in it. He said we will leave it as is for the foreseeable future. I am not offended by the color...it brightens up any room it's in, that's for sure!! And the treadle irons are very very smooth....it treadles really easily. I will be threading it up tonite if I get a chance. I've been busy with other stuff since I picked it up, so I'll let you know how it goes.
I like that orange paint, a bit of a sassy character -or a don't forget me too. Janice, I'm so excited for you! |
Nancy, I'm not surprised you're now going to your 301 instead of your FW. They are a better quilter's machine, IMO. Larger bed area, not much heavier and excellent at FMQ and you don't have to worry about the feed dogs. And an internal belt/gear system that delivers more power than the FW. The ONLY problem I have with 301's is that there is not a walking foot on the market with narrow feed dogs that works like a walking foot is engineered to do. I wish some smart person would put a slant walking foot with NARROW feed dogs on the market. Yes, there are some for sale that have been modified to fit, but they're too wide and don't do what they should.... But, that's o.k. I just FMQ my life away and don't worry about straight line quilting on the 301:> I use other machines for that.
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Originally Posted by jljack
(Post 5168675)
Melinda they are uncommon in any part of the country. Go to Searchtempest.com, which searches through all the Craigslist postings, put in your location, the item you are looking for and how far from your zip to look. Then hit search. I put in my zip, Davis Sewing Machine, 1000 miles, and came up with only 4 of them. That's in the whole western U.S. So, yes, they are fairly uncommon.
There are 4 of them on eBay right now, but none of them with a cabinet...only the head. I got my first one, a High Arm Vertical Feed 1, from eBay, and she came without a cabinet, but luckily with all her attachments. I was lucky with that. They usually don't have their attachments with them still. Well that produced nothing except ebay. I enjoy looking though. Thank for the site. |
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