vintage sewing machine vote
 

Which would you like to sew with ( not so good with the right terms) a Bar in the high position near. wheel
Vibrating bobbin (G-9054757) Both singer sewing machines. The other red eye bobbin sewing machine (G-9054757). Deals better on the red eye. I was thinking vibrating would be a tangle mix on thread running threw, but I know very little. I really like the interesting talk and ideas here.

I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Both serial numbers you listed are the same.
Are the choices between a Singer 66 Redeye and a vibrating shuttle machine like a Singer 27?
Rodney

I know someone who swears by her model 28, gives perfect stitches and all over a very smooth machine. It's like she has an extra well made 28 or something. I don't know shuttle machines that well and should probably not argue for either of them. Personally I lean towards model 66 with the round bobbin, it's a very solid, smooth running machine and a joy to work on. It's easy to get bobbins for it, but from the right source, there's plenty of new bobbins for the 127 too. If the price isn't very off, and assuming both are intact, I might go for the machine in the best cosmetic condition. I assume you will have to do a lot of cleaning and oiling regardless of choice, but that's half the fun ;- )

I don't know what you mean by high position near wheel, but I assume they both are or will go in a treadle cabinet, and it's between a model 127 and a model 66?

Actually when the choice is between two machines the only acceptable answer is to get both. ;)
Problem solved.
Rodney

Correct! LOL

"Bar in the high position near. wheel Vibrating bobbin" sounds like a description of a 128 to me.

I tend to lean towards round-bobbin machines for actual use, but that could well be simply because that's what's familiar to me. I haven't sewn much on my two VS machines (I have a 28 and a 128) and before I had those I'd never even seen a VS machine in person!

I love my 1899 28 handcrank. I am not sure why they call it a vibrating shuttle. Mine just goes back and forth. Regardless, it works beautifully and is a great demonstration machine because people (especially children) can turn the crank while I steer the fabric. Saves my arm and they get to "sew" I am making a spool quilt on it.

My first vintage was an old 99K. At the time I had it rewired there was a guy who told me to stick with round bobbin models, since they take more thread. The various round bobbins are usually easy to find. It's a few year ago now. Since, I have discovered those who actually use their shuttle machines have a good stack of long bobbins (new remakes are available), wind a few at a time, and the problem is easily solved. If you have a nice machine and want to use it, there are work arounds for almost everything. In a few resent threads on this forum I have discovered there are more people who use their shuttle machines almost daily.

Believe it or not, his is because the term vibrate actually means to move back and forth.... Nowadays we tend to thing of vibrating in the context of electronics, which "vibrate" at high speed, but originally it simply referred to a type of motion.

The earlier ones are called Transverse shuttle, because the term "Transverse" indicates movement from side to side perpendicular to the line of motion

And now days, if you say "vibrator", most people aren't going to imagine a sewing machine...

Yeah, there is picture floating around on the net where a collector placed a "Vibrator" branded machine, next to a "Climax" branded machine...