Vintage singer 128
I have a vintage 128 with a knee bar. The cord is in very poor condition, does anyone know where I could get a replacement cord?
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Fred Sanford on this Board, or [email protected] may be able to help you.
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Does it have a spoked hand wheel? If so you might put a hand crank on it.
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Originally Posted by miriam
(Post 7026517)
Does it have a spoked hand wheel? If so you might put a hand crank on it.
Crystal I think you could also easily buy the wiring, etc at your local big box hardware and follow Rain's tutorial on rewiring. You can google it.... |
Originally Posted by crystal lee
(Post 7026013)
I have a vintage 128 with a knee bar. The cord is in very poor condition, does anyone know where I could get a replacement cord?
Rewiring a sewing machine is relatively easy. I've done a bunch of them. You can generally get the cord you need at most hardware, lighting or electrical supply stores. Sew-Classic { http://www.shop.sew-classic.com/ } sells it. I'll bet your machine should use the 18-2 SPT-2 cord. Also there are some companies that specialize in reproduction fabric covered cord. You can find that at Sundial Wiring { http://www.sundialwire.com/sundialwi...veredwire.aspx }. Basically you just carefully remove the old wire, cut the new wire to length and put it in exactly as the old wire came out. Depending on how your machine is wired, Sew-Classic may have a replacement cord set for it. I don't know why the fascination some have with converting every machine they see to hand crank. It's OK I guess, but it sure don't beat a good electric motor. Joe |
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Originally Posted by Cogito
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That would be my first choice! I have a 128 I want to hand crank....but it seems impossible to find a vintage crank and I hear nothing but negatives about the ones coming from China...I am way too OCD to put up with those, ugh.
Crystal I think you could also easily buy the wiring, etc at your local big box hardware and follow Rain's tutorial on rewiring. You can google it.... I picked up a 127 a couple years ago with a Chinese repro HC on it. I put the HC on my 99K, Rusty. It needed cleaned internally and greased. Once that was done it worked just fine. And as I've used it it has smoothed out significantly. [ATTACH=CONFIG]504141[/ATTACH] Considering how rarium and expensive the original vintage HCs are, the Chinese ones do make sense. Joe |
Originally Posted by J Miller
(Post 7026934)
I don't know why the fascination some have with converting every machine they see to hand crank. It's OK I guess, but it sure don't beat a good electric motor.
Joe Electric power is just a fad, it'll never catch on.... |
Originally Posted by SteveH
(Post 7026944)
With all due love and respect, I'm one of those folks, and I feel that a handcrank beats a motor machine any day! :thumbup:
Electric power is just a fad, it'll never catch on.... Joe |
Originally Posted by J Miller
(Post 7026982)
Yeah I know. They said that about that new white smokeless powder too. :D
Joe |
Originally Posted by J Miller
(Post 7026934)
Crystal,
Also there are some companies that specialize in reproduction fabric covered cord. You can find that at Sundial Wiring { http://www.sundialwire.com/sundialwi...veredwire.aspx }. I don't know why the fascination some have with converting every machine they see to hand crank. It's OK I guess, but it sure don't beat a good electric motor. Joe |
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