Singer 66
#11
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Martinsville, Indiana
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Welcome to the group of us who own what I think is the prettiest Singer made, the Red Eye Singers. We need to form a 'club' like the featherwieght owners on here. Yours is just two years older than mine. Love the cabinet she came in. Mine is a portable with the bentwood case. Enjoy !!!!!
#13
They weren't just red eye decals outside of the U.S. I have three of them: One a red eye, one lotus and the third Tiffany/Gingerbread. Wonderful machines, very forgiving, and what a stitch! If they had reverse they'd be perfect.
I have a theory as to why all the second hand 66s are missing the base plates: People find them and can't work out how to remove the base plate. They pull really hard on it, it comes off, and they can't put it back on (because they're trying to put it on the wrong way), therefore it must be broken. What do you do then? Throw it out of course!
Anyone have experience of this? I'd really like to know why they're all missing it. My local sewing parts shop keeps them in stock because there's that much demand for them!
I have a theory as to why all the second hand 66s are missing the base plates: People find them and can't work out how to remove the base plate. They pull really hard on it, it comes off, and they can't put it back on (because they're trying to put it on the wrong way), therefore it must be broken. What do you do then? Throw it out of course!
Anyone have experience of this? I'd really like to know why they're all missing it. My local sewing parts shop keeps them in stock because there's that much demand for them!
#14
I have a theory as to why all the second hand 66s are missing the base plates: People find them and can't work out how to remove the base plate. They pull really hard on it, it comes off, and they can't put it back on (because they're trying to put it on the wrong way), therefore it must be broken. What do you do then? Throw it out of course!
Anyone have experience of this? I'd really like to know why they're all missing it.
Anyone have experience of this? I'd really like to know why they're all missing it.
#15
Lucky you getting them with the machines. I've bought three now and only one of them came with it. You do support the hypothesis though: When I bought the replacement, even the salesman (who's old and knowledgeable about sewing machines) didn't know how to put it on, so I looked in the manual when I got home.
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 1
May I ask a question?
owe
I have the same style cabinet. In there any way you could e-mail me a picture of the open cabinet? I need to create the mechanism that opens the front door. There looks to be a place for a rod/slat to go into. I'd like to open it the way it should be opened. Thank you kindly. Deb99
Called Singer and found out newest machine is a model 66, made 2-20-1920. This is the last machine I can have but she is in a nice small cabinet so now I have to go find room for her.[ATTACH=CONFIG]422253[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]422252[/ATTACH]
was told no more we don't have room, true so this is it.
was told no more we don't have room, true so this is it.
#17
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,131
owe
I have the same style cabinet. In there any way you could e-mail me a picture of the open cabinet? I need to create the mechanism that opens the front door. There looks to be a place for a rod/slat to go into. I'd like to open it the way it should be opened. Thank you kindly. Deb99
I have the same style cabinet. In there any way you could e-mail me a picture of the open cabinet? I need to create the mechanism that opens the front door. There looks to be a place for a rod/slat to go into. I'd like to open it the way it should be opened. Thank you kindly. Deb99
I have my great grandmother's Red-eye in a cabinet with small slide in & out drawers, two on each side. The cabinet top is in sad shape. A friend gave me another one in much better shape.
#18
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 2,891
owe
I have the same style cabinet. In there any way you could e-mail me a picture of the open cabinet? I need to create the mechanism that opens the front door. There looks to be a place for a rod/slat to go into. I'd like to open it the way it should be opened. Thank you kindly. Deb99
I have the same style cabinet. In there any way you could e-mail me a picture of the open cabinet? I need to create the mechanism that opens the front door. There looks to be a place for a rod/slat to go into. I'd like to open it the way it should be opened. Thank you kindly. Deb99
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