leonf

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I dragged this one home a while back. Double ugly case with some broken supports inside. A bit of rust, even on the bobbin, but with a bit of lubrication it is ready to work again. Made in Great Britain.

Farmhousesewer

Love my Spartan. Putter, putter, putter

tranum

My daughter has a Spartan and I’ve taken it to a quilt retreat. She paid $10 and it’s a sweet little machine.

leonf

Dang. I overpaid. I spent $20.00 for mine. Passed on one for $75.00

Mickey2

I haven't bothered seeking out a Spartan, because I have a 99 with motor and light. I have been looking for a 185 aluminum version, if I'm lucky it might turn up.

leonf

Yea, I'd like to find aluminum Singer bodies too . I'll make do with my FWs and my magnesium Domestic/Whites.

Mickey2

Your magnesium Domestic is fantastic. I have my aluminium 201K23, and I guess the closest US made equivalent is the 301.

Cari-in-Oly

Not even close. The only things they have in common is they both have an aluminum body and a front tension. Totally different insides, motors and bobbin systems.

Cari

Mickey2

I like the drop in bobbin system in the 201, the closest I have come to the 301 bobbin case is a Featherweight. The 301 has the vertical set motor, but it has similar sets of cork screw gears and turning rods that should make it very smooth running. I don't think there were a US made aluminium 201, but you have loads of gear driven 201s.

Cari-in-Oly

The 301 motor and the potted motor are really not alike. The 301 motor has a gear and a sealed bearing at the top and drops out the bottom of the machine like the 401 and up series do. I own a 201-2, a FW and two 301s. Yes the bobbin case for a 301 and a FW are the same, but the bobbin hook /race assembly, while it looks the same it actually isn't and they don't interchange.

Cari