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08-11-2013, 05:58 PM

#3971

miriam

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http://evansville.craigslist.org/for/3947434959.html
I like the name of this one... Electro Hygiene... I bet is is a good one.
Electro Hygiene must have had some reach - from what I can tell there was a vacuum cleaner co with that name, too.
I have an Electro Hygiene that looks like a Singer 128 - kind of a cute little black machine - well made.

08-11-2013, 05:59 PM

#3972

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Originally Posted by Cecilia S.

Sheila, the final photo in this ad which was posted by Miriam shows a Bell machine just like "yours"

:-)

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/art/3995066899.html
aw sweet

Like I said SWEET!

08-11-2013, 06:17 PM

#3973

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Originally Posted by Sheluma

I'm in love with this, but the price is kinda high. Anyone familiar with this model? Brother Pacesetter circa 1956 or 1957. I'm wondering if there is any plastic inside.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/atq/3993251342.html

Now I know I will be in trouble with you all here, I had a Brother Pacesetter of the plastic and computer style circa 2000 or so. Love that machine of mine, and if this is it's ancestor I would be one it in a heartbeat! Helps that its so cute.

Bye the way, I sewed onmy pacesetter it till just this past spring. The shop I deal with couldn't believe that it lasted all that time. With the new ones 5 years is considered a life span.

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08-11-2013, 06:29 PM

#3974

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Originally Posted by miriam

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/app/3995674272.html
boat anchor? - not many parts left - he's smokin'

Smoking something other than the usual! Yikes!

08-11-2013, 06:47 PM

#3975

chris_quilts

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cecilia S.

Sheila, the final photo in this ad which was posted by Miriam shows a Bell machine just like "yours"

:-)

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/art/3995066899.html
aw sweet

I would buy the Bell if I lived near there.

08-11-2013, 10:32 PM

#3976

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Originally Posted by mlmack

Maybe, but with shipping, it will likely be over $100 by the end of the auction.

It would also depend on the availability of parts for that machine, if any are needed.

I comes with shuttle and bobbin. I could drive to pick it up. I have a Free #5 and they look quite close to each other in type.

08-12-2013, 12:02 AM

#3977

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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn

Here's a "Swinger" and a "Stinger"

http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/art/3986729869.html

http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/atq/3993382839.html

The boat anchor person could have advertised theirs as a "Slinger"

08-12-2013, 12:11 AM

#3978

Sheluma

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cecilia S.

Sheila, the final photo in this ad which was posted by Miriam shows a Bell machine just like "yours"

:-)

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/art/3995066899.html
aw sweet

I would have missed that! They're asking $250 and up.

08-12-2013, 12:18 AM

#3979

Sheluma

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Originally Posted by frudemoo

I'm in love with anything that's inside its case with all the bits like that. Cool case too!
It's one of those ones where I would go and see it, take a screwdriver and a comfortable amount of cash and start to find all the usual dirt, lint, threads and stuff that would be expected and wear a very concerned look on my face throughout.

Good idea. I found one on a blog:
http://susannaryan.blogspot.com/2010...-pun-here.html
It has a straight stitch plate and foot. Check out the bottle of oil -- it looks like a perfume bottle.

08-12-2013, 12:27 AM

#3980

Sheluma

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""Robert's Rebuilt Singer Machine" (a previous owner has attempted to obscure the first two words)" ??
http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/atq/3995943620.html