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03-10-2011, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
Here is a 66-3 that I am watching right now. This is one of the machines that is on my wish list and I wish it had a buy it now button.
eBay # 250786443241
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03-10-2011, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
Here are the correct attachments for your 66-1 and at a hell of a steal at that!!!
eBay# 180635700766
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03-10-2011, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Here are the correct attachments for your 66-1 and at a hell of a steal at that!!!
eBay# 180635700766
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eBay# 180635700766
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03-10-2011, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by kwendt
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Here is a 66-3 that I am watching right now. This is one of the machines that is on my wish list and I wish it had a buy it now button.
eBay # 250786443241
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eBay # 250786443241
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03-10-2011, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Here are the correct attachments for your 66-1 and at a hell of a steal at that!!!
eBay# 180635700766
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eBay# 180635700766
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03-10-2011, 09:25 PM
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[quote=Lostn51][quote=kwendt][quote=Lostn51]Here is a 66-3 that I am watching right now. This is one of the machines that is on my wish list and I wish it had a buy it now button.
eBay # 250786443241
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Why the 3?
The 66-3 is a Handcrank version of the Backclamp.
Wow Billy that Lotus is beautiful! In one view, you can almost see the HC, but what is a Backclamp? There is obviously no motor on that machine.
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Why the 3?
The 66-3 is a Handcrank version of the Backclamp.
Wow Billy that Lotus is beautiful! In one view, you can almost see the HC, but what is a Backclamp? There is obviously no motor on that machine.
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03-10-2011, 09:32 PM
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Billy,
On that Ebay box of attachments, isn't the single foot on the machine that they are showing a side clamp foot? or am I looking at it wrong. . . all the others I can tell are back clamp for sure. Just curious, also can a jointed foot work on the 66-1? the one that was on mine (may not be the correct one) was a solid foot, but I haven't been able to get the fabric to move through either. . .I think it needs new feed dogs, but maybe it's the wrong foot also. What do you think could that cause the fabric not to move through?
On that Ebay box of attachments, isn't the single foot on the machine that they are showing a side clamp foot? or am I looking at it wrong. . . all the others I can tell are back clamp for sure. Just curious, also can a jointed foot work on the 66-1? the one that was on mine (may not be the correct one) was a solid foot, but I haven't been able to get the fabric to move through either. . .I think it needs new feed dogs, but maybe it's the wrong foot also. What do you think could that cause the fabric not to move through?
03-10-2011, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by kwendt
Now THAT'S a machine I'd love to have! (Your machine, that is!) Beautiful. Thanks! That MUST be the greyhound machine I saw referenced. Funny though, that it's actually a later machine...after New Home was bought out by other company's.
Here is a dating site for the New Home through 1930. http://www.ismacs.net/newhome/manufacture_dates.html
One of the members here I believe dated my New Home by calling that number.
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03-10-2011, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by kwendt
Now THAT'S a machine I'd love to have! (Your machine, that is!) Beautiful. Thanks! That MUST be the greyhound machine I saw referenced. Funny though, that it's actually a later machine...after New Home was bought out by other company's.
http://www.google.com/search?q=new+h...=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7ADFA_en#q=new+home+sewing +machine+company+history&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:e n-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&prmd=ivns&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u& ei=Ab55TdPOGIXxrAHel-HgBQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ve d=0CF4Q5wIwCg&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=a50d8bbb40 89c98a
Here is some history if you want to look.
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03-10-2011, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
I found a Graybar electric machine today at an antique store near me. The lady only wants $50 for the machine, and it looks to be in great shape. I had never heard of a Graybar so did some research today. It seems Graybar was an actual company - still is - but, they made consumer products, including sewing machines from 1926 until 1934 when they succumbed to the Depression and discontinued their own lines of consumer products. Does anyone have a Graybar? Since they were only made for a few years, I'd think they are not real common.
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I picked up a free Graybar last fall. The lady giving the machine away told me it was a National. That bit of information had me researching Graybar and National machines. Researching machines can lead to other machines and rescuing them. I then realized that a machine that had been sitting on CL for a couple of months was a National Two Spools. My Ms. Graybar led me to my cowboy, Mr. Two Spools. Well, My Graybar's electrical cord was shot; so, I haven't gotten that repaired- and most likely will not since I'm into the treadles. The cleaned up machine now sits on a shelf looking very pretty.
Does the machine that you are interested in look like mine?
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