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10-06-2011, 04:45 AM
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10-06-2011, 05:01 AM
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Can anyone help me with info on a Kingston machine? It doesn't belong to me, but a gal who is new to sewing. She is not sure she wants to try to fix it or toss it.
I don't have any numbers, or model or such, as she didn't know, and was 60 miles from home at work.
I don't have any numbers, or model or such, as she didn't know, and was 60 miles from home at work.
10-06-2011, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
Candace, I have the Elna 62C that I prefer not to use to quilt. Someone else may not feel that way. It's the best stitching machine I've ever seen, but, IMO, she just wasn't made to quilt.
Hmmm, I've been coveting the one a gal brings to class because it's so quiet. I was mainly planning on it for piecing. Do you have a walking foot with yours? I do have some vintage machines that just won't quilt. For example, my White Fair Lady is an awesome straight stitch, but won't take my generic walking foot....so no quilter there. And I have a couple that will skip a couple of stitches every now and then putting on a machine binding(using a zig zag). Changing needles doesn't help, they just don't like to go through the bulk of the binding and quilt. Once I know their pluses and minuses, I'm o.k.
I've heard this is an amazing Elna, though.
10-06-2011, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam
Originally Posted by irishrose
Candace, I have the Elna 62C that I prefer not to use to quilt. Someone else may not feel that way. It's the best stitching machine I've ever seen, but, IMO, she just wasn't made to quilt.
10-06-2011, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Mariposa
Can anyone help me with info on a Kingston machine? It doesn't belong to me, but a gal who is new to sewing. She is not sure she wants to try to fix it or toss it.
I don't have any numbers, or model or such, as she didn't know, and was 60 miles from home at work.
I don't have any numbers, or model or such, as she didn't know, and was 60 miles from home at work.
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10-06-2011, 07:39 AM
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Miriam, I had a straight stitch needle hole on my watch list on ebay and I know the Elna site has them, but I don't see where it will help with the other problem. The pressure on the presser foot is self adjusting. It can shift the top layer of fabric just a tiny bit. The walking foot is a cure for that, but neither of mine is quiet. Using the embroidery foot helps, too, because it rides a little higher than the normal foot.
Candace, you're right. Miss Elna is the quietest, strongest sounding machine I've ever been near. If I were to need her to quilt, I'd get a needle plate with a round hole and use the plastic embroidery foot. I sewed with it for several years while my presser foot was lost. In fact, last month, I made HSTs with the Elna and her metal foot by using leaders and they are perfect. I also SITD an entire lap quilt using the W foot (pre 301). The other problem - the stitch is so strong and perfect, it's a bi--- to remove. You do learn to sew carefully. I love that machine and if I could only have one, I guess she'd be it.
edit: I just played with Miss Elna and a Janome FMQ foot. Yes, she will quilt quite nicely. I don't drop my feeddogs to quilt with the 301, so there isn't much difference. A little drag because the feeddogs are higher on the Elna, but not enough to notice. Interesting.
Candace, you're right. Miss Elna is the quietest, strongest sounding machine I've ever been near. If I were to need her to quilt, I'd get a needle plate with a round hole and use the plastic embroidery foot. I sewed with it for several years while my presser foot was lost. In fact, last month, I made HSTs with the Elna and her metal foot by using leaders and they are perfect. I also SITD an entire lap quilt using the W foot (pre 301). The other problem - the stitch is so strong and perfect, it's a bi--- to remove. You do learn to sew carefully. I love that machine and if I could only have one, I guess she'd be it.
edit: I just played with Miss Elna and a Janome FMQ foot. Yes, she will quilt quite nicely. I don't drop my feeddogs to quilt with the 301, so there isn't much difference. A little drag because the feeddogs are higher on the Elna, but not enough to notice. Interesting.
10-06-2011, 08:49 AM
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I have a Singer Model 66 manufactured on March 16, 1910 in Elizabeth, New Jersey that I would like to sell. Does anyone have any idea what the value of it would be?
10-06-2011, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam
Originally Posted by jlhmnj
Originally Posted by miriam
I got a Singer 241-12 a while ago. Got her all unstuck and moving nice. Put her to the test. NADA. Her tension was wonky. Then the shuttle wouldn't loop. I put her on hold and had a bout of PI and broken toe etc for the summer. OK so I got her out - fixed the tension in 3 minutes. YEAH I won. Then started checking for burrs on the hook. NADA. Put the bobbin in and out in and out. NADA. That bobbin case had a screw missing. I replaced it a while ago. Seems like the dumb think is off. Won't hold in right. Then I got to digging around in my junk. None of the bobbin cases I have on hand match the hole. I'm not even sure the one that came with it was the right one. Now I'm thinking - order a new bobbin case. They range from 3 to 40 dollars. So if I buy the 3 dollar one will it work? Then I notice you can just buy the bobbin tension spring. That should be a clue... So I look over the bobbin case. EW. It was coated in rust - I got a bit of oil and a bit of aluminum foil and polished it up. Poked it in the bobbin hole - NADA. It makes a loop but add fabric and it balls up something awful. Has to be that tension spring. I'm beating my head against the stupid wall on this one.
Needle tip of the day: The needle curf goes toward the bobbin when you put in the needle - industrial machines have round needles - no flat side.
Needle tip of the day: The needle curf goes toward the bobbin when you put in the needle - industrial machines have round needles - no flat side.
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10-06-2011, 12:36 PM
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The Singer Company is to preview a special 160th Anniversary Model at the Radisson Hotel, Nashville to coincide with the ISMACS Convention.
Although not due to be announced until the New Year, the machine will be on view to convention visitors in a separate meeting room rented by Singer.
Singer is aiming to get early public reaction to the machine which, they hope, in the future, will become a collectors' model in the same way as the centennial machines of 1951. There are no details of the machine's specification.
The machine will be on view on the final day of the convention, Sunday, October 16.
The Singer preview will be open to all.
Although not due to be announced until the New Year, the machine will be on view to convention visitors in a separate meeting room rented by Singer.
Singer is aiming to get early public reaction to the machine which, they hope, in the future, will become a collectors' model in the same way as the centennial machines of 1951. There are no details of the machine's specification.
The machine will be on view on the final day of the convention, Sunday, October 16.
The Singer preview will be open to all.
10-06-2011, 01:03 PM
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I wonder, if for their preview, they will go back to the tried and true formula, or if the machine will be the latest computer. (Not really wondering. We all can guess.) Well, whatever Singer brings out will not be as good as the oldies but goodies!! :D
Is someone going to ISMACS who can take a pic and post it after the conference?? It would be interesting to see the new machine.
Is someone going to ISMACS who can take a pic and post it after the conference?? It would be interesting to see the new machine.
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