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06-10-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lee231

Seen a Free machine today in a mission cabinet, decals are in great shape, attachments box is complete and full, manual and some thread. Is missing the shuttle and front slide cover and machine turns over a little hard, has a price of $55 on it. Guy did offer to give a better price. Didn't get to see if the top had any problems. Does it sound like a deal or not. Lee

If a true Mission cabinet, it's worth it just for that!! The shuttle and slide are available.

06-10-2012, 07:07 PM

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Miriam, I LOVE your idea of a campout/work shop get together!! LOL I'll even volunteer to make the coffee...I make GOOD COFFEE!! Nice and bold...very nice with a little cream. YUMMMM!! I'm in to coordinate the treadle contest!! Jelly Roll Race it is!! LOL Love this....we can dream, yes, we can!!

06-10-2012, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jlhmnj

See someone got a bargain on my Davis----no roadtrip

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130705398258...ht_3552wt_1170

Jon

I hope it got a good home, Jon. And that maybe they find the yahoo group or here so they find out the right way to clean it up.

06-10-2012, 07:14 PM

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Oh, yeah, after all the above comments, yesterday I scored a 15 clone locally for free. It's got green decals that are in decent shape, but overall it is absolutely filthy and needs new wires on the foot controller. So, it's not even in the house yet (way too dirty!), and it's gonna take hours to clean it enough to get it inside. So I'll show pictures in a few days. But the decals are cool...it looks very Irish!! LOL

06-10-2012, 07:48 PM

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We did the Jelly Roll Race at one of our guild meetings last year....I took my 301a, and there were a few Featherweights, and lots of high $$ newer machines in that room. Probably about 50-60 machines that day. Guess what....I won on my 301a, finishing in 55 minutes. They let us sew the strips end to end before they started timing. But it was GREAT!! My little Ida beating all those fancy plastic fantastic machines!! Yay Vintage!!!

HUMMMMMM! That's not fair!!!!! Hehehehehe - We didn't get to do anything before the race began. . . and sewing 42 strips together with a 45 degree seam into one very long strip is what took all the time! That seemed endless! Once the strips were all pieced, sewing them together was fast! I was sewing all of mine on a FW! I finished 3rd, only because I had to rip out a couple of my 45 degree seams -- they didn't line up right -- and I had a huge twist at the end of the first set to cut apart!

Nancy