manicmike

You can read the progression from VS1 on Wikipedia (can you believe there's a page devoted to this??), but sit down first

Cathy, your VS1 really does sound exciting: I've never even seen one.

Found a picture http://needlebar.org/cm/displayimage..._display_media, and another
https://www.flickr.com/photos/88093607@N07/

Rose_P

This is not a machine that I've found, but just an ad from 1890 that I came across in a Des Moines, IA city directory while looking for something else. It caught my eye because I've never heard of a Tibbles. I searched this board and found no matches for the name. Then I tried Google and found some hits related to a patent, and a 1933 Worlds Fair ribbon said to be sewn on one, but not one photo of a machine. I guess it would be rare to have one turn up, but based on the ad, I would certainly have been a potential customer. What was an "elastic lock stitch"? I couldn't get the whole page on my screen, but you can see where they overlapped. Too bad they chose to show it without even a hint of what the machine head may have looked like.

NapaJohn

Tibbles were starting to be known as good machines until Singer caught wind of them and launched a smear campaign with an advertisement called "The Trouble With Tibbles." Then the patent lawyers went after Tibbles and they were never heard from again.

P.S. Sometimes, I just make stuff up.

Cari-in-Oly

NapaJohn, I believe I read somewhere that it was the law firm of James & Leonard who went after the Tibbles, eventually hiring some illegal immigrants(aliens) to dispose of them.

Cari

greywuuf

Seriously ? "the trouble with tibbles"?
Makes me wonder how widespread and common that catch phrase was. one of the episodes of "Star Trek" ( the original television series ) was titled "The trouble with TRIBBLES" One wonders if it was coincidental or if it was a play on something the writers parents may ave said .... or if it was maybe even a common colloquialism at one point.

greywuuf

here is a picture of one I have been working on for my daughter ( I have posted it elsewhere but since this is a picture thread I though it might belong here for reference. the machine is a I think about a 1923 model 128 La Vincedore (sp?) decals and the cabinet is a much more recent... originally housed a 99 machine has been cleaned and polished but the cabinet is in work.
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manicmike

Yes it's a 128 La Vencendora.That cabinet looks very short. Is it all there or does it have removable legs?

greywuuf

the legs just screw on the bottom not really meant to be removable per se, but it does not fit in the jeep other wise.... was sanding and oiling them separately, they are nothing special just turned round legs. makes me think about 1950's or later on the cabinet. I worded that last post poorly. I new it was a 128, just can not remember the date... looked it up once thought "cool" to myself and promptly forgot.
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NapaJohn

Not serious. Just a Star Trek joke.

greywuuf

AHAH and I just got the next comment about the law firm of "James and Leonard"