Vintage singer 128
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Crystal I think you could also easily buy the wiring, etc at your local big box hardware and follow Rain's tutorial on rewiring. You can google it....
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Rewiring a sewing machine is relatively easy. I've done a bunch of them. You can generally get the cord you need at most hardware, lighting or electrical supply stores.
Sew-Classic { http://www.shop.sew-classic.com/ } sells it. I'll bet your machine should use the 18-2 SPT-2 cord.
Also there are some companies that specialize in reproduction fabric covered cord. You can find that at
Sundial Wiring { http://www.sundialwire.com/sundialwi...veredwire.aspx }.
Basically you just carefully remove the old wire, cut the new wire to length and put it in exactly as the old wire came out.
Depending on how your machine is wired, Sew-Classic may have a replacement cord set for it.
I don't know why the fascination some have with converting every machine they see to hand crank. It's OK I guess, but it sure don't beat a good electric motor.
Joe
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That would be my first choice! I have a 128 I want to hand crank....but it seems impossible to find a vintage crank and I hear nothing but negatives about the ones coming from China...I am way too OCD to put up with those, ugh.
Crystal I think you could also easily buy the wiring, etc at your local big box hardware and follow Rain's tutorial on rewiring. You can google it....
Crystal I think you could also easily buy the wiring, etc at your local big box hardware and follow Rain's tutorial on rewiring. You can google it....
I picked up a 127 a couple years ago with a Chinese repro HC on it. I put the HC on my 99K, Rusty. It needed cleaned internally and greased. Once that was done it worked just fine. And as I've used it it has smoothed out significantly.
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Considering how rarium and expensive the original vintage HCs are, the Chinese ones do make sense.
Joe
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Electric power is just a fad, it'll never catch on....
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Crystal,
Also there are some companies that specialize in reproduction fabric covered cord. You can find that at
Sundial Wiring { http://www.sundialwire.com/sundialwi...veredwire.aspx }.
I don't know why the fascination some have with converting every machine they see to hand crank. It's OK I guess, but it sure don't beat a good electric motor.
Joe
Also there are some companies that specialize in reproduction fabric covered cord. You can find that at
Sundial Wiring { http://www.sundialwire.com/sundialwi...veredwire.aspx }.
I don't know why the fascination some have with converting every machine they see to hand crank. It's OK I guess, but it sure don't beat a good electric motor.
Joe
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