Who Lives by Exit 14 off I-84 in Southbury, CT here ??
01-06-2014, 11:12 AM
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White made rotary machines for about 50 years, so you have a lot to choose from if you want one. Be warned, most of them take a longer needle and I don't know if anyone still makes them, so you may be stuck finding old stock. Attachments are very easy to get - just have to make sure you get the ones that fit the White, as there are several styles of top clamp machines.
They aren't near as "desirable" as Singers, based on what they typically sell for.
I happen to like rotary machines with fancy decals - there aren't a whole lot to choose from as most fancy decal machines are long shuttle machines.
Some of the older ones with the decals are beautiful machines
They aren't near as "desirable" as Singers, based on what they typically sell for.
I happen to like rotary machines with fancy decals - there aren't a whole lot to choose from as most fancy decal machines are long shuttle machines.
Some of the older ones with the decals are beautiful machines
01-06-2014, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam
I don't really collect. I catch and release... I love to find something I haven't seen and see if I can make it sew.
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01-06-2014, 11:22 AM
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If you give an old black beat up machine some TLC it will work - ask Joe.
I some times find machines by the truck load. We have lots of old barns, attics, basements, old sheds and yes, Muv, outhouses, to hide machines in for years. At some point someone has to rescue the poor machines. It is getting rid of machines that is hard.
I some times find machines by the truck load. We have lots of old barns, attics, basements, old sheds and yes, Muv, outhouses, to hide machines in for years. At some point someone has to rescue the poor machines. It is getting rid of machines that is hard.
01-06-2014, 11:24 AM
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there were some nice ones in your area a lot closer with the same machines/ less shipping from one side of country to other. There are even some in my area that I figure are too expensive for the type of machine and they are not in the best of condition.
01-06-2014, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Cecilia S.
Dear Vmaniqui,
I know you were not asking our opinion, but since others have chimed in to be helpful, I will echo all of it, and add that I know that you are hankering for a hand crank, even just the mechanism - but they -do- come up! I was very fortunate to find an original one a few months ago, crank mechanism only, thanks to a tip here from a fellow list member.
Patience is hard with the Sewing Machine Addiction, but also the thrill is in the hunt, a bit! IIRC you are in California; I doubt that you need to ship two derelict machines from the farthest corner of the country in order to feed this marvelous sewing machine habit!
At the end of the day of course it is your $ and your choice and please forgive me if I have spoken out of turn. However, I just don't want to see you burnt with $150 or more in shipping for two dud machines...
If it is the hand crank itself you are after, how about asking the seller to remove it and mail it to you? Just a thought! That would only be $15 or so in postage.
Good luck, whichever route you take!
I know you were not asking our opinion, but since others have chimed in to be helpful, I will echo all of it, and add that I know that you are hankering for a hand crank, even just the mechanism - but they -do- come up! I was very fortunate to find an original one a few months ago, crank mechanism only, thanks to a tip here from a fellow list member.
Patience is hard with the Sewing Machine Addiction, but also the thrill is in the hunt, a bit! IIRC you are in California; I doubt that you need to ship two derelict machines from the farthest corner of the country in order to feed this marvelous sewing machine habit!
At the end of the day of course it is your $ and your choice and please forgive me if I have spoken out of turn. However, I just don't want to see you burnt with $150 or more in shipping for two dud machines...
If it is the hand crank itself you are after, how about asking the seller to remove it and mail it to you? Just a thought! That would only be $15 or so in postage.
Good luck, whichever route you take!
if only i can find a cheaper original singer hand crank.....
01-06-2014, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jlhmnj
Miriam,
I hear of lots of great finds digging in outhouses but never thought of looking for sewing machines in there.
Jon
I hear of lots of great finds digging in outhouses but never thought of looking for sewing machines in there.
Jon
01-06-2014, 03:15 PM
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In my area of the US = they are called OUT BUILDINGS. Outhouse is something totally different. And yes, people will go around and dig up where the outhouse was - seems a lot of the old folks would toss bottles and other interesting things down there that they didn't want the spouse to find out about.
I've seen quite a few machines that look like they may have done time in the outhouse -
Then there is the joke - farmer told the greenhorn the way to make cheese was to hang a bucket of milk in the sh!thouse for a month. Greenhorn came back "Don't care for that cheese much - did just like you said - took a bucket of sh!t and hung it in the milkhouse . . ."
I've seen quite a few machines that look like they may have done time in the outhouse -
Then there is the joke - farmer told the greenhorn the way to make cheese was to hang a bucket of milk in the sh!thouse for a month. Greenhorn came back "Don't care for that cheese much - did just like you said - took a bucket of sh!t and hung it in the milkhouse . . ."
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