Sewing machine gloat...

[llyd]

eh..yanked the serger back apart...a task I am becoming adept at....the motor itself is sound, but the armature sectors are sort of burly...but they ate the carbons...found a motor of the same frame on Ebay..so I will probably order that this week.
Found a Singer Ultralock 14 at a consignment shop this week for twenty five bucks...it is in need of cleaning and oiling but appears to throw a good stitch....<G> I am the chosen one. lol.
I pulled the antique singer we got along with the serger out and plugged it in..needs cleaning and oiling, but works fine...even the light. Scored me some herringbone tweed the other day..seems to be a nice PV...six yards off the remnant table at Hancocks...I sooo cannot decide what to make...maybe a four yard box and balmoral..but thennnnnn..maaaayyybe a six yard tank...eh...crap.

[Old Hippie]

Cheapest machine: an 1892 Singer 27 VS machine I paid five bucks for. It was being used as a doorstop in an antique store because it was "frozen." So I oiled it. It worked just fine. We have four machines at present: A nice little Singer 27 vibrating shuttle machine with a handcrank that I use for making hats. A Singer 66 in a ratty 5-drawer treadle that both my wife and I use most at the moment. A Singer 240W13 industrial chainstitch machine that I want to get working in a Universal Treadle Table. (UTT allows you to swap machines/heads quickly -- machine collectors like them and I need something to accommodate the other machine...) A Pfaff 130. I've been looking for a good sturdy machine with reverse and ZZ stitches that can be treadled. This will be my new go-to machine and will make it easier to learn interesting stuff like making shirts... The 66 I bought for $50 from a friend whose wife wanted him to take off all the "trash" and make her a table out of the irons. I just handed him cash and we put it in my truck and I took it home. Then I discovered it came with a full set of attachments including two buttonholers. In return I found him a set of old irons that were rusted solid but could be repainted as table legs -- which was how I came to buy the doorstop. Hmmm.

[Andrew Breecher]

Ahhhhh. My co-worker just gave me a Singer Featherweight in the original case. Price? I need to make her a dress.

[llyd]

Andrew..I used to like you. lol. I >want< a featherweight.

[dutchy kilted]

My wife has a old (1950's) White cabinet sewing machine that she used when she needs to go through some heavy material, but otherwise it does not get much use.

She is looking to sell it for $25 (pick up only) to create some space in out guest bedroom if anyone close to Lancaster, PA is interested.

[llyd]

I went and picked that Singerserger up...spent 20 mi.utes threading and tweaking on it...works flawlessly...I must get on Ebay however. And get a motor for that Babylock....a whole different class of machine. Anyhow, I promptly ripped off a bag on the singer amd hemmed it...gave it to one of my nerd herd to carry dice for theor role playing games. Also cut out amd serged the edges of a nice piece of pendleton wool....godawful ugly pendleton wool...but it will make a nice blanket and poncho for horseback riding.