Which cabinet for a 1887 Vs2 fiddle bed,please?
12-16-2017, 06:46 PM
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tscweaves: I bought the exact same 1891 Singer fiddle bed 2 weeks ago! It's in good shape, too; I don't think I'll have to strip the cabinet, I'm going to try Glenn's formula for restoring the finish. The only flaw it has is the central drawer: the two decorative slanted corner pieces were pulled off, and there's just the bare wood of the drawer exposed. I'm planning to teach myself how to do a little simple woodworking, so once I get a band saw and a router, I'll set about trying to reproduce those corners.
08-15-2022, 07:36 PM
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No. The VS2 and the 27-4 have different foot prints and different hinges. One will not fit the other's cabinet without a great deal of modification. While they aren't quite like a cabinet, John had to make a different baseboard for the VS2 as it did not work in the Singer baseboard for the work stand as seen at Sewing Machine Work Stand You will have to click on the thumbnail to open the full size image. I would suggest that you right click the image and open in a new tab, so that you can go back and forth between the picture and the descriptions of what the baseboards are for.
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08-15-2022, 08:28 PM
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No. The VS2 and the 27-4 have different foot prints and different hinges. One will not fit the other's cabinet without a great deal of modification. While they aren't quite like a cabinet, John had to make a different baseboard for the VS2 as it did not work in the Singer baseboard for the work stand as seen at Sewing Machine Work Stand You will have to click on the thumbnail to open the full size image. I would suggest that you right click the image and open in a new tab, so that you can go back and forth between the picture and the descriptions of what the baseboards are for.
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I hopefully singer VS2 can fit my cabinet.
08-16-2022, 07:44 AM
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The base was made for the work stand. John did not use the actual cabinet top as a pattern. The VS2 sits on top of the wood in the cabinet. You can see the outline of how the machine sits on the cabinet in the pictures below.
The hinge pins that go through the black lined holes closest to the opening can be seen at Leon's picture - https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...s2-hinge-b.bmp
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The hinge pins that go through the black lined holes closest to the opening can be seen at Leon's picture - https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...s2-hinge-b.bmp
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
08-16-2022, 09:55 AM
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The VS2 baseboard is Not for sale. The baseboard is for the work stand. The pictures in post #16 are from the actual cabinet.
I was showing it so that you could see that the VS2 will Not work in a cabinet made for the 27 machine. The VS2 is shaped differently and have a hinge attached to the head that needs to go down through the cabinet.
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I was showing it so that you could see that the VS2 will Not work in a cabinet made for the 27 machine. The VS2 is shaped differently and have a hinge attached to the head that needs to go down through the cabinet.
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