SteveH

It is REALLY not a singer class machine. They are cool. and what looks like a missing hand wheel is actually the bobbin winding location. Sabine was 100% correct that lower bit is the hand wheel.

LOTS of stories about these being the "pre-featherweights". Not true. really. They sew ok.

Macybaby

I've got three of those GE Sewhandy's - and still no original pedal.

At least now I have three bobbins for it!

An interesting note - this takes the same standard attachments as my very early Standard Rotary (Yes, the Sewhandy is a Standard design).

Standard was bought by Osann, which was bought by Singer. It's one of the reasons it's thought of as a "pre-featherweight" because Singer did end up with control of the SewHandy name and design. However, other than the size, the FW and SewHandy aren't very similar. Singer did go on to use the SewHandy name.

ArchaicArcane

As much as I would love a machine with the La Vencedora decal set... I just can't justify the asking price of some of them....
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details....dId=1026852189

SteveH

That is crazy. I would never pay more then $150-200 TOPS for one of those. they come up here locally a LOT.

Rodney

I don't know where people come up with those numbers. My guess is they want to say they have a sewing machine for sale but don't actually want to sell it.
I like that pattern too but actually wouldn't mind having one of any of the 28s or 128s.
Rodney

ArchaicArcane

This one isn't very common here. I think I've only seen a couple for sale in the whole time I've been collecting but there's just no way it's worth that much.

I have a 128 knee lever that I can't seem to get rid of and I was asking less than 1/12th that price! The only people who ever asked about it perhaps weren't smart enough to operate it. I had full pictures of all sides and the accessories with it, the shuttle etc, of course said it was fully serviced and working and I got one email that said "Does it have a motor? Does it work? Has it ever been serviced? Does it come with a bobbin case and bobbins or any accessories?" I replied to that one that we'd decided to keep it and took the ad down.

manicmike

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/singer-fe...-/121560729503
How many collectable things can you see here? I rarely see those oil cans.
Oh, and they'll even throw in a sewing machine

chris_quilts

Sweet deal with all those accessories. I don't, however, know what the current price is in US dollars. I have several oil cans.

manicmike

$181.77 ($us0.7818=$a1.00)

chris_quilts

Currently, most here in US, if looking for that machine, would be all over that lickety split. I just realized that's a 222K. Wow, fabulous price but shipping would eat me alive plus DH not real happy about current #s of machines in the house.
Last spring/summer, DH lucked into a sweet deal on a 301 with lots of bobbins and accessories including zigzagger and buttonholer with multiple templates. He didn't even ask me but just bought it because he knew it was a good deal. My daughter uses that one infrequently.