How old does a sewing machine have to be to be called vintage?
#21
I am a Juki girl all the way...I have two I purchased new, a MO-654/DE serger and a Juki KZL F-600 domestic that is for quilting. LUV them but I will always have a very nostalgic place in my heart for the oldies and don't even get me started on the vintage cars I learned to drive on...I remember having to pull out chokes to get them started and shifters on the column etc. LOL No I never had one that I had to get out and crank it LOL
My 43 willy's jeep was about the most fun vehicle I ever owned. Wish I had kept it.
My 43 willy's jeep was about the most fun vehicle I ever owned. Wish I had kept it.
#22
I use the term 'modern' as a negative and not just for sewing machines: Mobile (cell) phone obsessed zombies who walk along streets staring at it and avoid all contact with humans are as modern as employers who never respond when you make the effort to put in a job application.
Well at least I sound 62 now
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I feel the same way about cellphone zombies. LOL, I just deleted a big rant about it, don't get me started! It's not just young people though, the phone addiction hits all ages.
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My late 70's Kenmore is still a great machine, even though I bent a few pins with it myself. I guess you could call it "modern" because it has zigzag, but is way better than today's plastic machines.
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[ What does one do with an old sewing machine, in a cabinet, 1952 Domestic? My Kids are not interested in sewing.
At one time I talked to a dealer and he said there was no value, people want modern machines, but he would service it and donate to a women's shelter.
Would you say that it is worthless?
At one time I talked to a dealer and he said there was no value, people want modern machines, but he would service it and donate to a women's shelter.
Would you say that it is worthless?
It may not have all the modern amenities like automatic thread cutting and programmed stitches but it was built before planned obsolescence existed and will, with a little care, still be sewing 60 years from now. When it was made engineers weren't counting cycles of use before failure and downgrading parts so they would fail right after the warrantee expired. They just designed things to last.
If you have no use for it you can get a little bit of money on Craig's List for it (don't believe the high priced ads, many of those machines sit for months if not years without selling) or you can give it to someone who does sew or go ahead and donate it to a worthy cause like the women's shelter.
I see you're fairly local. We're having a get together March 14th in Tumwater (Olympia area) if you want to come up.
I stand corrected. "Stepper" not "servo" motor.
Rodney
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