I need help choosing a Machine
#31
Thank you for the opinions Napajohn, that is pretty much my thinking ... now I just have to decided if I need the pattern wheel functions as I have found a pretty nice 130 for less money than the 230 I am looking at....and I don't even have to repaint a 130 !
#32
I built-up a Pfaff 130-6 in a Singer treadle using a top out of an electric Singer cabinet, and it worked just fine, but I liked my Singer 306W in another treadle better, so I re-homed the Pfaff treadle. I’ve since replaced the 306W with a Singer 319, and like it even better. One of these days, I hope to come across a black 319, but the green one sews just fine. With two green 319s (one treadle, one electric), maybe I can make a trade someday.
CD in Oklahoma
CD in Oklahoma
#33
Thank you, CD. Do youyou still use the 206 x 13 needles in your 319? And can you find them in other than #14 and #16 sizes? Also how much improvement is using the larger treadle hand wheel? I originally swapped mine out but ended up using my "spare" large wheel on a 128 and was too lazy to change it out for this last project.
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#37
Hmm last ones I bought local were #16's must have got the last of the stash. When I went back last we to get "finer" ones.... #14's were in stock..looking on line I noticed only 2 sizes available, must be how I got confused.
#38
Yes, I use nothing but 206x13 needles in my 319. I came up with a box of 100 old stock Singer 206x13 11/80 needles a while back, plus I have several 14s and 16s and two double needles. I use the 11/80 needles in it all of the time, and will until I run out of them. I bend or burr very few needles, which I find is unusual since most of my sewing is mending denim with a “darning technique” whereas I over-ride the feed dogs on occasion and force the fabric in odd directions.
The larger hand wheel helps satisfy my habit of spinning the wheel each time that I start the machine. It is also needed for “finger cranking” when I want to place stitches carefully, or work through a tough spot.
The coffee can is a beer holder, er, I mean, a thread catcher.....
I’ve found that the plastic coffee cans don’t work worth a darn for catching hot grease on the grill, so I’ve put them on all of my sewing machine stands.....
I’m still experimenting with the mechanic’s stool. I was using it on a hardwood floor as shown, but was having trouble staying hooked up to my treadle with its free-wheeling. I’ve moved across the room onto the rug shown in the 306W photo to see how I like it there. I’m just so used to having wheels under my stool that when I decide to move, I tend to tip a rigid stool over if I use one.....
I’ve taken a few “rides” on that claw-foot stool shown with the 306W. It’s an heirloom from the old ranch homestead (notice that it’s wired together?) and I don’t want to break it (or me).
CD in Oklahoma
The larger hand wheel helps satisfy my habit of spinning the wheel each time that I start the machine. It is also needed for “finger cranking” when I want to place stitches carefully, or work through a tough spot.
The coffee can is a beer holder, er, I mean, a thread catcher.....
I’ve found that the plastic coffee cans don’t work worth a darn for catching hot grease on the grill, so I’ve put them on all of my sewing machine stands.....
I’m still experimenting with the mechanic’s stool. I was using it on a hardwood floor as shown, but was having trouble staying hooked up to my treadle with its free-wheeling. I’ve moved across the room onto the rug shown in the 306W photo to see how I like it there. I’m just so used to having wheels under my stool that when I decide to move, I tend to tip a rigid stool over if I use one.....
I’ve taken a few “rides” on that claw-foot stool shown with the 306W. It’s an heirloom from the old ranch homestead (notice that it’s wired together?) and I don’t want to break it (or me).
CD in Oklahoma
#40
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CD...I may have a chance to buy a Pfaff 130 in May. Is it more difficult/involved to put a Pfaff 130 into a Singer treadle base than putting a Singer 15-90 into a Singer treadle base? This may decide whether I go fo the 130 or not. Thanks Kathy
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