Love sewing on the 301!
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Join Date: Mar 2016
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Love sewing on the 301!
I finally got the 301 lubed and working smoothly. I was able to stabilize the cradle fairly well. I've been sewing primarily with drop in bobbins and had a problem seating the bobbin. I thought maybe I'd forgotten how to use a bobbin like that, since it's been a long while since I actually used that style of bobbin. I pulled out the other 301 and couldn't get it to seat there, either. I kept thinking it was operator error. Turns out that it was a bad bobbin. Fortunately, I had purchased some new bobbins from sew-classic and they worked perfectly.
I made some masks on it yesterday. I love it. It's fast, quiet and smooth. It almost sews as nicely as a 201-2. It may crowd out the 401 for primary machine. I think it will be perfect for piecing.
bkay
I made some masks on it yesterday. I love it. It's fast, quiet and smooth. It almost sews as nicely as a 201-2. It may crowd out the 401 for primary machine. I think it will be perfect for piecing.
bkay
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
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I let my neighbor Matt next door borrow my 301 early on to make masks for his extended family. His MiL particularly has health issues.
He's more of a carpenter type, but was at home after a shoulder repair when Covid hit. Anyway, he loved the 301 and my description of it as as power tool with needles.
I was lucky a number of years ago and snagged two at the thrift store for around $20 or so each. Both plugged in and went just fine, and after a cleaning (and ok, very limited use) are still going fine 20 or so years later.
He's more of a carpenter type, but was at home after a shoulder repair when Covid hit. Anyway, he loved the 301 and my description of it as as power tool with needles.
I was lucky a number of years ago and snagged two at the thrift store for around $20 or so each. Both plugged in and went just fine, and after a cleaning (and ok, very limited use) are still going fine 20 or so years later.