Need Singer ID info
#11
JoAnn,
I have a 201 in a beautiful cabinet that I want to refurbish, but in the three years I have owned it, I've just dusted it off! I can't find the time to sit with the manual and figure it out.
I can't wait for the sale next week to get my hands on that 185!
Diane
I have a 201 in a beautiful cabinet that I want to refurbish, but in the three years I have owned it, I've just dusted it off! I can't find the time to sit with the manual and figure it out.
I can't wait for the sale next week to get my hands on that 185!
Diane
#13
I bought this old book years ago, like back in the early '80s. But there are similar books. I always look through used books at thrift stores, etc. But I think supply is a generational thing. Back in the '80s I used to find lots more of that sort of thing at thrift stores & estate sales than I see there nowadays.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Furniture-Doctor-Grotz-Refinishing-Repair-Restoration-Antiques-1962-1st-Edition-/300922395720?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item4 6105f5c48
I used to see those 185J machines at thrift stores and tag/estate sales, too. But I never liked the plastic case, so I always passed them up but would grab a 99k if I found one.
Last edited by MadCow333; 06-22-2013 at 08:54 AM.
#14
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I paid $15 for mine about 3 months ago at a local Church sale - in a blonde cabinet with only a zipper foot, no bench. I was/am thrilled. It was clean except for a glob of lint in the feed dogs. Apparently the screw hadn't been removed for awhile cause I had to oil it & keep working it to get it out.
#15
I GOT IT! I was second in line to enter the sale, the machine was tagged $50 and I didn't haggle at all. She is a beauty and sews great! There were no accessories, no notions, no manual, not a spool of thread or any sign of a sewing room in this house, which leads me to believe it had very little use. It did have a cover, with some dust on it, but otherwise in fabulous shape. LOVE IT!
Diane
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