Caroline S

Yes, spend your $20 + the car rental and take a lovely drive with the boyfriend . Rationalize that that machine will not take up hardly any room. I passed on a very dirty Elna Air Electronic mounted in a very nice cabinet yesterday at the thrift store. They wanted $39.99 for it. If it had been $10 cheaper it might have come home with me. BUT I already have an Air Electronic that I purchased in the late 70s.

Carol34446

Hope you get it, keep us addicts informed, as we all have your disease. My DH told me NO MORE sewing machines, cause we don't have room, why?? Because of all his "stuff" he doesn't use.

DanofNJ

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed out path....duh, forget that and buy it!!!!

Janis

Well, did you get the machine? It is a very pretty one and would bring smiles to your face every time you looked at it. We all want to know!!!
Janis

Cecilia S.

Dan - HILARIOUS animated stitching avatar!!!! Thanks for the morning giggle!

Janis and all; the machine has my name on it; I just need to work out the logistics of getting it from There to Me.

:-)

I asked, by the way, if it had the top portion to the case, and the answer? "Yes, but it need to be painted."

Oh dear.

Cecilia S.

Mo-Rie and Ms Evelyn (or anyone else who has had one of these machines) - it is old enough that it does forward only, no reverse; so, forgive my ignorance, but if it is that old, does it take a regular bobbin, or a funky shuttley bobbin?

Thanks in advance

miriam

Look at the slide plate - if it is skinny and goes all the way from front to back - it is a long shuttle bobbin. Some of the long shuttle bobbins go side to side - again long skinny slide plates. If it is a short, wide slide plate it is probably a round bobbin. Round bobbins can vary, too - some can be hard to find.

Cecilia S.

Oof. Indeed it is a long skinny stitch plate (or side plate?) as can be seen in the photo at the beginning of this thread.

So, that means a shuttle bobbin.

If there are none present, are they expensive/difficult to find? Approximate cost?

Thanks in advance.

-C

Cecilia S.

Could someone who has one of these machines kindly send me a photo of the opened-plate, so I can see the bobbin and so I might send it to Seller to ask him to look for it? (He does not know what a bobbin is). I suspect that if the bobbin case is missing, it could be en expensive proposition... Many thanks in advance.

JudyTheSewer

Hi Cecilia, that is a nice machine. Congratulations. Regarding the shuttle, do a Google search on Vibrating Shuttle and you will find lots of pictures and info. Wikipedia has some especially nice photos of the machine with the shuttle in it along with detailed pictures of the shuttle and bobbin.