Singer 401 A woes .......
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What isn't to like about a slant-o-matic? I can see what I am sewing - my neck doesn't hurt from straining to see the needle. I thought I would never get that 401G to work - it has so many issues when I found it. I could see it had good bones. So when I found a 403 I snapped it up. I bonded to that one too. My best friend got one from me - she has one of those computerized Vikings and a very nice Pfaff her mother left her and guess what she uses.... Yeah, the 403. They are so simple and yet so well made.
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Joe - the 411G and the 401 are slightly different shades of beige. LOL
See window 90 http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...t130994-9.html
See window 90 http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...t130994-9.html
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Look at my avator to see what I had to do to hide my 500a - I convinced my wife that I had converted it into a jet backpack!
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The repair man says he can do it - I'm not sure how much he charges - I've been thinking of converting one to treadle just to see how he would do it. The 401G and the 411G will treadle just like they are. They have a knock out for the belt, a channel for it to go through and slightly different body than the 401A.
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