Ugliest machine I've ever seen
#11
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Calif. Desert
Posts: 239
My son recently bought one, only no cabinet and very dirty, I mean dirty, we pried the bobbin out and it was full of sand or mud, the whole machine is ugly, but my motto is "Make it Sew". Such fun making em sew again! Still working on this one.
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Victorian Sweatshop
Posts: 863
Take that baby to quilting get togethers. All you need is a hand truck and a moving crew. I love that machine, hoping to find one someday. It'll stand out from the modest herd of 18 in my house.
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Delavan
Posts: 468
ahem! I learned to sew on one of these kenmores. they are dinosaures and as redmadder stated, you need a hand truck to move it. not any easy one to move. I have this old kenmore now but have not played with it to see how she sews.
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: South Central Indiana
Posts: 1,931
I too have a strange fondness for the crinkle finish machines!?! I learned on a White 77 at age 9 and found one last year that I bought for sentimental reasons. It sews nicely and brings back some great memories! And it weighs a ton!
#20
I had one of those. Kenmore 117-959, built in 1948. It was a good machine. I got mine free, it had sat in my sisters garage for a few years, her MIL bought it at a garage sale think my sis could use the cabinet for her plastic wonder machine. I cleaned and oiled the Kenmore and it ran like a trooper. Sold it for $35.
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