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I'm only "guessing" but I'm thinking a lot of those type of accessories are not going to work on the 301 because it does not zigzag. Because I don't know for sure I will only buy off of ebay things that specify for a 301.
Of course NOW I have a 500A and a 503A so I can buy for those machines :).
I'm kind of bummed because my local sewing machine store that I bought my Brother from a few years ago has apparantly moved or closed. I had decided to take my machines 1 or 2 at a time over there for a service call. I'm to impatient to figure out the WHY's of things not working correctly...lol
Of course NOW I have a 500A and a 503A so I can buy for those machines :).
I'm kind of bummed because my local sewing machine store that I bought my Brother from a few years ago has apparantly moved or closed. I had decided to take my machines 1 or 2 at a time over there for a service call. I'm to impatient to figure out the WHY's of things not working correctly...lol
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Hello everyone, I need an answer to this question. Will a singer monogramer model 750 fit on any slant needle sewing machine such as a 301 or 402? I have been on the web for hours and can't find an answer. Thank you all very much.
For those of us still learning the ins and outs of a slant machine (like me), would you be so kind to post a pic of the T shaped feed dog plate. For some reason I just cannot picture what you are describing.
Thank you and blessings to you,
Sandi
I must be having a blonde senior moment.
Hope the pictures help. http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ttachment.html
Nancy
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ok I'm going to attempt to load a picture of the two NOT professional button holers that work on the 301
template goes in the bottom of the buttonholers
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199742[/ATTACH]
This one is actually a straight shank but there is one made like it that goes on a slant shank.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199743[/ATTACH]
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Ok the professional button holer opens in the top for the template
templates go in the top and must have zigzag built into the machine
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199754[/ATTACH]
exciting picture of the box
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199755[/ATTACH]
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OK. I understand the difference now. So starting with the 400 series machines they did zigzag without an attachment?
Hummm....a few days ago I told Billy he had started me on the hunt for a 501 after saying he thought they were about the best Singer ever made. So now I will probably definately want to find one.
My new Brother machine does all that fancy stuff, though, so....DH is probably going to nix the "buy another machine" idea. He already doesn't understand why I "need" the 5 I have!! LOL
Hummm....a few days ago I told Billy he had started me on the hunt for a 501 after saying he thought they were about the best Singer ever made. So now I will probably definately want to find one.
My new Brother machine does all that fancy stuff, though, so....DH is probably going to nix the "buy another machine" idea. He already doesn't understand why I "need" the 5 I have!! LOL
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OK. I understand the difference now. So starting with the 400 series machines they did zigzag without an attachment?
Hummm....a few days ago I told Billy he had started me on the hunt for a 501 after saying he thought they were about the best Singer ever made. So now I will probably definately want to find one.
My new Brother machine does all that fancy stuff, though, so....DH is probably going to nix the "buy another machine" idea. He already doesn't understand why I "need" the 5 I have!! LOL
Hummm....a few days ago I told Billy he had started me on the hunt for a 501 after saying he thought they were about the best Singer ever made. So now I will probably definately want to find one.
My new Brother machine does all that fancy stuff, though, so....DH is probably going to nix the "buy another machine" idea. He already doesn't understand why I "need" the 5 I have!! LOL
401 (built in zigzag and other decorative stitches)
403 (my preference but needs a top hat to zigzag and do the decorative stitches - it also has more stitch width control than the 401 or the 500)
500 (built in zigzag - pretty much the same internals - just has a different body than the 401)
503 (also needs a top hat to zigzag - same as 403 inside but has a different body)
The 404 and the 301 have slant needles but straight stitch only. All but the 301 have a drop in bobbin. There are some other models of 400 series as well. I also have a 411G and a 401G. (they were made in Germany and they are a bit different) They are ALL excellent machines. The 401G was found in the trash and in horrible, horrible, horrible condition. I started messing with it anyway and sort of fell in love. At one point I took it in to a repairman to get a cord (he's 92 and still going strong) He looked at it and his eyes got big. He said he'd never seen the 401G. So we looked it over and he said that one was well worth fixing up! So I did - it took me a year and a lot of trial and error. I learned SSSSSOOOOOOO much. It works. I had to clean dog poo, cigarette smoke, rust, gunky oil, the whole thing was frozen up - nothing moved. Then I tried to put an old Necchi foot on it and threw the timing off (blush) I found a service manual for the 500 and learned how to do the timing, clean out the cam stack, etc. We pulled the motor and DH cleaned it up. That whole machine works slick now!
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Green Sphinx Update: Pictures ~ I talked the owner into letting me clean and polish her, so with her permission I am posting some pictures.
I compared the decals to my Sphinx and they are the same decal just tinted differently. I previously wondered if it could be like the Brown Lotus - paint color tint issue making it more rare???
Does anyone have any ideas? SN# C7770783 which indicates that it was manufactured in Prussia Germany - but the records have been lost.
Judy
I compared the decals to my Sphinx and they are the same decal just tinted differently. I previously wondered if it could be like the Brown Lotus - paint color tint issue making it more rare???
Does anyone have any ideas? SN# C7770783 which indicates that it was manufactured in Prussia Germany - but the records have been lost.
Judy
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I saw on line that the 401G can be hooked up to a treadle because of the openings in the base - it would need a different balance wheel though - there is info on line:
German Singer 401G:
http://www.toolfool.org/sewing/index.htm
and
making it a treadle:
http://www.toolfool.org/sewing/401G-...d-Electric.htm
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to treadle mine - that would be the BOMB!! I wonder where to get a balance wheel like that? Could one be made?
more on the 400G series
Same website different page
http://www.toolfool.org/sewing/German-400.htm
German Singer 401G:
http://www.toolfool.org/sewing/index.htm
and
making it a treadle:
http://www.toolfool.org/sewing/401G-...d-Electric.htm
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to treadle mine - that would be the BOMB!! I wonder where to get a balance wheel like that? Could one be made?
more on the 400G series
Same website different page
http://www.toolfool.org/sewing/German-400.htm
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Thought I might show off my Japan 15 Clone. She looks very similar to a Necchi but without decals. Very shinny, sews wonderfully, and came with a box of attachments :)
I don't know, call me crazy, but everytime I look at her, she reminds me of the classic "little black dress" - so that is what I call her.
Judy
I don't know, call me crazy, but everytime I look at her, she reminds me of the classic "little black dress" - so that is what I call her.
Judy
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For those of you new-ish to FW world here are some of the accessories I have collected for short shank machines. I didn't bother with my BH pix but I just took some today. Let me see if I can get them on here; ;)
penguin walking foot from the front on my FW
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199749[/ATTACH]
penguin walking foot from the back and box
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199750[/ATTACH]
zig zagger
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199751[/ATTACH]
zig zagger side
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199791[/ATTACH]
zz front
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199792[/ATTACH]
zz side
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199793[/ATTACH]
zz side
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199794[/ATTACH]
zz top
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199795[/ATTACH]
blackside feed dog cover
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199796[/ATTACH]
underbraider
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199800[/ATTACH]
Ray and George drive the van thru Al country side
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199801[/ATTACH]
BH
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199802[/ATTACH]
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