Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
11-09-2011, 08:04 PM
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
Posts: 6,135
There are way too many posts on this forum to read them all, so this may be a repeat. My husband bought me a vintage sewing machine at an estate sale for $30. It is a Necchi, made in Italy, Model BU. She really purrs like a kitten. There are lots of different feet for it - but no manual. I've not been able to check the stitch as I'm not sure how to thread it. From the little I've been able to find on the Internet about it -- I'm thinking he did good. But it seems there are 3 different kinds of Model BU and I'd like to get it ID'd accurately so I can look for the right manual. Can anyone give me a link to get it ID'd, please?
Sharon W.
11-09-2011, 08:09 PM
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Idaho
Posts: 6,442
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxWyjzhmdI8
If I can't get this one to work right, I'll be selling it! LOL
11-09-2011, 08:32 PM
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 476
I have had my fw for almost 3 years, and never sewed its project until tonight. What a fun little machine to use. I had only made sure that it sewed and oiled and cleaned it up, but I pieced a baby quilt on it tonight. Quiet, smooth, and just neat to use. I will get the quilting done on a clone tomorrow. The fw is just so cute, it is hard to believe how well it sews.
11-09-2011, 08:41 PM
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
Posts: 3,992
Sewmore, Japanese Clone of what?
Help! This machine is driving me crazy! I can't figure what machine she was cloned from. The model number is 606 but she does not look like the Sewmore 606's I have found on the Internet. The faceplate is hinged and rounded. The knob underneath the badge lowers and raises the feeddogs. I would like to find a generic manual for her but I don't know what she is. Might name her Greta after Greta Garbo, the mysterious one.
11-09-2011, 08:51 PM
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Idaho
Posts: 6,442
Caroline, not every "Non-Singer" is a clone. Your Sewmor is just that...a Sewmor. 
11-09-2011, 09:49 PM
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
Posts: 6,135
MPeters,
The plate that the spool pin for your featherweight only has 1 screw, it just needs to be a bit tighter. You need to be able to access that part of the machine so you can grease and oil in that area. The box that your machine came in is for a white FW, they were made in the 1960s.
The plate that the spool pin for your featherweight only has 1 screw, it just needs to be a bit tighter. You need to be able to access that part of the machine so you can grease and oil in that area. The box that your machine came in is for a white FW, they were made in the 1960s.
11-10-2011, 12:46 AM
Power Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 15,506
What is a fair price for one of those??? I picked up a hand crank so I can test a couple out - see if they work. It is my understanding that they work better at very low speed. Iris, you HAVE to come over then - I'll need support.....
Last edited by miriam; 11-10-2011 at 12:55 AM.
11-10-2011, 12:59 AM
Power Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 15,506
Quote Originally Posted by jan on 446 View Post
I am going to look at a Singer 66 tomorrow. I am not familiar with this machine and neither is the seller. She is asking $25 for it. GREAT PRICE!
Questions I have:
Is this only a treadle machine? NO
I think she told me it was in a case, but she doesn't know anything about machines so a case could be a treadle!
What # bobbins does it take? CLASS 66 BOBBINS
I downloaded a manual for it but didn't find anything about the bobbins. It looks like a round bobbin.
Is it only forward and reverse? SOME ARE ONLY FORWARD - SOME DO REVERSE
How are the stitches? EXCELLENT
Is it a good machine for most types of fabric like denim? EXCELLENT
Thanks for any information!
Jan on 446
NICE SIMPLE MACHINE - I HAVE ONE IN A BENT WOOD CASE - NOT A REDEYE THOUGH - BUMMER
I am going to look at a Singer 66 tomorrow. I am not familiar with this machine and neither is the seller. She is asking $25 for it. GREAT PRICE!
Questions I have:
Is this only a treadle machine? NO
I think she told me it was in a case, but she doesn't know anything about machines so a case could be a treadle!
What # bobbins does it take? CLASS 66 BOBBINS
I downloaded a manual for it but didn't find anything about the bobbins. It looks like a round bobbin.
Is it only forward and reverse? SOME ARE ONLY FORWARD - SOME DO REVERSE
How are the stitches? EXCELLENT
Is it a good machine for most types of fabric like denim? EXCELLENT
Thanks for any information!
Jan on 446
NICE SIMPLE MACHINE - I HAVE ONE IN A BENT WOOD CASE - NOT A REDEYE THOUGH - BUMMER
11-10-2011, 03:03 AM
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: IN
Posts: 285
Quote Originally Posted by jan on 446 View Post
I am going to look at a Singer 66 tomorrow. I am not familiar with this machine and neither is the seller. She is asking $25 for it. GREAT PRICE!
Questions I have:
Is this only a treadle machine? NO
I think she told me it was in a case, but she doesn't know anything about machines so a case could be a treadle!
What # bobbins does it take? CLASS 66 BOBBINS
I downloaded a manual for it but didn't find anything about the bobbins. It looks like a round bobbin.
Is it only forward and reverse? SOME ARE ONLY FORWARD - SOME DO REVERSE
How are the stitches? EXCELLENT
Is it a good machine for most types of fabric like denim? EXCELLENT
Thanks for any information!
Jan on 446
NICE SIMPLE MACHINE - I HAVE ONE IN A BENT WOOD CASE - NOT A REDEYE THOUGH - BUMMER
I am going to look at a Singer 66 tomorrow. I am not familiar with this machine and neither is the seller. She is asking $25 for it. GREAT PRICE!
Questions I have:
Is this only a treadle machine? NO
I think she told me it was in a case, but she doesn't know anything about machines so a case could be a treadle!
What # bobbins does it take? CLASS 66 BOBBINS
I downloaded a manual for it but didn't find anything about the bobbins. It looks like a round bobbin.
Is it only forward and reverse? SOME ARE ONLY FORWARD - SOME DO REVERSE
How are the stitches? EXCELLENT
Is it a good machine for most types of fabric like denim? EXCELLENT
Thanks for any information!
Jan on 446
NICE SIMPLE MACHINE - I HAVE ONE IN A BENT WOOD CASE - NOT A REDEYE THOUGH - BUMMER
11-10-2011, 06:13 AM
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Rescue, California
Posts: 4,585
[ATTACH=CONFIG]285786[/ATTACH]
Sorry Monica, I have been taking care of a sick grandson for a couple days!
I did get the Hales Crescent a couple days ago. It is a really cute machine - looks sort of like a Two Spools, but it is a vibrating shuttle. I got the machine, cabinet, original manaul, and 3 shuttle bobbins for $10. The machine itself is worth $10! Now the bad part, the machine is in great shape - owned by the same family all its life. The cabinet, though, is going to need some major repair work. DH welded the treadle irons - that came out great, but the whole top of the cabinet has to be re-done - new veneer, even some of the boards under the veneer are split! Now, he has 4 he has to re-do (I am almost finished with the cabinet for the 319w).
Now I am trying to find some information out about the Hales Crescent! They were made by Johnson, Flanders and Co. between 1865 and 1883 - that is all I can find out? I am sure this machine is from the early 1900's not the late 1800's, but according to the records it can't be because the company was out of busines by 1883? I also find nothing on ISMACS needle site about needle size. It appears to take a Boye #10 like a Davis? Geeze, I am always getting these mystery machines!
Nancy
I did get the Hales Crescent a couple days ago. It is a really cute machine - looks sort of like a Two Spools, but it is a vibrating shuttle. I got the machine, cabinet, original manaul, and 3 shuttle bobbins for $10. The machine itself is worth $10! Now the bad part, the machine is in great shape - owned by the same family all its life. The cabinet, though, is going to need some major repair work. DH welded the treadle irons - that came out great, but the whole top of the cabinet has to be re-done - new veneer, even some of the boards under the veneer are split! Now, he has 4 he has to re-do (I am almost finished with the cabinet for the 319w).
Now I am trying to find some information out about the Hales Crescent! They were made by Johnson, Flanders and Co. between 1865 and 1883 - that is all I can find out? I am sure this machine is from the early 1900's not the late 1800's, but according to the records it can't be because the company was out of busines by 1883? I also find nothing on ISMACS needle site about needle size. It appears to take a Boye #10 like a Davis? Geeze, I am always getting these mystery machines!
Nancy
Last edited by BoJangles; 11-10-2011 at 06:23 AM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Stitchnripper
Main
5
10-17-2018 09:01 AM
AngieS
Main
38
10-06-2011 10:06 PM
craftybear
Offline Events, Announcements, Discussions
34
09-09-2011 12:36 PM
