Originally Posted by sewcrazygirl

I have a chance to buy this machine for 75.00

NEW HOME MODEL 446 Sewing Machine in cabinet. This heavy-duty, all metal machine is in excellent condition. Has had a complete overhaul done one time. Smoke-free environment; regularly oiled and cleaned. Purchased in 1968. Included is a custom-made cover, which turns the cabinet into an attractive piece of furniture. Straight stitch, zigzag, designs using cams (included), easy to adjust tensions, feed dogs drop for free-motion quilting, appliqueing, darning, embroidery, etc., stitch length regulator, forward & backstitch sewing, adjustable needle position selector, hemmer foot, zipper foot (very easy to use & sews in zipper beautifully), quilting guide, braid attachment foot, blind stitch hemmer foot. Also includes Ruffler attachment.


Does this look like a good investment?




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what do you think????

Originally Posted by BKinCO

See? Even Cimarron agrees!!!! Your wife would love it!

Originally Posted by Kitzone

Shhhh.... Just wanted to let anyone interested in this White FR. I really, really love this machine. Unfortunately it's 5 1/2 hours away and I don't own a truck (I am sure it won't fit in my Honda). So if anyone lives close to Beaver, WV it might be worth your time to go to this auction on July 9th.

http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/au...cgi?lid=877055

I am including pictures from Treadle On website which states that this one of the most sought after cabinets.

What a gorgeous cabinet...someone rescue it before someone who is ONLY interested in the cabinet gets to it and removes the machine...please...

http://www.treadleon.net/whitesm/whites.html

The only thing I request is if anyone lets this machine follow them home :) Please post pictures and tell us about your adventure at the auction.

BTW, No, I am not trying to be an enabler for those who resue treadle machines. Just "wished I lived closer" treadle stocker. LOL

Judy

Originally Posted by Lostn51

I guess I could start mailing them to you as door prizes.. :mrgreen:

Originally Posted by quilt addict

Yes Billy go and get it! How do we get tickets for the door prizes? I'm in!

Originally Posted by Kitzone

Maybe someone could go and get the machine and.... on the way home stop a buy some really cool scrapbook things :roll: and..... some pretty flowers :D

Then you can send out tickets for the door prizes once you explain the Christmas in July theroy. LOL.

I think it could work.

Judy

Originally Posted by Nancy O.

Hi Billy....I have a question for you regarding my 1940 Singer 201-2 bobbin case. I have been cleaning my machine and finally took the bobbin case apart. I watched very carefully to get everything back the same way. But I can't get the the ring over the bobbin case to lay flat. When I turn the wheel by hand toward me, it is hitting something under the feed dogs. I have checked my instruction book over and over and tried different things and it still hangs up. I even had DH try and help. No luck. I appreciate your help. This thread is amazing. Thanks, Nancy O.

Originally Posted by aardvarq

Hey Folks,

Does anyone know where I can get an internal thread tension spring? The one that goes around the shaft and into the machine on a model 27. The curly end, that the thread rests in, broke off BEFORE I received the machine.

I am thinking if I Carefully! uncoil one or two coils of the old spring, I might be able to bend a new curl.

What do you think? Does anyone have a really good picture I can look at? I saw a couple on the web, but can't get a mental 3D of it yet.

Originally Posted by Lacelady

Please, do you know of anyone who specialises in non 'standard' long bobbins? My Seidel & Naumann bobbin is 1 & 4/5in long from tip to tip, and the little brass ends are slightly domed, and 7mm across. I think I am not going to have much luck finding any extras, somehow. The tyres I got for the bobbin winder were far too small, but I cut one in half, and a section from another, and superglued the cut ends together. Voila! Necessity is the mother of invention, they say.