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    Old 02-12-2012, 05:09 PM
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    Originally Posted by miriam
    I have a Davis Model D that has the same type of friction motor and is a similar looking machine. The motor flips to store under the arm of the machine to put the lid on the case.
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    Old 02-12-2012, 05:53 PM
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    Originally Posted by quiltdoctor
    Jan, YOU ROCK!! Thanks so much!!
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    Old 02-12-2012, 09:54 PM
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    Miriam,

    You are going to love Ray's class and Ray, too. He is a fantastic teacher.

    Cathy


    Originally Posted by miriam
    I'm facing up to it Nancy - I am planning to take Ray's class in the spring.... I want to fill in my gaps. I feel like I have a LOT to learn. Machines are collecting in my shop for spring. I just hope I have time to do them. Love them and re-home them I guess.
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    Old 02-12-2012, 10:01 PM
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    Originally Posted by melinda1962
    I have a Davis Model D that has the same type of friction motor and is a similar looking machine. The motor flips to store under the arm of the machine to put the lid on the case.
    Genius! Who would have thought it!
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    Old 02-13-2012, 08:59 AM
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    Joe Miller:
    Have you thought about this company for your brush caps? They will make them custom for you if they don't already have them...
    http://www.phoenixelectric.com/CustomBrushHolders.html
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    Old 02-13-2012, 11:10 AM
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    Charlee,

    I have never heard of that company. Never run across it on any searches either. Thanks for the link, I just finished emailing them with the same photos I posted on the forum. Here's hoping.

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    Hope it works for you Joe!
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    Old 02-13-2012, 11:14 AM
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    Originally Posted by irishrose
    We had my 301, a plastic Singer maybe 20 years old and a fancy new machine whose 1/4" was set by pushing a button. Our blocks were all perfect when we put the quilt together.

    Yay for our little 301s!! I do just love mine...dead on accurate, and the seam line is soooo straight! I just finished a queen sized top, and it came out to exactly the size the pattern said it would. And I sewed 85% of it on my 301. AWESOME!!
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    Originally Posted by melinda1962
    I have a Davis Model D that has the same type of friction motor and is a similar looking machine. The motor flips to store under the arm of the machine to put the lid on the case.

    My 1917 Western Electric has that same type of motor that swings around, plus that exact same wooden case. It was made by National and badged for W.E. I saw another identical machine at our guild's quilt show, and it had another name on it, but same machine & case. I think yours' is a slightly newer National badged Mansion.
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    Originally Posted by Janis
    Here's another sad one:

    http://bloomington.craigslist.org/art/2845465039.html

    I hate to see them do this to an old metal sewing machine. Why can't they do it to the new plastic ones instead?!
    Oh that's just stupid!!
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