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see #39046 - to the right is a lever - I wonder if that drops the feed dogs - if not what?
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Miriam, when were in Germany the Phoenix was the top machine with the Germans and was considered the cream of the crop. They also made some wonderful old treadles to.
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Miriam, do these help you any? (or did you already locate these?)
http://possumjimandelizabeth.com/xht...g_phoenix.html
http://rudolfcouture.com/wardrobe/in...d=47&Itemid=39
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...sewing-machine (this one talks about the cams being removable)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvmKNxGWEQ (this is an ad for the machine)
http://possumjimandelizabeth.com/xht...g_phoenix.html
http://rudolfcouture.com/wardrobe/in...d=47&Itemid=39
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...sewing-machine (this one talks about the cams being removable)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvmKNxGWEQ (this is an ad for the machine)
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Glenn, I am not at all surprised. What I wonder is why they did not catch on here. This is one really fine piece. I do wish I knew for sure how the bobbin is threaded and how the disks work. I suspect a few things but I don't want to break anything. My shoulder had therapeutic work and is still pretty sore. I just hope I'm not messing it up by using the computer. Anyway - I'm not messing with machines much either for a while. Well, I'm not suppose to... It will be hard to keep my mitts off that one though.
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Miriam, do these help you any? (or did you already locate these?)
http://possumjimandelizabeth.com/xht...g_phoenix.html
http://rudolfcouture.com/wardrobe/in...d=47&Itemid=39
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...sewing-machine (this one talks about the cams being removable)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvmKNxGWEQ (this is an ad for the machine)
http://possumjimandelizabeth.com/xht...g_phoenix.html
http://rudolfcouture.com/wardrobe/in...d=47&Itemid=39
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...sewing-machine (this one talks about the cams being removable)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvmKNxGWEQ (this is an ad for the machine)
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Just a note of interest I hope...... My aunt had a Phoenix. Per my cousin, my aunt paid $600 in 1955. Her machine only does straight stitch and zig-zag. I would like a machine with German engineering someday.
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I played tonight with a hemmer foot. Figured it out after a bit and thankfully I have an old Singer manual that shows how it works. It was doing great until I hit the double seam in the pants which it was not happy about. So I've hopefully learned 3 things tonight: #1: Read the manual for guidance but don't expect it to work the first time out of the gate; #2: Find a wider hemmer foot for the next pair of pants and #3: Not all short shank hemmers will fit all machines. The last one is because the Necchi hemmer didn't fit the Bel Air but a Griest one did (now to find the Griest attachments - that'll be a job.)
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I saw an old Singer at the thrift store today with a model # AG 276697.....can someone tell me which machine this is? It was in a cabinet & was $75.
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