Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
10-29-2013, 02:19 PM
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Here's the new paint job. Miriam is right, easier to coordinate color with the hand wheel. My brother built the box, I sanded and painted. The machine goes from a clickity, clickity to a hum when in the wooden box. Gotta take that screw to a hardware store and see if it is a standard.
10-29-2013, 04:14 PM
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Nice box for the 185! The paint looks a lot better.
10-29-2013, 04:27 PM
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Tension Tamer Tea??? I give that machine a few squirts every time I go past it. Lots of dried up oil inside. Hard to penetrate I'm thinking.
10-29-2013, 06:16 PM
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Nice job redmadder! looks good!
10-31-2013, 03:03 AM
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The box for your 185 looks wonderful. Good job!
Sharon
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10-31-2013, 07:10 PM
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Please explain to me why Singer machines are so popular?
11-01-2013, 01:08 AM
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11-01-2013, 01:08 AM
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Nancy have you disappeared?
11-01-2013, 04:27 AM
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redmadder.... it's looking really nice. My favorite color is green. I could LOVE this machine.
Why singers? I can still get the parts when I buy one... when the slide plate is gone, or the bobbin case is bent. I don't think I could get what I needed if I got another brand. And these singers were made so well. I still LOVE the click, click, click they make when they work. ... music to my ears. The clack-clack-clack of new machines drives me crazy... can hardly be in the same room.
Why singers? I can still get the parts when I buy one... when the slide plate is gone, or the bobbin case is bent. I don't think I could get what I needed if I got another brand. And these singers were made so well. I still LOVE the click, click, click they make when they work. ... music to my ears. The clack-clack-clack of new machines drives me crazy... can hardly be in the same room.
11-01-2013, 09:13 AM
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The old ones sew very well and are easy to find parts for. Out of my vintage machine herd, only 2 aren't Singers. They are made well and don't ask if I'm sure that I really need to sew that today. 
It's really a shame that new Singer machines are such garbage.
Sharon
It's really a shame that new Singer machines are such garbage.Sharon
Last edited by purplefiend; 11-01-2013 at 09:17 AM.
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