What a beautiful machine!
08-29-2014, 03:59 PM
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On the sleek, black Kenmore what are the two knobs next to the left of "Kenmore"?
As to "You mean we are suppose to sew......." I would seriously like to have an entire wall all sewing machines, tightly packed and going in all different directions. That is my idea of art. Room dividers built with sewing machines would be cool, too; especially if all different colors and bling from the sixties.
As to "You mean we are suppose to sew......." I would seriously like to have an entire wall all sewing machines, tightly packed and going in all different directions. That is my idea of art. Room dividers built with sewing machines would be cool, too; especially if all different colors and bling from the sixties.
08-29-2014, 04:13 PM
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Welllllll, After giving birth to nine children I think I might not be a man?! I DO also like the pretty lavender blingy machines, too. Ugh! Is this what they call a gender crisis? Miriam, thanks for the offer, but I can't start adding to what I just purchased (treadle) and the electric 60's with cams I am looking for (the latter has to be pretty low priced as the former got the bucks.) I will probably wake up in a cold sweat that I turned it down, only to fall back asleep and have dreams of everything in my life is that machine.
Cari
08-29-2014, 04:20 PM
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Actually I like that style of White and Kenmore, especially with the bullet shaped cover on the hand wheel. They may not be for everybody but who cares? White came up with some really different designs over the years.
Heres one I found from possumjimandelizabeth.com. I hope they don't mind my borrowing it.
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Here's a link to their site where you can see more.
http://possumjimandelizabeth.com/xht...ng_white2.html
Rodney
Heres one I found from possumjimandelizabeth.com. I hope they don't mind my borrowing it.
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Here's a link to their site where you can see more.
http://possumjimandelizabeth.com/xht...ng_white2.html
Rodney
08-29-2014, 07:38 PM
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[QUOTE=yobrosew;6865320]On the sleek, black Kenmore what are the two knobs next to the left of "Kenmore"?
Those are dual tension assemblies.
I am with you on the wall o' machines. I think they're art. Especially Whites -- they had the best designs.
Those are dual tension assemblies.
I am with you on the wall o' machines. I think they're art. Especially Whites -- they had the best designs.
08-29-2014, 07:49 PM
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I see that you've just found a GREAT mid-century classic machine. Good on you, man!
I find most of my machines on craigslist, although I've found some at thrift stores and a few on eBay, though I avoid eBay because the shipping charges are so high. I tend to drive around the immediate Seattle area and North, sometimes to Bellingham. You're in Lewis County and there are lots of good machines in the Olympia/Lacey area that I've passed on because I'm not willing to drive that far (depending on what they are, of course) and traffic on 5 or 167 is always a pain. Although, I've purchased a few in Tacoma and Puyallup, one in Lacey, etc.
I find most of my machines on craigslist, although I've found some at thrift stores and a few on eBay, though I avoid eBay because the shipping charges are so high. I tend to drive around the immediate Seattle area and North, sometimes to Bellingham. You're in Lewis County and there are lots of good machines in the Olympia/Lacey area that I've passed on because I'm not willing to drive that far (depending on what they are, of course) and traffic on 5 or 167 is always a pain. Although, I've purchased a few in Tacoma and Puyallup, one in Lacey, etc.
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08-29-2014, 08:24 PM
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I see that you've just found a GREAT mid-century classic machine. Good on you, man!
I find most of my machines on craigslist, although I've found some at thrift stores and a few on eBay, though I avoid eBay because the shipping charges are so high. I tend to drive around the immediate Seattle area and North, sometimes to Bellingham. You're in Lewis County and there are lots of good machines in the Olympia/Lacey area that I've passed on because I'm not willing to drive that far (depending on what they are, of course) and traffic on 5 or 167 is always a pain. Although, I've purchased a few in Tacoma and Puyallup, one in Lacey, etc.
I find most of my machines on craigslist, although I've found some at thrift stores and a few on eBay, though I avoid eBay because the shipping charges are so high. I tend to drive around the immediate Seattle area and North, sometimes to Bellingham. You're in Lewis County and there are lots of good machines in the Olympia/Lacey area that I've passed on because I'm not willing to drive that far (depending on what they are, of course) and traffic on 5 or 167 is always a pain. Although, I've purchased a few in Tacoma and Puyallup, one in Lacey, etc.
Cari
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08-29-2014, 08:53 PM
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I've driven as far south as Portland (never again) and I actually considered one in New Westminster before a friend urged me to get a hold of myself and try to break the addiction. I had the shakes for about a week.
Yeah, with gas prices as they are and traffic so bad in this region, it would have to be a great machine in order for me to go to that much trouble. I did an Arlington, Sultan, Redmond loop once. Beautiful trip and my car was full of loot.
Yeah, with gas prices as they are and traffic so bad in this region, it would have to be a great machine in order for me to go to that much trouble. I did an Arlington, Sultan, Redmond loop once. Beautiful trip and my car was full of loot.
08-29-2014, 09:42 PM
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I've driven as far south as Portland (never again) and I actually considered one in New Westminster before a friend urged me to get a hold of myself and try to break the addiction. I had the shakes for about a week.
Yeah, with gas prices as they are and traffic so bad in this region, it would have to be a great machine in order for me to go to that much trouble. I did an Arlington, Sultan, Redmond loop once. Beautiful trip and my car was full of loot.
Yeah, with gas prices as they are and traffic so bad in this region, it would have to be a great machine in order for me to go to that much trouble. I did an Arlington, Sultan, Redmond loop once. Beautiful trip and my car was full of loot.
Not meaning to hijack this thread, but you want to talk about having the shakes? I did last night after I went to get up from the computer and caught this out of the corner of my eye-[ATTACH=CONFIG]489627[/ATTACH]
It was right above my head! To give you an idea of it's size, those aren't the tiny Christmas lights on the left of the pic, they're the normal size lights. I'm not afraid of spiders generally, but this one spooked the bejeezes out of me!
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08-29-2014, 09:47 PM
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Yep, that's a big one. Looked like he was ready for blood. 
I bought a machine from an eBay seller and when I opened the box and lifted the machine from the based (it had no lid), a family of spiders crawled out. They did not survive.
I bought a machine from an eBay seller and when I opened the box and lifted the machine from the based (it had no lid), a family of spiders crawled out. They did not survive.
08-29-2014, 11:44 PM
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That's a nasty looking one. I hate that sort of surprise. Every now and then a big wolf spider will find it's way into the bathroom. They get up around a 2" legspan and are FAST. It's my job to kill them.
I don't care how good they are at bug control. They can stay outside.
Back to the sewing machines, I really need to start being more selective. That last one was too pretty to pass up and I didn't have a good representative of the style. There are a few more I want to get though.
I want some of the earlier electric designs.
I want a Hamilton Beach motor conversion, brand not important, and at least 1 or 2 examples of early potted motor types. It probably won't happen due to costs but I'd like at least one or two pre-1900 machines from before the modern shape we're used to seeing was settled on. What I'm aiming for is at least one representative of each of the different styles of machine up to now, preferably with some of the cool engineering and designs they've had over the years.
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I don't care how good they are at bug control. They can stay outside.
Back to the sewing machines, I really need to start being more selective. That last one was too pretty to pass up and I didn't have a good representative of the style. There are a few more I want to get though.
I want some of the earlier electric designs.
I want a Hamilton Beach motor conversion, brand not important, and at least 1 or 2 examples of early potted motor types. It probably won't happen due to costs but I'd like at least one or two pre-1900 machines from before the modern shape we're used to seeing was settled on. What I'm aiming for is at least one representative of each of the different styles of machine up to now, preferably with some of the cool engineering and designs they've had over the years.
Rodney
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