What exactly did I buy??
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What exactly did I buy??
Saturday morning when I got off work I decided to go check out some thrift stores on my way home. I stopped at a local hospice thrift shop and one lonely sewing machine sitting all by itself. I first thought it was a plastic machine but when I got closer now actually touched it I discovered it was metal. It is a Singer 760 but I can't really find any other information about it. it is an absolutely awesome shape, not a scratch on it. It has a flip-up extension bed like a featherweight. And the bed actually comes off to transform into a free arm. It says it was made in Germany. I couldn't really find much about a 760 on here, or Ebay or Google. Are these a common machine or did I find something kinda unusual? It is very heavy and runs quite well. I paid $25 & also got a plastic box with a buncha cams and Pressler feet and other attachments. Can anybody tell me more about this machine?
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Something is not quite right with your pics. All I get is this:
But ISMACS says this about it:
[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD="width: 92, align: left"]760G[/TD]
[TD="width: 74, align: left"]1972-74[/TD]
[TD="width: 65, align: left"]Domestic[/TD]
[TD="width: 848, align: left"]Zigzag; slant needle; full auto range of stitches plus pattern discs; tubular bed; automatic bobbin winder; one-step buttonholer; Flexi; lt. grey[/TD]
[TD="width: 125, align: left"]15x1[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Are they rare, or unique? I don't really know. I haven't seen one yet.
Joe
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But ISMACS says this about it:
[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD="width: 92, align: left"]760G[/TD]
[TD="width: 74, align: left"]1972-74[/TD]
[TD="width: 65, align: left"]Domestic[/TD]
[TD="width: 848, align: left"]Zigzag; slant needle; full auto range of stitches plus pattern discs; tubular bed; automatic bobbin winder; one-step buttonholer; Flexi; lt. grey[/TD]
[TD="width: 125, align: left"]15x1[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Are they rare, or unique? I don't really know. I haven't seen one yet.
Joe
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Here are the pics....
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It does look like the touch and sew but it doesn't say that anywhere. I was really surprised to see the flip-up extension table. Are there any other singers with that feature except the featherweight or 301?
Should it be a decent machine to own?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]413205[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]413206[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]413207[/ATTACH]
It does look like the touch and sew but it doesn't say that anywhere. I was really surprised to see the flip-up extension table. Are there any other singers with that feature except the featherweight or 301?
Should it be a decent machine to own?
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I just googled and LOTs of info. about it out there. A lot of nylon and plastic parts inside it. http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/sin...ine-parts.aspx
Touch and Sews are also called Touch and Throws or Sew and Throws. There's not really a high regard for them. But, if you like it and it sews well for you, that's all that matters.
Touch and Sews are also called Touch and Throws or Sew and Throws. There's not really a high regard for them. But, if you like it and it sews well for you, that's all that matters.
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