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tommyjmcintosh
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Comments (10)Great answer about your grandchild, Joan. She must really be something. I have multiple machines, most are task specific (serger, blindstitch, button sewer, walking foot, needle feed, and rotary take-up), all but one are industrial models; many are now termed "vintage". I would say I tend to clean them (on average) once a month, but that depends on what I've been sewing, too. Sometimes I do really dirty/gritty awning repairs, sometimes I'm working with clean, new product, sometimes with really "linty" fabric. If one of my machines hasn't been used in a long time, the first thing I do is give it a dusting, a thorough oiling, and check the stitch length and thread tension. As a matter of habit, the first thing I do when I start a new job is check the needle size and condition. Always! I am a stickler about oiling, too. Many of my machines are quite old (50-100 yrs.) and require very regular oiling. That's very common in elderly industrial equipment. The manual for my Willcox & Gibbs industrial rotary take up (c.1943) recommends a complete oiling every 4 hrs.! My brand new Juki sits in a pan of oil and never requires it....See MoreWhat is your countertop (in the sewing room)?
Comments (31)I learned to sew at 38 as well :) Taking private lessons with a lovely lady who helped me make my DH a bunch of silk pillows and a crazy quilt. She's an amazing person :) and had many first timers who were well over my age. Her studio was in the basement, and much smaller than yours, and yet she'd have 4 women in there at a time and occasionaly a man would take a lesson as well. I learned curtains with a wonderful guy trying to suprise his future wife with a redecoration of their wedding home. She did instill one bad thing in my little mind. I just couldn't go home to the manual brother machine I purchased at wally world for a couple hundred dollars. She had all bernina's, all computerized and she also had babylock sergers. Now I can't live without the best machine I can afford. Six years ago I didn't sew a seam and now I think it would be nice to upgrade my 3500 machine LOL what a machine snob!!! That's loretta's fault entirely :) But she also gave me a hobby I love, and that I've used to raise thousands of dollars for charity, so take that as a small hint to not forget the old people like you and me when you're giving lessons :) (And put the old people on really cheesy machines) LOL my husband asked me to add that....See MoreWilcox & Gibbs Serger
Comments (1)I am guessing that this maybe a vintage machine. Go to "needlebar.org" you may have to join it is free. They have many members that may be able to help you with more information....See MoreTime to stop? How many are enough?
Comments (35)I am also an addict. Here is a list of my machines. I have 15 machines which are all in working order, and I use them ALL THE TIME. As you can see, I am a Bernina fan. 2 Bernina 640 flat bed 2 Bernina 730 free arm (for my children to sew on) Bernina 830 (mainly for mending) Bernina 153QE (Just for Quilting) Bernina 160Plus (for most sewing projects) Bernina 217N-12 Industrial machine with 12mm zig-zag. (for doing sewing jobs on sports equipment such as sleeping bags, tents, 45 Boy Scout uniform alterations in 3 days, heavy canvas holders for baseball equipment, etc. My husband was a Scout Master and city recreation coach for 30 years.) Bernina Deco 650 (small embroidery designs) Bernina Deco 330 (large embroidery designs) Bernina Serger 1200DE free arm (threaded in black) Pfaff Hobbylock serger 778 (threaded in white) Of course, all of my machines have all of the possible attachments and presser feet. Old electric Singer, flat bed, early zig-zag mechanism that can fit in my antique oak Singer treadle cabinet. I made my wedding dress on this zig-zag machine as a treadle in 1978. I just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. New reproduction of Singer treadle machine and cabinet. Straight stitch only. My father ordered it for me from a catalog. (He didn't know I already had a treadle.) Older model Pfaff flat bed in a mahagony cabinet with a lot of decorative stitchs. I have put my flat bed Berninas in the Singer treadle cabinets, but the machine is 1/2" too short to reach the front of the cabinet. If I don't tighten the screws on the machine to the rods of the hinges, I can push the machine forward enough to catch on the front of the cabinet. The Bernina 640 flat bed machines have an external motor and motor belt. I take the motor belt off and put the treadle belt over the handwheel. Now I have a "modern" machine with 40+ feet that can also do buttonholes. I have seen a new electric Singer flatbed with utility stiches and buttonhole listed in a catalog for about $375-$400 which can fit a Singer treadle cabinet and run without electricity. It is fun to sew old-fashioned with new technology!!!!...See Morechelone
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