IHUK - A day in the life of….
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Blimey, that must be great to finally know Giles.
Not sure a thread exists for this, so apologies for tagging on the back of the current theme. Coincidentally I have been looking lately at getting a second hand machine, mainly to learn a new skill on and to ultimately attempt the odd alteration of the wife's dresses/kids clothes. (WTF has WFH done to me)
Given the multitude of choices, should I…
(A) walk away from the idea and just let the pro's do their job.
(B) venture into old or new Singer machine territory.
(C) Consider something like a Frister + Rossmann Cub 7? (the later I spotted was engineered in Germany, made in Japan, which ticks a lot of reliability boxes for me)If anyone in the know has any advice I'd be very grateful.
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@gc I'm a little biased. I learned how to sew on my Singer. I've made trousers, shirts, hats etc etc…..It does the job (though nothing fancy like buttonholes, blindstitch etc etc, but you can do those by hand if needed) and is very satisfying to use.
@Giles thanks. You biased, really
I'm more likely to cherish something old over new, fleabay here we go.
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Yesterday and today Les built us a new Mezzanine. We need a ladder and balustrading (and racking and decent lighting yet), but is going to be dedicated boot storage.
We have a guy from the racking company that we have always used (ever since I bought my first single rack, installing it into `a bedroom at home and thinking I'd made the big time
), coming in on Thursday to audit our storage space and how we use it. Then we get the lighting sorted out.Dangerously close to getting profeshnial (sic)….
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^^^ Ouch [emoji21] that looks painful [emoji37]
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@giles can’t beat the old singer machines. My grandmother bought this new, my mom had the motor changed in the eighties sometime, and I’m still using it today.
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Did some cleaning and finally broke this one out of storage.
Originally built in 1904, refurbished in 2015. -
Beautiful machine @Chris !!!
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@Chris that one looks like new.
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Whoa, I've never seen those, either.
Both the machines in my pictures are model 31-15, heavy duty commercial machines that were made until some time in the 50s, I think. Virtually all the parts are mass produced and standard issue for multiple models, including the bobbins. I know a boot maker who buys them in bulk- they're disposable cardboard ones that come prewound with thread.
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Looks like the 27k was a fairly popular model. After I looked around some on the internet, I think I might have a machine that uses the same style bobbins. I recognize the shuttle piece, but I can't remember if it was just a random part in a bin, or actually one that goes with my third machine. When I get home this afternoon, I'll have to dig around and see what I can find.
