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    • GCG
      GC
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      @Giles:

      @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.

      Insta @eaudepetroleum

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      • GilesG
        Giles
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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)….

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • SeulS
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          Excellent display of efficiency!..

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          • GilesG
            Giles
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            I found another one, this one has been converted to electric motor drive at some point….

            1946

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              I'm just looking at all the machines to work out which one is best suited for flat seam hemming on the heavy stuff.  Found this little piece of wonderment….

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                Hemming Bitch.  Collateral damage….. 🙂 🙂 🙂

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • Alex_24A
                  Alex_24
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                  ^^^ Ouch [emoji21] that looks painful [emoji37]

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
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                    The good news is, that I now have an equal amount of useful fingers as I have toes…. 😉

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • ?
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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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                      • ChrisC
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                        Did some cleaning and finally broke this one out of storage.
                        Originally built in 1904, refurbished in 2015.

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                        • RoxRocks86R
                          RoxRocks86
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                          Beautiful machine @Chris !!!

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                          • dinobarnesberlinD
                            dinobarnesberlin
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                            @Chris that one looks like new.
                            That blue/gold color scheme is nice.

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                            • GilesG
                              Giles
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                              What sort of bobbin does is take?  My 1901, has shuttle shaped bobbins, never seen them anywhere else….

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • ChrisC
                                Chris
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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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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  A 27K

                                  Make sense?

                                  P- 517710-542709 27K 25000 JAN - JUNE 1901

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • ChrisC
                                    Chris
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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.

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                                    • SimonS
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                                      @el:

                                      @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

                                      Nice machine @el camino. What you have there is a Singer 201, the undisputed pinnacle of domestic Singer production. Unfortunately, with few exceptions, it was all downhill for Singer after this model.

                                      Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities - Frank Lloyd Wright

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                                      • ?
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                                        @Simon i quite like using that machine, it’s built like a tank

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                                        • GilesG
                                          Giles
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                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • Matty123M
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                                            @Giles:

                                            The good news is, that I now have an equal amount of useful fingers as I have toes…. 😉

                                            8?

                                            Maybe so. Maybe not

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