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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    IHUK - A day in the life of….

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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
                  Chris
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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
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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
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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
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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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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        Correct….

                                        "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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                                          It still irks me how bad I am at using that machine.

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            Chicken-legged IH-666S-142…..

                                            "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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