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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
                  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
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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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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        And chicken-legged IH-634S

                                        "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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                                        • LewisStonehouseL
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                                          Possibly the best shorts Ive ever seen @Giles

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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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