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On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:44:04 -0400, dan/danl
wrote: Any recommendations/tips on a used sewing machine to look for? If it's painted black and still works, nothing will kill it. If it doesn't work, pick all the lint out of the innards, clean off the varnish that used to be lubricant, oil it, put in a new needle, and try again. (Check that it takes a standard needle.) There were bad machines built in the black-paint era, but the few surviving badly-designed machines are in museums, so you aren't likely to get stuck with one. Singer sewing machines peaked with the 400 series (beige, if I recall correctly), tanked for a while (the 600 drove me INSANE), and are said to be coming back. Take samples of your favorite fabrics, and samples of fabrics that are hard to sew (sheer, heavy, slick, fuzzy, stretchy . . .), and try out the machines. Someone on Creative Machine recently commented that you should also bring your own thread. (When I worked in a Singer store, we demonstrated on heavily-starched sheer fabric that *nothing* could make a bad stitch on. We also used very cheap thread, because machines had not yet gotten picky about thread.) I've been using the same machine since 1964, so I don't have a great deal of shopping experience. Buying at a shop that does repairs is a good idea. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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