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    Any expert in vintage Singer sewing machines?

    i sent a alum. version to the Yukon last month, got a reply very happy now they want six more ,oops now I done it , gotta find some fast .gotta start doing some antiqueing, 59 lark
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    Any expert in vintage Singer sewing machines?

    jim; as far as the operation of sewing the cast difference is none its the fact the cast is so dam heavy to move, if you want a portable machine you don't go cast iron. I just refurbished a light cast one , as a handcrank, put it in large bentwood case and sent it to the Yukon. of course I...
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    Any expert in vintage Singer sewing machines?

    JIM; Made until the 40s , no plastic parts and the later ones had reverse, really depends what you want to do with this machine, some would buy a earlier example simply for the look as the early decals are some of the best, I thought of a another decal while sleeping, lotus decal , the pretty...
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    Any expert in vintage Singer sewing machines?

    jim; the 66 was introduced something like nineteen oh three, first machine to use sixty six class bobbin thusly named after the machne and some of these had really nice decals like the scotch thistle and the red eye and some had weird back lash attachments which are hard too find after a hundred...
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    Vintage Appliances

    Getting back to appliance repair its a dying art, I am teaching two young people my daughter and a young man age 22 that some higher power sent to me one day, he came after closing forgot to flip the sign, and he handed me a motor for a 50 year old machine and a bag with the motor brushes in it...
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    Vintage Appliances

    I GUESS a car is not a appliance but what a beautiful car, I am a member of the Studebaker drivers club and that car makes me proud to be a member what a beautiful horseless carriage. I REPAIR appliances for a living vacumms hardly anymore and mostly sewing machine from treadles to handcranks to...
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    Vintage Appliances

    Studebaker driver this 59lark and one appliance that I repair is sewing machines and I specialize in fixing old ones, I keep period machines running in a local pioneer village and your home reminds me of some of the homes there and they are set in the year 1914, and the staff in the summer cooks...
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    Vintage Appliances

    oops hit the wrong button I operate my Studebaker car I lot more expertly than this laptop , Studebaker driver what kind of Studebaker do you drive . ,mine is a 59 lark v 8 with 52,ooo original miles on it, original brake lines , interior and original dirt , 59Lark.
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    Vintage Appliances

    Studebaker driver wish I had a woodstove like yours to use at least in the winter, used to rent a cabin from a Mennonite and used the woodstove or the gas range or the barbeque outside to cook enjoyed the experience immensely,
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    Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver

    in my experience, in driving old cars, I have wheels break off, complete electricial failure at night at speed, electricial fire under the dash, side moulding fly off a 100 mph, stopped a light got out and the drums were glowing red,wipers flew off and landed on the hood in a thunderstorm. and...
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    Any expert in vintage Singer sewing machines?

    I was out antique shopping last sunday and came across , a 3/4 size long bobbin head in fairly poor condition but with a complete handcrank and it had the porclean knob german especially fister ahond rossman are known for , and was $25. dollars complete with bullet shuttle, that one went into...
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    Any expert in vintage Singer sewing machines?

    my first guess would be a fister and rossman , made in Germany 59lark
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    Any expert in vintage Singer sewing machines?

    I see no one has added to this, now this last I had two really different orders, I literally had a Winnipeg supplier order a handcrank sewing machine to go way up north for a trapper. they didn't want a Chinese copy so we are refurbishing a 1957 singer 201k alum,in a wooden case and full spares...
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    Murder on the Orient Express 2017 version

    i too am looking forward to watching this movie, now even more, period productions have a certain appeal to me, speaking to any one downunder what is with your abc cancelling the dr blake series. that was a wonderfull period series, that I willing paid the bbc far too much for the privelge to...
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    Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver

    time travel, when I drive my Studebaker and listen to period music, I travel back in time and sometimes I have trouble coming back, someday I may just get lost and never return 59lark
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    What are you listening to?

    Dave Brubeck take five, I first heard him after some artie shaw on u tube when I was sick in bed on my pc. now lily marlene german version , very haunting melody, was a favourite of two of my late friends both ww2 vets one royal airforce and one royal navy, now both passed. now some wagner...
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    Show Us Your Vintage Sewing Machines!

    i will try to get my girls to take a picture of my cellar, and try to post it, have 300 sewing machines in my basement for parts, been fixing machines for nearly four decades. my oldest working machine is my 1875 wanzer made in HAMILTON ONT CANADA. 59LARK.
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    sorry pictures , had two magil 137w grey felt with a 1 1/2 plain black ribbon , with a steel blue feather. 7 and 3/4 size made for me, and received them just after xmas. even wholesale double what they were 5 yrs ago, but hey costs have gone up a lot. in my business parts are up 50percent more...
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    born in the 60s, I remember the 80s , the girls hair so puffy, so perfect so much. we don't have as much fresh fish here, lots of fish sticks but the worst experience was we called fish pucks. my mother would serve them as they were cheap. ground up fish in a puck, yuck. I do remember plastic...
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    First Dates

    I am wondering aloud if the cyber age has destroyed the tradition singles dance, but again I had no grand designs , I really don't want to walk into any serious relations for a while , after the aftermath of that train wreck. I made fun of several fellas that seems to have a mid life crisis and...

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