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How old is my Singer?

I have one with the 'prism' decals and one with the 'paperclip' set. The prism ones are like those on a FW and the occasional 201. The paperclip decals are also the same as the older Singer 201's. I think the paperclip decals are much nicer than the prisms. But both are nice, shiny and completely intact. I have 2 card tables for the

301's a short bed and a long bed, sadly the long bed one was 'antique' green sometime in the 70's and I have not got around to getting that off yet. Both card tables were purchased at a Singer sale in New Brunswick Canada about 4 years ago, along with several grass cloth cases that were very old stock but new and a used blonde trapezoid cabinet in excellent shape. At the same sale I picked up a very unique sewing table with an opening that dropped down to rest on 2 metal bars. The 'desk' has a long front drawer and one smaller left hand drawer. The part that drops down is slightly angled inward like the 301 card tables but holds a machine the size of a 99 or Black Spartan with the base on. In this way the machine bed is level with the 'desk' top. Very nice cherry wood 'desk'. The shop owner did not know if it was a production unit or a custom make one. $20.00 Cdn brought it home.
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Nice!!!

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Pogonip

Thanks for the info. Do you happen to have a link to the We Fix It site that you mentioned? I tried to google it and all I got was either links for a company called AHS or links to Bob the Builder. :-)

lisa

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karlisa

few--the old one I mentioned in the previous post, which I believe a Singer model 15 manufactured in 1939. I also have a machine I picked up for $15 at a yard sale called a Universal. I think it's from the 50s and that it's just one of many of the Japanese-manufactured machines that were sold with various labels. It's a hardworking little thing, marketed as a "portable", but you'd have to be in great physical shape to lug it around. :-) It has no ability to stop immediately when you take your foot off the pedal and so you have to plan for that when you're sewing. lol! It's a work horse, though. I do most of my sewing on an Elna 6000 machine, not terribly fancy but hardworking, and a White

734 serger. Pretty basic stuff.

I love the 301 machine that you got at the yard sale for $5. Wow. What a cool-looking machine. Reminds me of an old locomotive. :-) It got me to thinking of my mom's machine, which looks very similar to the Centennial you have. My sister ended up with it and she told me I could have it. It has spool-type bobbins instead of the round ones. Mama told me she got it shortly after she and Daddy married in 1952, and that 6 months after purchasing it, Singer discontinued the spool-type bobbins. She's always had a difficult time finding bobbins for it. I'm excited to get it. She made all of our clothes and soft toys with it. I learned to sew on it, too. I gave my sister a newer White sewing machine that I had picked up when I worked at Hancock fabric part-time and they were trying to get rid of them. I got it fairly cheap and she seems happy to exchange the old, no frills machine for a newer one. :-) Lucky me!

lisa

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Thanks for the info. Do you happen to have a link to the We Fix It

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weareallrelated

oh, duh, I'm sorry. My brain isn't quite on straight today. You mentioned that earlier in the thread and I totally missed it.

thanks again

lisa

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I found a good sewing machine cabinet at a barn sale last week. It had a machine in it that I didn't need. I told the seller and offered half price. She said I can have it for half price but only if I also take the machine.

After I removed the machine from the cabinet (and discovered the Kenmore cabinet requires a little work to adapt to a Singer machine) and dusted it off, I decided it's too good to scrap. Sears's model # on the plate is

158.190 but it looks a lot like the few pictures I've found of the so-called model 90. Is it the same thing?

The motor on the machine requires either work or replacement. Its new owner (I have enough machines) is going to examine the brushes. How specific do I need to be about a replacement motor, i.e. is the method of mounting that motor so atypical that I have to stick with a particular motor, or is it pretty adaptable? I have not removed the motor, so I can't tell if the mounting bracket is attached to the motor housing or if it's an integral part.

Max

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