While looking for a table for my 15-91 I came across a 1962 Singer 401 with a table and a boatload of attachments for $110. Assuming I get it serviced is it up to all the DIY tasks most of us can dream up?
While looking for a table for my 15-91 I came across a 1962 Singer 401 with a table and a boatload of attachments for $110. Assuming I get it serviced is it up to all the DIY tasks most of us can dream up?
Yep, and then some probably! The 401 is a good solid machine; and that's a pretty good price if it has all the attachments and needle plates.
"I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Mal Reynolds
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What's the deal with the double needle function?
You can run two stitch lines at the same time. You use a double needle, two spools and run each thread through a tensioner (dual tensioners on the 401).
"I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Mal Reynolds
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BUT... you still only have one bobbin thread so it is pretty much only decorative. Not the same as two stitch lines. But with two different color top threads it can be a very unique look.Originally Posted by Rat
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
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Can you sew 2 stitch lines with 1 bobbin thread?
The bobbin thread kind of zig zags between the two top lines. so.. yeah you visually get two top stitch lines. But they are not the same a two separate topstitch lines.
Last edited by Ramblinrev; 12-02-2013 at 09:42.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
We Don't Sew... We Make Gear! video series
Important thread injector guidelines especially for Newbies
Bobbin Tension - A Personal Viewpoint
Can the Singer 503A do 2 stitch lines too? I see it has to two spool holders.
The 401A has been my workhorse for well over a decade now!
I've sewn for as many as 30 hours a week on it when I was sewing professionally and it has taken everything I have ever thrown at it and come back asking for more...
The only drawback for me personally, is that my straight shaft buttonholer attachment won't fit on it's slant shaft. It has a 'built in buttonholer' which I find sadly lacking. I keep a 15-91 in the cupboard (sad, I know) just for making buttonholes.
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