Anyone got experience with a Monarch Dial O Matic and what one would be worth seen one for 20.00 runs needs a belt.
Anyone got experience with a Monarch Dial O Matic and what one would be worth seen one for 20.00 runs needs a belt.
re: Monarch Dial O matic
Do you have a picture or info?
Lots of the Japanese clones of Singers were pretty solid machines; I don't know if your Monarch qualifies.
My price range for 'no-name' Singer clones is $0-20, if that helps. I figure twenty bucks for an afternoon (or more) of playing 'fix-it' with machinery is about right.
OTOH, I've gotten a few really good quality classic machines (Elnas, Husquvarna) for $20-25.
Is the belt just cracked or missing? I've seen ads with 'runs great, no belt' where it meant only that the motor would turn.
Nice pictures guys, I wish I knew how to sow, we learned in middle school and I made a platypus, but other than that, I don't remember a thing : (
I'd like to see pics of your platypus. Does it look like this one?
Well I keep seeing this thread pop up, and while my machine is nowhere near as cool as a lot of the vintage machines on here, I do love her. It's a Viking Optima 150 E that I got for $60. Works great except on the reverse the timing off, no matter what length I have the stitch set at, it always does the smallest stitch in reverse. I'm debating whether it would be worth the $80 or $90 it would cost to send it out to be fixed. I've found ways to deal with it for now though...
I do have the manual, read the whole thing and nothing in there about that, other than it not doing anything bigger than a 3 mm stitch in reverse. I took it to a friend who has a drop in sewing studio and works on machines. She opened it up and tried, but said she can't fix timing problems.
I'd bet it's not a timing problem but rather an adjustment on the switch arm itself or the lever it operates.
It's COOL enough! Very nice machine. A Review.
Fixing the reverse could be as simple as freeing up gummed up parts or as bad as a broken part that is not available. Myself, I'd open it up and try to determine the problem before taking it to someone....but that's just me.
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