I have this exact machine, it was my mum's, she gave it to me for Christmas. For 14.98, you stole it!Originally Posted by 4estTrekker
I was perusing the stores last week looking for a sewing table I could modify for my machine...found a table with a solid functioning 1962 Singer 328K inside...paid $14.98 for the whole shoot in' match. Sews like a champ!
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I just got a kenmore 15814100 while searching for a new cabinet for my singer. I got the machine and cabient for 10. The machine runs pretty good. Going to give it a clean and oil before running fabric thru it. Cabinet is a simple one. Looks like an end table, but its not falling apart like the one I use now. I would really like one of the more modern tables. The kind you see in industrial settings. Rounded edges, ruler built in, sneaky draws and notches for the essentials and space for other stuff underneath.
Just joined today and figured this was a good place to show off what Ive been buying over the last month. Whats funny is I was looking for a walking foot machine about 2 years ago, and couldn't find any locally under about $700. Then this year since early July I found and bought 3 walking foot machines with the most expensive being $145 (I have a really hard time passing up a good deal.)
The first machine I bought: Juki 563-3. I paid more that I should have ($145) as it had some issues but as i had never seen a industrial machine in person before I bought it anyway.
once I got it home I realized it had a bent upper feed rod and upper feed drive rod, and I happened to break the take up lever drive pin. Fortunately I like to fix things and have the tools to do so. I machined a new drive pin, pressed the drive rod straight, and finally pressed and faced the upper feed drive rod flat on my lathe.
Broken Drive pin and new replacement
New pin in place
This should have been flat
About a week after i got the Juki I bought (impulse eBay BIN @ $50) a Singer 111g156 head. It was listed as listed as locked up, but all it really needed was a good cleaning
what I bought
After spending some time cleaning it (and some rust removal)
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Then for no good reason about a week after that I check Craigslist again and see s Consew 226r for $100 (with table) sure for that price I'll take it. I got to drag it out of the woman's basement myself, that was fun.. Its was actually in the best condition of all of the machines Ive bought at the time of purchase
About 2 weeks later a deal I had been working on since I bought the Juki comes through and I get the Zig Zag and double needle machines I was missing.
Pfaff 138 (came with the original Pfaff table)
Singer 212w140
So in a month of looking I got 5 machines, 3 tables and spent $695. Obviously it was cost effective since I've made a stuff sack and tree straps so far.
I have two 1.5" steel square tubes attached to the underside of my workbench with two short pieces of unastrut. I use them to hold a bow press as well as a couple of other tools. When I am done I can flip them inwards and they are out of the way.
My work shop area is crazy small and I wanted my machine flush with my work surface but don't have room to have a table taking up floor space so naturally I wanted to use this setup.
Found a 15.00 table on craigslist and took the top off and my father in law made some nice oak mounts and it sits flush with my workbench.
Love the Pfaff it really is solid so far I have made a bunch of stuff sacks from the Ripstop by the Roll DIY starer kit and an 11" DL out of argon. Have some 1.6 hyper D on the way to make another and going to tackle a a tarp as well.
When I did auto upholstery I ran a pfaff like this one.
And when I owned my own auto,boat,van,and rv upholstery shop,I leased a consew almost identical to this one.I think mine may have been made in the 80's.
Both are excellent machines with the proper motor/brake set up.Both of mine had large treadle like floor pedal.Push forward with one foot to speed up and push back with the other foot to stop quick.Worked beautiful after a couple test runs to get the foot pressures right.
Nothing to see here. Keep moving.
My Juki straight stitch for light weight fabrics and denim
My Mitsubishi double needle walking foot for denim up to layers of cordura and pvc
My Juki serger
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I'd never get that machine threaded right.
Nothing to see here. Keep moving.
HA. Fortunately this one has been relatively cheap.Another obsession ran amok
These are set up the same way in standard industrial tables with clutch motors. Well all but the 212, Unfortunately I didn't realize the double needle machines are a different footprint. It doesn't (currently) fit into any of my tables.When I did auto upholstery I ran a pfaff like this one.
And when I owned my own auto,boat,van,and rv upholstery shop,I leased a consew almost identical to this one.I think mine may have been made in the 80's.
Both are excellent machines with the proper motor/brake set up.Both of mine had large treadle like floor pedal.Push forward with one foot to speed up and push back with the other foot to stop quick.Worked beautiful after a couple test runs to get the foot pressures right.
The Pfaff and singer 212 actually came out of a hot air balloon shop (http://www.apexballoons.com/tips/) I can only guess how much nylon they have sewn over the years.
the serger? yeah... it's a headache. I use two separate tweezers to do it and it's still a painI'd never get that machine threaded right.
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