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Thread: A Singer in Victoria Road
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26th November 2014, 11:09 AM #1.
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A Singer in Victoria Road
I was in Melbourne over the weekend and while in Richmond with my daughter I spied this in a shop window. I knew a few members were interested in sewing machines so I pressed the Coolpix up against the glass. No idea what this machine was used for.
BT
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26th November 2014, 12:21 PM #2
Looks like an early hemming machine, forerunner to an overlocker and/or blind hemmer.
Perhaps if you contact these people they can enlighten you
http://www.maryboroughflourmillgallery.com.au/
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26th November 2014, 01:29 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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26th November 2014, 01:38 PM #4
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26th November 2014, 01:42 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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26th November 2014, 06:26 PM #6
Looks heavily modified to make it almost auto wonder what it was set up to do??
Oh and yes I have done some sewing in my time mostly upholstery
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26th November 2014, 07:06 PM #7
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26th November 2014, 07:46 PM #8
It's a Singer 71-112.
parts.singerco.com_IPpartCharts_71-112.pdf
It does top corded button holes. Whatever they are
And yes. I sew. I'm on my second industrial machine.Those were the droids I was looking for.
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26th November 2014, 08:48 PM #9
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27th November 2014, 07:15 AM #10
I googled a bit last night to find out more about corded BHs and it doesn't look like a fun job.
I've done a bit of searching over the years for spare parts for sewing machines and the range of machines that Singer manufactured was astonishing. There is a machine to do pretty much everything.Those were the droids I was looking for.
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27th November 2014, 09:11 AM #11GOLD MEMBER
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27th November 2014, 10:46 AM #12
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27th November 2014, 12:03 PM #13
I remember seeing some Singer hand tools back in the 80's. From memory I think they came from Brazil. My only google search hit came up with one for sale on gumtree.
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27th November 2014, 04:51 PM #14Product designer retired
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Superb photos
AB, you've done it again. I tried to take some shots of possums in my back yard feeding, with a flash, and all I got was a black screen.
It must be the way you hold your tongue.
Shots of the Singer are fantastic, sewing machines are in a league of their own, I love them.
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27th November 2014, 05:04 PM #15.
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KJ , it was you I thought of when I chanced upon this beauty.
BT
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