"Industrial Strength" Sewing Machines? - maybe not

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"Industrial Strength" Sewing Machines? - maybe not ND 05-30-2008
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Posted by Pogonip on June 1, 2008, 5:14 am
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>
> I'm just waiting to see a 99 described as an 'industrial strengeth
> Featherweight'! :D :D
>

ROFL!!!! When that happens, we should pop open a bottle of bubbly and
toast the insanity of it all!
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by Candide on June 1, 2008, 4:54 pm





> Pogonip wrote:
> > Kate XXXXXX wrote:
> >> Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply wrote:
> >>> Oh, no, don't tell me that bozo is still around! *wilt*
> >>
> >> Him and his band of idiot disciples...
> >>
> >
> > Is he related to the ones who call every 99 and Spartan a
> > "featherweight"? Love the ones who list a GE travel iron and call
it a
> > "featherweight" iron, too! Plus any set of Singer low shank
attachments
> > are "Featherweight" attachments!
>
> Yup, that crew! ;)
> >
> > Between the Featherweights and the Industrial Strength models,
they've
> > got the market cornered!
>
> I'm just waiting to see a 99 described as an 'industrial strengeth
> Featherweight'! :D :D
>

Am always gobsmacked by what sellers call "Industrial Strength" on eBay
and other places.

Vintage machines by Elna, Pfaff, Kenmore, Janome and the like are all
most always billed as "all metal parts.... industrial strength", and so
forth.

Only slightly less irritating are those selling what are true industrial
machines, but do not disclose if the machine is head only. For those
that know about these things this is not a problem, but sadly too many
naïf spend good money on a machine, only to have it arrive and find out
it needs to be mounted on a table and requires a motor.

OTHO, if someone would mis-label a vintage Singer hemstitch machine so
one could nab it at a decent price, I'd be much obliged! *LOL*



Posted by Ron Anderson on May 31, 2008, 10:52 am


>
>> http://easyurl.net/IndustrialStrength
>>
>
> Not sure what the writer considers my Singer 111W155, but I'd call it
> "better than average for sewing heavy things".
>
> Steve
>
Your machine is indeed an industrial compound feed walking foot machine

--
Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine
18 Dingman Rd Sand Lake, NY 12153
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com




Posted by SteveB on June 1, 2008, 2:33 am

>
>
>>
>>> http://easyurl.net/IndustrialStrength
>>>
>>
>> Not sure what the writer considers my Singer 111W155, but I'd call it
>> "better than average for sewing heavy things".
>>
>> Steve
>>
> Your machine is indeed an industrial compound feed walking foot machine
>
> --
> Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine
> 18 Dingman Rd Sand Lake, NY 12153
> http://www.a1sewingmachine.com

I hope so. I paid the outrageous price of $250 with the base and
everything.

Steve



Posted by Kate XXXXXX on June 1, 2008, 2:51 am
SteveB wrote:

> I hope so. I paid the outrageous price of $250 with the base and
> everything.
>
> Steve
You probably got a good deal. A recon head alone can go for twice that.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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