Kenmore Model 120 & Greiss Zig-Zag Attachment
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Kenmore Model 120 & Greiss Zig-Zag Attachment yetiwisdom 05-26-2008
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Posted by yetiwisdom on May 26, 2008, 8:47 pm
After a lot of research to find out what the Greiss attachment
actually was (a lot of people said a buttonholer but it turned out to
be a Zig-Zag), my wife posted this Model 120 for sale on Craigslist
tonight. I thought this group might be interested in context of the
age of the machine and relative obscurity of the attachment. We mean
it when we say "best offer" ..!

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/hsh/696061125.html

Best,

J

Posted by IMS on May 26, 2008, 10:53 pm
On Mon, 26 May 2008 17:47:53 -0700 (PDT), yetiwisdom

>After a lot of research to find out what the Greiss attachment
>actually was (a lot of people said a buttonholer but it turned out to
>be a Zig-Zag), my wife posted this Model 120 for sale on Craigslist
>tonight. I thought this group might be interested in context of the
>age of the machine and relative obscurity of the attachment. We mean
>it when we say "best offer" ..!
>
>http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/hsh/696061125.html
>
>Best,
>
>J


Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but most of these were junked a
few years after they were sold, back around 1957. They were made by a
company called New Process Gear, which at that time, was a division of
Chrysler. They had nylon/plastic bearings that swell as soon as it
gets the least bit humid, and cause all sorts of problems. I found one
in a thrift a few years back for $8, and should have left it there.
You might do better by selling the attachments separately from the
machine.

-Irene

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IMS wrote:
>
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but most of these were junked a
> few years after they were sold, back around 1957. They were made by a


Posted by Kate XXXXXX on May 27, 2008, 2:19 am
IMS wrote:
> On Mon, 26 May 2008 17:47:53 -0700 (PDT), yetiwisdom
>
>> After a lot of research to find out what the Greiss attachment
>> actually was (a lot of people said a buttonholer but it turned out to
>> be a Zig-Zag), my wife posted this Model 120 for sale on Craigslist
>> tonight. I thought this group might be interested in context of the
>> age of the machine and relative obscurity of the attachment. We mean
>> it when we say "best offer" ..!
>>
>> http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/hsh/696061125.html
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> J
>
>
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but most of these were junked a
> few years after they were sold, back around 1957. They were made by a
> company called New Process Gear, which at that time, was a division of
> Chrysler. They had nylon/plastic bearings that swell as soon as it
> gets the least bit humid, and cause all sorts of problems. I found one
> in a thrift a few years back for $8, and should have left it there.
> You might do better by selling the attachments separately from the
> machine.
>
> -Irene


And it IS a buttonhole attachment. That's what those cams do - go in
the hole and form buttonholes. I have one that works in a very similar
way, made by Singer. They were made by several companies, in their
millions. The all metal ones with the cast metal cams seem to work
better that the ones with plastic gears and/or cams.

--
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Posted by Pogonip on May 27, 2008, 2:13 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>
> And it IS a buttonhole attachment. That's what those cams do - go in
> the hole and form buttonholes. I have one that works in a very similar
> way, made by Singer. They were made by several companies, in their
> millions. The all metal ones with the cast metal cams seem to work
> better that the ones with plastic gears and/or cams.
>

It has buttonhole templates in the picture, but the attachment itself is
one of those zigzag attachments that takes the small, flat metal disk
that resembles the blade for a circular saw - in miniature. I have one
here for a Kenmore, one for a White, and a couple for Singer machines.
They're much smaller than the buttonhole attachment, and much smaller
than Singer's zigzag attachment that takes the heavy cams (color-coded
on top for sets.)
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

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