Comments on: Mechanical Marvel http://www.bristolwood.net/2010/02/06/mechanical-marvel/ Happenings and Adventures in the Bristolwood Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:57:24 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jeanne ~ bermudabluez http://www.bristolwood.net/2010/02/06/mechanical-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-6095 Jeanne ~ bermudabluez Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:33:36 +0000 http://www.bristolwood.net/?p=7406#comment-6095 What a deal! I would bet it is worth much more to an antique dealer!! We have an old sewing machine table...minus the machine! Of course, I cannot sew ... even a button...ha!! What a deal! I would bet it is worth much more to an antique dealer!! We have an old sewing machine table…minus the machine! Of course, I cannot sew … even a button…ha!!

]]> By: Terri http://www.bristolwood.net/2010/02/06/mechanical-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-6085 Terri Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:29:07 +0000 http://www.bristolwood.net/?p=7406#comment-6085 That's twenty dollars well spent! New machines can't even compare. They are full of plastic gears that don't hold up. I have a Singer that was my mothers and it's one of the last made with metal gears. I love the "Back Tack" instead of backstitch! That’s twenty dollars well spent! New machines can’t even compare. They are full of plastic gears that don’t hold up. I have a Singer that was my mothers and it’s one of the last made with metal gears.
I love the “Back Tack” instead of backstitch!

]]> By: Abigail http://www.bristolwood.net/2010/02/06/mechanical-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-6084 Abigail Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:12:06 +0000 http://www.bristolwood.net/?p=7406#comment-6084 What an amazing machine, I learned on one similar. What an amazing machine, I learned on one similar.

]]> By: Katya http://www.bristolwood.net/2010/02/06/mechanical-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-6082 Katya Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:06:52 +0000 http://www.bristolwood.net/?p=7406#comment-6082 Ian, it really was a steal, as I came away with all sorts of attachments, too! Bill, the reason I knew my machine was made in Kilbowie is because it is labeled "99K". I forgot to show that photo....oops! Funny they renamed the factory! Your last sentence describes the old Singers to-the-tee!!!!! Ian, it really was a steal, as I came away with all sorts of attachments, too!

Bill, the reason I knew my machine was made in Kilbowie is because it is labeled “99K”. I forgot to show that photo….oops! Funny they renamed the factory! Your last sentence describes the old Singers to-the-tee!!!!!

]]> By: An Honest Man http://www.bristolwood.net/2010/02/06/mechanical-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-6080 An Honest Man Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:58:25 +0000 http://www.bristolwood.net/?p=7406#comment-6080 I was a little confused by the reference to Kilbowie, but then found the factory had been renamed Clydebank which made more sense since that was what I knew it as. This factory actually had its own railway station called Singer because of all the employees who travelled to work there. One of the things I noticed in Syria was in the street of the shoe/bag repair shops, there were a large number of ancient treadle industrial singer sewing machines still in use. These machines were simple to maintain, easy to use, robustly built and somehow elegant. I was a little confused by the reference to Kilbowie, but then found the factory had been renamed Clydebank which made more sense since that was what I knew it as. This factory actually had its own railway station called Singer because of all the employees who travelled to work there.

One of the things I noticed in Syria was in the street of the shoe/bag repair shops, there were a large number of ancient treadle industrial singer sewing machines still in use. These machines were simple to maintain, easy to use, robustly built and somehow elegant.

]]> By: Ian http://www.bristolwood.net/2010/02/06/mechanical-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-6079 Ian Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:34:50 +0000 http://www.bristolwood.net/?p=7406#comment-6079 Wow: what a machine. And looks like you got it at a great price! Wow: what a machine. And looks like you got it at a great price!

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