#1950 singer sewing machine cabinet how to#
#1950 singer sewing machine cabinet portable#

The 201 model is a great machine - what I learned to sew on in Home Ec in the late 1950s.Whether you have inherited an antique Singer sewing machine or want to buy one for your collection, you might wonder how much it is worth.

#1950 singer sewing machine cabinet portable#

In the past 10 years I've added quilt a few portable antique Singer machines so am thinking I need to recue it. The machine and cabinet have been in a climate-controlled storage area since we moved to NC in 2003 - just didn't have the room at that time. Needless to say my cabinet started looking more attractive to me. Saw just the cabinet in an antiques shop a few years after my 'gift' - it was in bad shape but had a price of over $400 (early 1980s. Never saw my grandmother sew on it but was thinking she had it from the 1940s or so. I hated the funky-looking cabinet for years - just wasn't my style (I was about 30 at that time). That is the exact same machine and cabinet I inherited from my grandmother in 1978. Thank you to all who took the time to write! Mine is missing the little seat that they came with, but I have an old piano stool that swivels and works well for me, though it looks rather out-of-place with the style. There are no holes or even screw holes for attaching a pedal at the bottom or for the knee. I did a little googling and learned that this is the #42 style cabinet. The young woman who sold it to me said it was her great grandmother's and she had inherited it 10 years ago, but didn't use it. That was the first thing I did with the machine. Don't know why it didn't occur to me to oil it. I have not been able to pull or push the arm out by any method I tried, and can't pry the little button up. Maybe the spring has a little metal fatigue. You have to remove a drawer to even see the mechanism. Nothing looks rusty, but there were more than 70 years worth of cobwebs in there, though the machine and table had been kept indoors in a clean house and were kept dusted. The spring is attached, and looks to be in the right position. I'll be trying some tri-flow on the lid mechanism. There's a spring that allows the magnet to go down to the lid and then lift it when it's loose. Anyway, I used to have a can opener with the same mechanism. Yel, it certainly does look like something that would attach, but the fork is too long. All I'd have to do is put some duck tape across it to keep it from pivoting. It was smart of people to save and use a magnet like that because it wasn't always easy to find a good one in a store, and why pay money for something that you already had around? It sure looks like that fork could guide some thread or ribbon, too. Glenn, the minute I read 'can opener' that clicked, and I knew you were correct. Hi, ya'll! I've been away for several hours and I hardly know who to thank first! You're an amazing bunch. (Any suggestions on that would be welcome also!)

#1950 singer sewing machine cabinet how to#

The blurry ones I took with my iphone, and I don't know how to use it properly. The clear one was from the person who sold it to me. It's been my go-to piecing machine since I got it. When I step away from the machine for a minute I cover it with a large laundry basket to keep Lizzie the cat from unthreading it for me. When I want to use it I set a small table under the lid and put (don't laugh) a roll of toilet paper on there because it's just the right height to support the lid and doesn't cause any harm. I've thought about taking all that apart, but because of the spring I was leery of it and afraid I might not be able to get it back together. I can see a button in the hinge that looks as if it supposed to pop up, but doesn't. I'm just curious and I suspect one of the great experts on this board will know.ДЄlso, the machine is in a nice art deco cabinet, and there is an arm mechanism that is supposed to swing out to support the lid. I thought it might be some sort of a guide for braid or thread, but the pivoting would seem to cause problems with that. The fork mechanism rotates around the post, and the base has a strong magnet that keeps in in place wherever you put it on the machine. A few months ago I got a Singer 201-2 that came with a lot of attachments.