If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
"Tom Farrell" wrote in message om... Pogonip wrote in message ... You now have an excellent reason to pick up a slant-needle zigzag Singer....I recommend the 401, but there are several others that will do nicely. Well, I can't say I wasn't warned that someone would try to talk me into buying one. I don't know if I'd want to use it for anything other than the monogrammer, which seems like it'd be a real waste, but it might not be so bad to have a second working machine I could loan to friends and students. At the moment I'm unemployed, and laying out just a few bucks for these attachments is a stretch for me. (If anyone needs a really *great* web developer in the Boston area, email me.) Sometime when I'm employed and have paid off some debt, I'll be able to think about taking in an antique sewing machine. Meanwhile, I'm afraid I can't even consider it. Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the slant needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem like a bad idea to me... Tom Farrell http://www.SewingWithTom.com/ I can't think of a single good reason from an engineering point of view for the slant needle. But Singer did not build its success on really great machines--not that they didn't make some fine ones--but on marketing and financing plans, wereby a woman could buy a sewing machine by setting aside a few dollars a month from her 'butter and egg' money. Nobody else had the "advanced" slant needle machine, which made it ever so much easier to see ones work and sit it in a more natural position, rather than hunched over those old-fashioned machines. Or so the advertising was able to claim. The great thing about Singers (and I do not own one) is that so very many were made, an owner doesn't have to be concerned about finding parts or attachments for the rest of her life. Max |
Ads |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Singer Monogrammer for slant needle (Tom=A0Farrell) snip Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the slant needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem like a bad idea to me... --- At this point, I have a stable of slant needle Singers, and have always found them to be reliable, easy-to-use machines. Snap-on feet, in-casing bobbin winding, and I can change the stitch with the flip of a dial of two. The slant foot does make it easier to see one's work, and makes it easier to work in small areas of stitching. I do a lot of alterations, and, like you, don't want to thread a needle unless I have to. Being able to stitch right up to within an inch of turning something before reversing it to hand-sew is a bennie. (linings, for example, and beneath-the zipper fly-front crotch repairs.) Loads of clear nylon specialty feet are available to make seeing the stitches easier, although when I get in a go-mode, (time=3Dmoney and all that blab-blah, 90% of the time, I sew with either the relatively narrow straight-stitch foot, or the zig-zag. Didn't know there was a monogrammer available, though. Sounds interesting. I have monogramming cams for 2 of my slant-stitch Singers. Cea |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Tom Farrell wrote:
Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the slant needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem like a bad idea to me... Tom Farrell http://www.SewingWithTom.com/ Supposedly it was to make the work easier to see as you sewed. It works just fine, I have several machines with the slant needle. My 301s and 401s, and a 403 and 404 that I had and gave away/sold. IIRC, Touch & Swears are slant needle, too. -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://bernardschopen.tripod.com/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
On 09/01/2004 05:25, in article , "Pogonip"
wrote: Tom Farrell wrote: Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the slant needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem like a bad idea to me... Tom Farrell http://www.SewingWithTom.com/ Supposedly it was to make the work easier to see as you sewed. It works just fine, I have several machines with the slant needle. My 301s and 401s, and a 403 and 404 that I had and gave away/sold. IIRC, Touch & Swears are slant needle, too. I still use my Mom's 50-year old 301 Slant Needle, and it is _SO_ much better than my "new" Bernina I can't even tell you. The Slant Needle never jams, never breaks needles, never gives me any trouble. I can sew over pins easy as pie, can see what I'm doing, can thread so much easier right to left (vs.front to back). It is a superior machine in every way and feels like an extension of my body rather than a tool. I LOVE IT. --MamaLana :::back to lurk::::: |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
MamaLana wrote:
The Slant Needle never jams, never breaks needles, never gives me any trouble. I can sew over pins easy as pie, [SNIP] Please see the part of The Sewing FAQ, on my web site, in which I explain how I almost put out my eye by sewing over pins (as my sewing teacher taught me to). Tom Farrell http://www.SewingWithTom.com/ |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Punch Needle Embroidery | lula | Needlework | 48 | October 6th 04 03:33 PM |
Singer Monogrammer | Tom Farrell | Sewing | 6 | August 31st 04 03:17 PM |
fs&fa FOR PERFECT QUILT PIECING the Little Known Most Popular Singer Featherweight Vintage Accessory! | singer_fw_iron_lover | Marketplace | 0 | August 9th 04 04:30 PM |
Sewing machine feet for trade, Singer and others. | Dr. Landerstein | Marketplace | 0 | March 21st 04 04:52 PM |
Singer Needle Size Question | M. Wetmore | Quilting | 1 | December 26th 03 05:09 PM |