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Old February 7th 04, 11:09 PM
flan
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I recv'd an old Viking machine(from someone who knows nothing about
sewing machines) which appears to sew just fine except for the huge (3
rows of 15 settings/bs LCR Manual) red selection stitch/embroidery?
knob which will not turn and will only allow normal stitch and zig
zag. I've tried to search for this model (1366) on the net, but can't
find any info. It looks like 1950's or 60's and has no style "name"
except for Viking.

Someone said it looks like an industrial grade machine, but it comes
in an old carrying case, so I don't think it is. It's light grey and
it also has a metal plate on the back which says Domestic Sewing
Machine Company, Cleveland Ohio, and Toronto, Canada. Is this an
embroidery machine as well as a normal sewing machine and is it worth
repairing the stitch selector device? Has anyone heard of this
particular model before? It's also got many more knobs and buttons and
sub-buttons and positioning levers which I've never seen on a regular
machine and it kind of makes it intimitading, but it does sew a normal
stitch and reverse just fine.
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Old February 8th 04, 07:08 AM
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If the machine has a "Domestic Sewing Machine Company" label on it, then
the machine must be a Domestic sewing machine; maybe they named the
model Viking and it isn't made by Husqvarna at all.

Just guessing here...

flan wrote:

I recv'd an old Viking machine(from someone who knows nothing about
sewing machines) which appears to sew just fine except for the huge (3
rows of 15 settings/bs LCR Manual) red selection stitch/embroidery?
knob which will not turn and will only allow normal stitch and zig
zag. I've tried to search for this model (1366) on the net, but can't
find any info. It looks like 1950's or 60's and has no style "name"
except for Viking.

Someone said it looks like an industrial grade machine, but it comes
in an old carrying case, so I don't think it is. It's light grey and
it also has a metal plate on the back which says Domestic Sewing
Machine Company, Cleveland Ohio, and Toronto, Canada. Is this an
embroidery machine as well as a normal sewing machine and is it worth



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Old February 8th 04, 04:27 PM
Lee Kerrighan
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Just a thought here; In Canada, the chain store Eaton's used 'Viking' as
their house brand name for appliances, just as Sears uses Kenmore. When
I was looking for my first new machine in 1976, I looked at Husqvarna as
well as other brands. They were not called Viking then, at least in
Ontario. So it seems at least possible that this is not a
Husqvarna-Viking you have, but a house brand made by Domestic for
Eaton's. HTH

Lee

flan wrote:

I recv'd an old Viking machine(from someone who knows nothing about
sewing machines)

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Old February 8th 04, 04:40 PM
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flan wrote:
I recv'd an old Viking machine(from someone who knows nothing about
sewing machines) which appears to sew just fine except for the huge (3
rows of 15 settings/bs LCR Manual) red selection stitch/embroidery?
knob which will not turn and will only allow normal stitch and zig
zag.


Make sure the stitch width is set to zero before trying to change the stitch
selector.

Roger.

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Old February 9th 04, 09:40 PM
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Yarn Forward wrote in message .. .
flan wrote:
I recv'd an old Viking machine(from someone who knows nothing about
sewing machines) which appears to sew just fine except for the huge (3
rows of 15 settings/bs LCR Manual) red selection stitch/embroidery?
knob which will not turn and will only allow normal stitch and zig
zag.


Make sure the stitch width is set to zero before trying to change the stitch
selector.

Roger.



Thanks to everybody who responded. I guess it well could be related to
the Husqvarnas since it came out at the same time, roughly, but did
the Domestic Sewing Machine Co. ever make Vikings, or were the
Husqvarnas only made by one company called Viking? Actually, after
fiddling around with the machine for a bit, I found that the stich
selector does work (as suggested, I think it had to be set to 0 or
some such similar setting), and everything on the machine seems to
work as well. It's just that it's such a clunky, heavy, complicated
looking thing, with up/down, left, right and center settings, and
other strange settings that it's still kind of off-putting, even
though it sews well.
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Old February 9th 04, 10:27 PM
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flan retorted :
Yarn Forward wrote in message
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flan wrote:
I recv'd an old Viking machine(from someone who knows nothing about
sewing machines) which appears to sew just fine except for the huge
(3 rows of 15 settings/bs LCR Manual) red selection
stitch/embroidery? knob which will not turn and will only allow
normal stitch and zig zag.


Make sure the stitch width is set to zero before trying to change
the stitch selector.

Roger.



Thanks to everybody who responded. I guess it well could be related to
the Husqvarnas since it came out at the same time, roughly, but did
the Domestic Sewing Machine Co. ever make Vikings, or were the
Husqvarnas only made by one company called Viking?


AFAIK, Husquavarna/Viking are one and the same, at least on the old one, and
they did not go by any other name. They are great machines, bts, still have
an old 6000.

Penny S


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Old February 12th 04, 02:27 AM
CW
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They did. A simple Google search turned up a manual (on several sites) for
that particular model. All the original poster had to do was look.

"Ann Knight" wrote in message
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:40:10 UTC, (flan) wrote:

did
the Domestic Sewing Machine Co. ever make Vikings, or were the
Husqvarnas only made by one company called Viking?


It's possible Domestic made a badged machine called Viking.

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Old August 11th 12, 05:33 AM
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I recv'd an old Viking machine(from someone who knows nothing about
sewing machines) which appears to sew just fine except for the huge (3
rows of 15 settings/bs LCR Manual) red selection stitch/embroidery?
knob which will not turn and will only allow normal stitch and zig
zag. I've tried to search for this model (1366) on the net, but can't
find any info. It looks like 1950's or 60's and has no style "name"
except for Viking.

Someone said it looks like an industrial grade machine, but it comes
in an old carrying case, so I don't think it is. It's light grey and
it also has a metal plate on the back which says Domestic Sewing
Machine Company, Cleveland Ohio, and Toronto, Canada. Is this an
embroidery machine as well as a normal sewing machine and is it worth
repairing the stitch selector device? Has anyone heard of this
particular model before? It's also got many more knobs and buttons and
sub-buttons and positioning levers which I've never seen on a regular
machine and it kind of makes it intimitading, but it does sew a normal
stitch and reverse just fine.
It is industrial. I have it and I bought it new about 1972. I love it and it is still going strong!!! Does anyone know what size bobbin winder tire it uses as mine fell of. I recently bought a Sidewider stand bobbin winder and I love it.
 




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