Vintage Sewing Machines

A large number of people have discovered the benefits of older sewing machines. Whether it's because they are simple enough to maintain and repair with common handtools, or strong enough to sew thicker fabrics without hesitation, or just because they are plentiful, cheap, and fun to collect. This site is dedicated to passing on information to make your experience more enjoyable.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Guess What's on This Week's Auction

I can't believe I have never seen one of these before and now I see two in two weeks! My first thought was that this is the sam...

Monday, February 24, 2014

Elna Supermatic

Trolling through the only thrift shop in this one-horse town, I saw a metal case which I almost passed up until I saw the open latch. ...

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Necchi Supernova Tension Release Adjustment

Frank was also having a problem with the upper tension release. He said the disc opening lever “N” in the figure below that is suppo...

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Removing a Supernova Balance Wheel

The first time I had to remove the balance wheel from a Necchi Supernova, I was a bit confused. I removed the nut but there was no torque w...

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Auction Update

We went to the auction last night and I'm glad I'm not in the beginning phases of collecting sewing machines, because I probably wou...

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Auction

I was surfing the local auction website to see what is up for sale Friday evening. First thing I noticed was this neat little table design...

Saturday, February 08, 2014

Big Thread, Little Spool Pin

This is not specifically about sewing machines, but closely related: When we had the store, we stocked the large 1200 yard spools of Star ...

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Singer Foot Control

Yesterday, I took in an old Singer 327k that was having a problem with the foot control. It had been retrofitted with a clamshell ...

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Update

Lots has happened in the past few weeks. We closed the quilt shop. After 18 months with not a single profitable month, we got tired of con...

Sunday, December 08, 2013

The 66 is Finally Finished!

I spent most of the day putting the finishing touches on this machine. All I had left was the tension assembly and the bobbin winder and ...

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