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Re: singer industrial sewing machine
Posted: 31 Jul 2014, 21:07
by scottbott
were you at tengah?,we lot from changi all thought the best looking girls were from tengah
Re: singer industrial sewing machine
Posted: 31 Jul 2014, 22:02
by Plasticman
lived at sembawang hills, right near the rounabout so great for the gp.s was there before you jsut when lee became pm
very very happy days
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Re: singer industrial sewing machine
Posted: 01 Aug 2014, 20:25
by scottbott
my old man took me to the Singapore GP and then we went to the Johore Baru GP,one car that stuck in my head was a RAF officer driving a Lotus super seven,first one I'd ever seen,love at first sight,I can even remember his name for some reason,Lou DeMarco
Re: singer industrial sewing machine
Posted: 01 Aug 2014, 20:31
by scottbott
Re: singer industrial sewing machine
Posted: 01 Aug 2014, 23:25
by CovKid
Very very nice. Designed to handle leather that thing. Get it lubed, rewired and get stuck in. Good machine once running properly.
Re: singer industrial sewing machine
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 07:10
by terryvanman
Being in the curtain and upholstery game over the years, I think that model will do from silk to thin leather. As said before give it a good soaking in sewing machine oil and remove any bobbins underneath and thread and run it for a few minutes to loosen it up.
Run it with some old fabric [without thread] to help clean up any oil, before you start using it in anger, and remember, you can remove the head [the sewing machine it self] from the table when you want to move it around,,,,make's it so much lighter
You will need some extra feet,,,, Piping foot, zip foot and if you are that way inclined a frilling foot

take a look on ebay for those
Re: singer industrial sewing machine
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 08:09
by CovKid
Theres a great site online for spares at what I thought were reasonable prices
http://sewingparts.co.uk/singer.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My Hillman machine was made in South Street here in Coventry, purchased new and only used twice in around 50 years according to owner so it didn't travel far in all that time. It was in mint condition when I took the cover off with accessories mostly still in bags. Although purchased in the early 70s it has the look and paint scheme of a 50s Hillman car and harks back to a day when 'British Made' really clearly meant something. Can't post a pic at mo and not even one online but its chocolate brown and green - very Hillman. They so rarely come up for sale and when they do they seem to fetch a good price.
Re: singer industrial sewing machine
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 20:53
by scottbott
went and bought some cable to connect up to the motor,look at this cable that was connected to the motor,bit rooted I would say
