Vintage 306W singer sewing machine
dreamcreations
anybody tell me if it's a good machine to invest my money in it.Thanks
for the help.
Pogonip
> On 27 Aug 2006 12:25:46 -0700, "dreamcreations" <dogsc...@yahoo.com>
> condition is it in?
>
> The 306 is a great machine (I have one) that takes cams for decorative
> stitches. However, it uses a special needle size not readily available.
>
> It has a cleated 'drive belt' that is not available anymore, so take a
> good look at the one in the machine and if it is frayed at all, don't
> buy it.
>
> -Irene
It's a very powerful machine. Some have been adjusted to take a
standard needle, some have not. My biggest complaint is that you have
to lift the whole machine to get at the bobbin. In looking for a good
picture of one, I came across an interesting page on eBay.
http://stores.ebay.com/Sandman-Collectibles/Singer-Identification-Template.html
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Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
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dreamcreations
> condition is it in?
>
> The 306 is a great machine (I have one) that takes cams for decorative
> stitches. However, it uses a special needle size not readily available.
>
> It has a cleated 'drive belt' that is not available anymore, so take a
> good look at the one in the machine and if it is frayed at all, don't
> buy it.
>
> -Irene
>
>
> You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
> --Mae West
> --------------Thank you very much, I need to buy a good machine since I'm starting in the sewing busines ,what kind do you recomend me I will be sewing lots of denim,cordury,cotton ect. thank you so much for your help. Maria.
Pogonip
>>--------------
>>You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
>>--Mae West
>>--------------Thank you very much, I need to buy a good machine since I'm starting in the sewing busines ,what kind do you recomend me I will be sewing lots of denim,cordury,cotton ect. thank you so much for your help. Maria.
>
>
look for a Singer 401, 500, a Pfaff 360, an Elna Supermatic, or other
all-metal, mechanical machine with a good selection of utility stitches.
If you will be using the machine steadily, like for 8 hours at a time,
then you will want to look at industrial/commercial machines, which
won't offer you as much versatility in stitches, but which will hold up
to extremely heavy use. Most seamstresses can use a home machine,
because they don't run the machine for hour after hour, having fittings,
cutting out, pattern selection, hand finishing, and other activities
other than sewing. But any kind of production sewing requires a machine
designed for constant use.
Candide
"Pogonip" <nob...@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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Elna Supermatics get my vote. Powerful, durable all metal construction
and a HUGE amount of stitches possible via cams.
C.
Unknown
wrote:
>I will buy a singer 306W but don't know much about this machine can
>anybody tell me if it's a good machine to invest my money in it.Thanks
>for the help.
Great machine provided it has not been re-timed to take regular
needles. Needles should be fairly easy to get from a sewing machine
store, or on line, we buy from the industrial supply man in town You
do have to lift up the machine to change the bobbins, but it does have
a pretty good support system.
I use this model along with a couple of straight stitch Singer
machines in a retail alterations business. The 306 is used mostly for
the repair (ie darning tears) of oil industry coveralls. Also for
sewing leather patches on welders garments. It is in constant use
throughout the day and has been for about 3 years. We are looking
for a couple more to add to the business. I do like the machine very
much. Friend just picked one up for her drapery business.
hope this helps
Piloto
http://www.sewgirls.com/sewing/Vintage-306W-singer-sewing-machine-14239-.htm
:
It should not cost much since many of them were made. They are excellent
heavy duty machines. They are very rigid and sturdy and run pretty quiet.
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So probably not.
Joy Beeson
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> So probably not.
I know that the 400 series was Singer's peak moment, and I have
personal experience of the "Touch and Swear" properties of the 600
series, but I'm not familiar with the 500 series, and I don't recall
the 300s coming to my attention before this thread.
A brief DuckDuckGo search turned up a page claiming that 300 models
were the first new machines designed after World War II. It also says
that the 301 was named after the ISO name for the lockstitch. I think
I've found a bit of advertising hype from the early fifties -- "In one
minute it can throw up to 1,500 stitches into your lady's crinolines."
Ah, paging down, the document "celebrates [Singer's] 100th
anniversary" in 1951.
Further reading: It's a collector's review of the machine, with
extensive quoting from period sources.
Seems to be everything the author knows thrown into one long scroll,
with no attempt to organize the material. At the bottom I find that
it's on a website for a 301 fan club.
If the 301 was the first new post-war design, when was the 221
designed? One of the quotes says that the 301 replaced the
Featherweight in the hearts of quilters.
Wikipedia says 1933.
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