Well The Search Is Over

[Undeadzombiehunter]

The search might be over but I have a 6.5 hours drive to pick up my, new to me, Singer 45K25.

New motor and table, and comes with the accessory flat bad attachment. Very happy, happier when I get it home and a little practice in on it.

Wish me luck, Canberra to Gipsland and back should be about 15 hours if disassembly and packing into the Landrover does not take too long.

Tony

Edited August 28, 2013 by Undeadzombiehunter

[Constabulary]

For how much do these sell?

I see you live in Australia so wouldn't it be cheaper to order a freight forwarder to do the job instead of traveling 15 hrs for a sewing machine?

[Undeadzombiehunter]

This one went for $1100 AUD so about $750 euro. I am very pleased. I had an Adler 105-25 as a second option for about the same money.

The machine is in a rural location and freight companies could gouge you. what might be $180 worth of freight from a city could be double in a small rural location.

Besides it is a beautiful part of the country, I haven't been there for a couple of years, and is will be 110 kph all the way on a nice country B road and I have a fleet car, I need to get the kms up on it.

Tony

[Singermania]

G'day Tony, nice to see you bought a nice 45K25, has the roller foot too, that's good as they are worth about $150 if you can source one. If I'd realised you wanted one I would have passed you begs number at Burrum River Saddlery, he has one for sale too. Susan Scott .lives over in Gippsland and seems to always have a few nice machines for sale so maybe you could call on her while you are there. Don't have any 45K25 in stock at present, did you see my walking foot with reverse 45K on ebay? more expensive I know.......

[Undeadzombiehunter]

Yes Steve I did se your 45k and would have

Iked it but the price was just too much.

The seller has many ther beauties that he still uses, a Singer 7- x, an adler 104, a pearson 6 and a 29k. He is winding down as age creeps up on him, a real shame to his craft dwindle, with no one to take over the business.

I am buying a stitching horse that he designed an built a couple of. Being a saddler all his life, with thousands of hand tools and his entire workshop made me drool.

A very nice bloke, and he still had a new briddle under construction and a saddle under repair.

Long drive there and back though. I would so dig a pearson, i see the one you just listed, just wish I had a few grand to send your way for it.

Cheers, Tony

[Undeadzombiehunter]

Oh, and I forgot, the seller, Mel, siad he knew you. That might ring a bell.

Tony

[Singermania]

HI Tony, I'd love to have seen that workshop too, I always enjoy taking a peek at Jim Beaton's when I visit. My 45K is the walking foot with reverse, brought it over from England, hence the higher price, but have sold 45K25 in the past from 800 to 1500. I have a saddler friend, Narelle, she is looking for winker moulds, in the States they call them 'kant see backs', if you hear of any let me know pls. Don't forget I have an emailable version of the 45K manual if you need it. I just sold a French Pearson restored by Jean Pierre Berger in France, nice fellow, real perfectionist.... but still have about 10 in stock with more coming. Narelle is looking to broaden her knowledge base, I wonder whether Mel would be interested in sharing some of his knowledge.

Best Regards Steve

[Undeadzombiehunter]

On, dont get me wrong, i understand the cost of get this old iron into au, and if the collecting market is driving up prices as well, so be it.

It is simple a matter of proportion. As a hobbyist and therefore not making revenue, there is only so far I will go, and with a $1000 budget, I had to take what I could get and I am very happy with the machine. It runs well, once I got some proper thread, and I have even used it to punch perfecty spaced holes in the few pieces I have to hand stitch.

While I would love a pearson, I would pay the extra and get a campbell lockstitch. I had found one for $3500 and learned that I could get it shipped to au for $800. Man could I go for one of those, but then again, I dont make anything that warrants it. Or even a pearson for that matter.

I just want one....

Cheers,

[Singermania]

HI Tony, yes I also love the Campbell-Randall, I got one in England a while back and should have it in a few weeks time. Yes shipping from the US is about 800, but you first have to get the seller to crate it for you in speicially treated timber and take it to the shipper, after that there is another 800 port charges here plus what it costs you to drive to the port depot and back to get it. You need to allow a good $1600 for individual machines from the States, it only works if the seller will help you. I'm only a hobbyest too, but my hobby is collecting and only do a bit of repair work for friends and running machines to show people how they go. I have most of the machines that I wanted, ie three Champions, 2 Singer 97, 5 Singer 7, dozen Pearson, Randall, Puritan, Adler, Durkopp, Seiko, Koch etc.... but would still like a Union Lockstitch and an American National and Luberto. Ideally I'd like just one each of the big brands and the rest to speicialize in Pearsons. We were in Canberra last month, should have given you call and dropped in, but it was a real fly in grab a vehicle and get to Sydney to pick up 2 machines before they closed the doors and then back to Bundaberg.

Let me know how you get on with the 45K, they are great machines. Regards Steve

[silverback]

Hi Steve,any chance of emailing me that manual for a 45/25.i will send my email by pm if that's ok.im also starting to collect way to much .I currently have the 45k,29k71,31k48,201k and a old marshall skiver.The guy I got the 29 and 31 from said if I remember correctly he had a singer 1 or 2 I think it was.would that be correct and what price would it be worth if in going condition.he was another old bootmaker who has closed down. In the stuff I picked up from were a couple of huge machine needles, i'm talking like roofing nails but shaped more like an awl,any idea what they may be off.if I find them again I will send you pics. Thanks,Peter