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I ain't seen the sunshine, Since I don't know when....

"If nobody shares what they know, we will eventually all know nothing."

"There is no adventure in letting fear and common sense be your guide"

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Johny Cash, apparently: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnnycash/folsomprisonblues.html

I'm guessing they are getting at the fact that the news about a "refurbished" Adler 467 from Nick-O-Sew is gonna hit you like a freight train. Of course the sample size of "1" in that particular experience is rather small and may not be statistically relevant - "your mileage may vary". But it sure was doozy (or "Duesy" as in Duesenberg?) Oy! All that cultural background for obscure references, it takes a lifetime and then some to catch up, being an import myself. I usually just highlight and then right-click-search-with-google.

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Duzy? Sure wish I could have done more for that Adler. I read through that entire thread, but couldn't see what I would have done differently.

Regards, Eric

Ps. Wiz, I love any song with trains.

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You brought that Adler 467 back to life from cardiac arrest, Eric. Nobody faults the volunteer lifesaver for cracking a rib in the process - it'll heal. Not that you cracked any ribs, really. The point was that the "refurbished" Adler 467 originally arrived at the customer in a state of cardiac arrest and imminent death. The limbs of the machine were still moving but the life-giving fluid (oil) was no longer circulating.

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Duzy? Sure wish I could have done more for that Adler. I read through that entire thread, but couldn't see what I would have done differently.

Regards, Eric

Ps. Wiz, I love any song with trains.

Deusy is from deusenburg btw.... Uwe is right.

Wiz ain't the only one with music in his head.......

How bout this one? Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten.

Piedmont finger-picken blues. Note Elizabeth Cotten plays a right guitar lefty........She was a goddess of blues. There is a vid of her playing in her 90's

Covered by a couple old hippies:

On "Not for Kids Only" One of my fav bluegrass albums. David Grisman and Jerry Garcia.

Sorry for the highjack....Had to.

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"If nobody shares what they know, we will eventually all know nothing."

"There is no adventure in letting fear and common sense be your guide"

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Uwe, thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I'm familiar with the Cash song, and I used to play Cotten's Freight Train (but with thumb, three fingers and guitar right-side-up). But it had been a few replies since the company in question was mentioned, so I didn't put two and two together on Wiz's remark. I'll pay closer attention next time now that I know the drill.

Speaking of NickOSewing, I'm not sure I've seen them advertising on this site. If that sounds right to others, why do you think?

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Eric,

You took a machine that was effectively scrap iron, that nobody in my city would even look at without a $500 non-refundable deposit, and turned it into a working piece of equipment again. As the owner of the device I'm thrilled to have a member of our household contributing again in a meaningful fashion, it's wonderful and I'm very thankful.

With regards to Nick-o-sew this is a very small sample and could well be an anomaly in their operation. On the other hand it makes it clear that their definition of "refurbished" is "kinda works for now but we didn't really open it up or look at it seriously or replace obviously broken parts" whereas mine means "opened it up, cleaned it, ensured all parts are in good working order and it works as advertised".

I hope this was an anomaly in their service but the degree of neglect the machine I was sold suffered prior to my obtaining it says otherwise. . .

Thanks again Eric, your help was and is very appreciated.

STU

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It's scary how some dealers use the term "refurbished" today. It's not common to see a Adler machine that mistreated. I live in a country where Adler are more common than Singer Industrials, so I have seen a fear share of them. It's strange that a large company like that have such poor quality control.

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Workshop machines: TSC 441 clone/Efka DC1550, Dürkopp-Adler 267-373/Efka DC1600, Pfaff 345-H3/Cobra 600W, Singer 29K-72, Sandt 8 Ton clicking machine, Alpha SM skiving unit, Fortuna 620 band knife splitting machine. Old Irons: Adler 5-27, Adler 30-15, Singer 236W-100

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I've bought several machine from nick-0 and had really good luck. One of which was an Adler 467 and the other was a 20" artisan splitter. Both had been used, both came in working order. Nick moves a lot of machines, and is a fairly large company personally I wouldn't hesitate to order from him again. He crates, packages and sets them up pretty well from my experience. I do believe that he has been an advertiser on here in the past. -Andrew

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