Sewing Machine Game.....

[Rockoboy]

My 201P.

Details below are my understanding of actual facts. Anybody with a different interpretation please let me know, I would be interested to hear if/where I went wrong.

For those who do not know, the 201P is identical to the rest of 201 series which were assembled in the UK.

The 201P was assembled in Penrith, New South Wales Australia from parts produced in the UK. There were a couple of cosmetic differences, colour, the timber carry case and cover were made different to appeal to the Australian market.

This machine is only a light domestic duty machine, which I have not used yet. I plan on using it for sewing some fish skin leather soon, and maybe some 12oz canvas.

It is only a light duty machine which did not work when I bought it, but for $60AUS, how could I lose?

Thanks to a good mate, it now works after a bit of lubrication.

 

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

3 hours ago, Constabulary said:

aaaahh - well - folks - if you quote a post it would be good you´d remove the pictures from the quote - this makes a thread annoyingly looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong w/o giving new information... I´m not a mod but I think you know what I mean... - no offense!

The pictures Gregg posted now appear 3 times in one thread - does not make sense, or does it?

I don't know what to do to clean this up, sorry for the page.

[mikesc]

Mods!!.."thing" ( "splinch" ) in aisle 5..

Edited May 20, 2017 by mikesc

[dikman]

4 hours ago, Constabulary said:

aaaahh - well - folks - if you quote a post it would be good you´d remove the pictures from the quote - this makes a thread annoyingly looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong w/o giving new information... I´m not a mod but I think you know what I mean... - no offense!

The pictures Gregg posted now appear 3 times in one thread - does not make sense, or does it?

I was about to say the same thing, Constabulary. I've seen it happen many times in forums, people need to keep this in mind when replying. That aside, fascinating stuff, Gregg, quite a mechanical contraption .

[rodneywt1180b]

The Singer 201 is one of the best domestic sewing machines Singer ever made.  They also saw a lot of commercial use from tailors and dress makers.  Great for fabric but not necessarily a leather machine though they should handle garment weight leather just fine.  We don't see too many of the newer style like that one here in the USA.

Rodney

[Evo160K]

Mods!!.."thing" ( "splinch" ) in aisle 5..

Clever, Mike, I learned a new word.

[Constabulary]

9 hours ago, Gregg From Keystone Sewing said:

I don't know what to do to clean this up, sorry for the page.

I don´t wanted you to remove the pictures of this interesting machine entirely. But people (too) often quote posts just because they want to notify the original poster that they have answered a post (I think) but this only works when notifications are turned on (AFAIK). That for sure makes sense (sometimes) but quoting a long post incl. all pictures just makes the threads annoyingly long. I´d recommend editing a quote text to a reasonable minimum and remove all pictures except the member has a question that requires a certain picture in the quote. Thats all I wanted to say.

Just my 2 cents.

[Rockoboy]

11 hours ago, rodneywt1180b said:

The Singer 201 is one of the best domestic sewing machines Singer ever made.  They also saw a lot of commercial use from tailors and dress makers.  Great for fabric but not necessarily a leather machine though they should handle garment weight leather just fine.  We don't see too many of the newer style like that one here in the USA.

Rodney

Thanx Rodney, that was my main interest in buying this machine, along with it only costing $60. This machine gives me something to play with, using cloth and garment leather, until I can find a decent leather machine at a suitable price.

 

[cjartist]

Ha ha ha.  Problem with a thread like this is there is always commentary that slows it down.  Kind of like this post, which frankly has no purpose.  You need to start one and ask for:

• Picture of favorite machine
• What you use it for
• NO commentary or other posts that don't contribute to the catalog

Sorry I just wasted another six inches of this post

[bikermutt07]

6 hours ago, cjartist said:

Ha ha ha.  Problem with a thread like this is there is always commentary that slows it down.  Kind of like this post, which frankly has no purpose.  You need to start one and ask for:

• Picture of favorite machine
• What you use it for
• NO commentary or other posts that don't contribute to the catalog

Sorry I just wasted another six inches of this post

That's what I was hoping for....