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Jimi said singer machines were not spray painted:blink:?? i do not recall saying this tony??

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I wouldn't have not thought in a million years that decals were that old.

This has really changed my few on things tremendously.

I wish I still had that old sewing machine.

I looked it up and they were so mass produced that they literally had no collectors value.

I took a $10 offer from a guy for cabinet and all.

But it had no belt, long deteriorated, and the only foot for it was on it.

I have no idea what had happened to all the feet and other stuff that must have went with at one time.

That was back in Jan. 2014.

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Tony, you might want to take a look at the video Jimi referred to above.  I believe he's referring  to "BIRTH OF A SEWING MACHINE".  Here's the link, but as Jimi mentioned, it seems to not be working at the moment:   http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1592

In this 1934 +/- ** video by Singer, you'll see the japanning (paint) being applied by dipping the machines, and you'll see the decals being placed in a hot liquid and then being applied to the machines.  They aren't slide-off decals, they're more like transfer decals.  It's a remarkable video, it starts slow, but it's well worth the wait.

Maybe someone can provide a link that's working.

** it's in this timeframe because they mention and show the Queen Mary being built at the Clydebank ship docks, the QM was launched in September of 1934.

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yesterday the media player on the website did not work - today it does - at least on my end - I will try to download the film for my records. Really worth watching!!!

applying decals starts at minute 16:32.

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~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~

Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2

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12 hours ago, jimi said:

Jimi said singer machines were not spray painted:blink:?? i do not recall saying this tony??

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Hi Jimi, 

This was the first message you sent to me on this topic, hope I didn't get you wrongly. You said " I do not think they ever sprayed the letters on". Maybe my text was misleading, I mean the decal not the machine itself. 

Tony

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:spoton:you got me :gun:

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I thought you were talking about the machines not the decals.

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21 hours ago, Evo160K said:

Tony, you might want to take a look at the video Jimi referred to above.  I believe he's referring  to "BIRTH OF A SEWING MACHINE".  Here's the link, but as Jimi mentioned, it seems to not be working at the moment:   http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1592

In this 1934 +/- ** video by Singer, you'll see the japanning (paint) being applied by dipping the machines, and you'll see the decals being placed in a hot liquid and then being applied to the machines.  They aren't slide-off decals, they're more like transfer decals.  It's a remarkable video, it starts slow, but it's well worth the wait.

Maybe someone can provide a link that's working.

** it's in this timeframe because they mention and show the Queen Mary being built at the Clydebank ship docks, the QM was launched in September of 1934.

Hi Al, 

Thank you for sharing the link to that video, it's really an amazing video. Not only the japanning and decal, it also showed how they made the wooden table top, without seeing this video you can't imagine how advance is the machinery used in those era for making sewing machine. The factories were huge, it was an empire of sewing machine making.

Tony

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@  Tony    You're welcome.  It is an amazing video.  You mention wooden table tops, did you know, at one time Singer was the largest furniture manufacturer in the world?

 

@   anyone who understands this computer "black art".   That video still isn't opening for me.  I'm getting the message: Error loading player: No playable sources found

What does that mean and how do I fix it?  TIA

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1 hour ago, Evo160K said:

@  Tony    You're welcome.  It is an amazing video.  You mention wooden table tops, did you know, at one time Singer was the largest furniture manufacturer in the world?

 

@   anyone who understands this computer "black art".   That video still isn't opening for me.  I'm getting the message: Error loading player: No playable sources found

What does that mean and how do I fix it?  TIA

What type of computer operating system or hand held device, as well as brand and version web browser are you using to try to open the video? Some systems may not be able to open this video unless the correct video codec is installed. Further, if you run a script blocker, the video cannot be loaded. I was able to open it in Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Internet Explorer on Windows 10.

 

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My current crop of sewing machines:

Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.

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