Sewing Machine Reliability

[Bert51]

When we had a farm my youngest daughter wanted a horse, it did not matter what I said she had to have one.

I sat her down and we worked out how much the hay burner was going to cost to maintain, but that did not work, so I said to her if we get it she will have to get up an hour earlier to feed it and look after it before she goes to school and then put it away and feed it when she got home off the bus.

Funny thing, I did not hear much after that.

Bert.

[Handstitched]

@Bert51 Theres a saying, " poverty is owning a horse" . 

My Mum wants a donkey....God knows why, ....she has Dad   

Aw geeeez !!!!!!!!

HS

[BruceGibson]

1 hour ago, Handstitched said:

@Bert51 Theres a saying, " poverty is owning a horse" . 

My Mum wants a donkey....God knows why, ....she has Dad   

Aw geeeez !!!!!!!!

HS

LMAO!  And I agree with the "poverty is owning a horse" statement.  On top of the endless expense, they're always looking for a place to die.   

[chuck123wapati]

On 8/12/2020 at 6:54 AM, Handstitched said:

G'Day, wow, its been two years since I posted that, time flies when you're having fun eh?

The next examples aren't the worst I've ever done, but the top one ' Rugz',  came full circle. I sold it  brand new less than a month ago,  it came back  in a bit of a mess .

I'm curious as to how they get  so badly damaged.  I wonder what goes through a horses mind??

" I don't care how much my owner paid for this rug........I'm gonna destroy it anyway....' roll roll roll...catch it on a fence....     ker-ping!! ..rrrrrip......there goes the belly strap !!! .....this is wonderful...I'm costing my owner a fortune and I don't care ....woo hoo !!!' "    

Not  complaining, keeps me in business  

HS

 

Are you slipping that horse a few sugar cubes on the sly?  Or maybe sewing a couple inside the lining lol.

[Gunnarsson]

5 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

Are you slipping that horse a few sugar cubes on the sly?  Or maybe sewing a couple inside the lining lol.

Now, THAT'S how you get repeat business! 

[Handstitched]

G'day, Winter has nearly come to an end here in Oz, and the damaged  rugs are coming in thick & fast.  Just started rug #19 out of 21  ...from the same ( repeat) client . A few more arrived this arvo,another repeat client. 

While I keep banging on about ' Stewart' ,  my trusty 54 year old  'ol Seiko , I  recently had a disturbing thought....

" What if it went wrong? " .  ( It would break my heart if it did, it has sentimental value) 

While I am mechanically minded  and I do my own servicing,  repairs etc. ,  and due to the nature of the work it does, it gets cleaned & serviced frequently  . But anything serious, like something breaking, I'd be in trouble.  I don't have access to the  machine service centres,  parts ,  mechanics etc like you do. I'm  3 hrs away from the city .  The only reliable parts/ machine  centre is in Queensland . 

So I did a lengthy  search amongst the classifieds . I can't find another machine like mine .  Not even a Consew  226 , or a  Singer w111 . So from this point on I'll be keeping an eye out for a ' stand-by machine ' .... even a newie equivalent ,  .......just in case.  

Just makes me appreciate what I have  even more   

HS

 

[dikman]

Always a good idea to have at least one backup machine. When I first became interested in industrial machines I started watching gumtree and they were regularly coming up so over a few months I ended up with quite a collection of assorted used machines at good prices! I think I was lucky because over the last couple of years the bargains (and machines) appear to have dried up.

Hopefully it's just a matter of keeping your eyes open and something will come along (although waiting for a Seiko could be a long wait).

[chrisash]

Maybe one of those sub  £100 Chinese patcher's would be a good low cost safety fallback until you find the machine of your dreams

https://uk.banggood.com/Manual-Shoe-Making-Sewing-Machine-Shoes-Leather-Repairs-Sewing-Equipment-p-1385823.html?gmcCountry=GB&currency=GBP&createTmp=1&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=cpc_bgs&utm_content=lijing&utm_campaign=https://uk.banggood.com/Manual-Shoe-Making-Sewing-Machine-Shoes-Leather-Repairs-Sewing-Equipment-p-1385823.html%3FgmcCountry%3DGB%26currency%3DGBP%26cur_warehouse%3DUSA%26createTmp%3D1&cur_warehouse=USA

I guess they must be available world wide

[Handstitched]

10 hours ago, dikman said:

Always a good idea to have at least one backup machine.

Yeh, I'm starting to learn that. God forbid that anything happens to mine . I'll keep looking though.  

@chrisash I have a boot patcher, an old Singer 29K , but not sure if it would be any good for the heavy rugs that I've been sewing lately . 

HS