Members jimi Posted April 26, 2020 Author Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 15 hours ago, Bert51 said: Would I be wrong thinking, most of those machines and tables would have gone straight to scrap? More than likely Bert... 16 hours ago, dikman said: Your last photo shows how the table was used, good stuff, I couldn't quite work it out from the first one. There's something nice about those old cast iron table supports. Maye because the foot pedals are missing from the wooden plank on the floor? 18 hours ago, Scoutmom103 said: Wow. Great pics thanks Folker and thanks jimi for starting the thread with the pics of the table in France. Your welcome.... Quote
Members jimi Posted April 26, 2020 Author Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 1 minute ago, LumpenDoodle2 said: They get everywhere. Its a pity they pulled the buildings down, they could have made flats from them like the jute mills in Dundee?? Quote
Members LumpenDoodle2 Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, jimi said: Its a pity they pulled the buildings down, they could have made flats from them like the jute mills in Dundee?? You are so right, they very nearly destroyed the big clockface too, but the locals complained. The size of that factory was amazing, with every need catered for, from their own metal casting, to hand finishing the needles, to social clubs for the workers. I visited the Kilbowie Centre a number of years ago, and they really can’t see the potential of what they have there. You just need to watch the youtube vids to be deeply impressed. There again, I’m biased, my Kilbowie made Singer 29K is only 106 years old, and going strong. Quote “Equality? Political correctness gone mad, I tell you, gone mad!!!! Next they'll be wanting the vote!!!!! “. Anger and intolerance are the enemy of correct understanding
Contributing Member fredk Posted April 26, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted April 26, 2020 20 hours ago, jimi said: Nice pictures Folker, Yes, looks very similar to the Singer ones, there were a few types i think. They would be good for the Singer museum maybe?? The only thing missing from the Durkopp setup in the museum is the original stools?? Looking at that photo I've just realised somat. I used to come across stools like that seen in the lower right. Cast iron with a circular wood seat. Most had Simanco cast into them. Just about every home had one or two, junk / 2nd hand shops had them by the tens. I had 3 in my photo studio for portrait sitting seats and general use. I got them given to me. Here they were usually used and called 'piano' stools, now I know what they really were. Its only recently that I learnt that Simanco is/was Singer Manufacturing Company. PS. I like my 15k models, my oldest is of 1913 Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members LumpenDoodle2 Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 21 minutes ago, fredk said: Looking at that photo I've just realised somat. I used to come across stools like that seen in the lower right. Cast iron with a circular wood seat. Most had Simanco cast into them. Just about every home had one or two, junk / 2nd hand shops had them by the tens. I had 3 in my photo studio for portrait sitting seats and general use. I got them given to me. Here they were usually used and called 'piano' stools, now I know what they really were. Its only recently that I learnt that Simanco is/was Singer Manufacturing Company. PS. I like my 15k models, my oldest is of 1913 Those stools are like hens teeth nowadays, and cost more than the poo from a rocking horse. Quote “Equality? Political correctness gone mad, I tell you, gone mad!!!! Next they'll be wanting the vote!!!!! “. Anger and intolerance are the enemy of correct understanding
Members jimi Posted April 26, 2020 Author Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 29 minutes ago, LumpenDoodle2 said: Those stools are like hens teeth nowadays, and cost more than the poo from a rocking horse. Same as almost anything "Industrial" these days, for every 4 stools there must have been a industrial lamp....Lol.. and they have gone sky high also.... Quote
Members LumpenDoodle2 Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, jimi said: Same as almost anything "Industrial" these days, for every 4 stools there must have been a industrial lamp....Lol.. and they have gone sky high also.... Pssst.... Don’t tell anyone, but I have a Singer lamp. It came off a dead Singer 15 (with table,), so not heavy duty industrial, but looks nice. I’ve repainted it, but after my hubby passed away at the end of 2018, it got stuck into a storage box somewhere. I plan to dig it out, and convert it to led, hopefully this year. Quote “Equality? Political correctness gone mad, I tell you, gone mad!!!! Next they'll be wanting the vote!!!!! “. Anger and intolerance are the enemy of correct understanding
Members Constabulary Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) psssst... wanna buy a Singer lamp? Edited April 26, 2020 by Constabulary Quote ~ 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
Members LumpenDoodle2 Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 dis light is mine, all mine. My precious..... Quote “Equality? Political correctness gone mad, I tell you, gone mad!!!! Next they'll be wanting the vote!!!!! “. Anger and intolerance are the enemy of correct understanding
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