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I'm going to part with my 111W , which works great, new motor added a while back.

Can't find a good place to sell it where people like us know what it's value is.

And do you think that $500 is too high of an asking price?

 

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If somebody is willing to pay $500, go for it! Sell it on Craigslist to a budding upholsterer.

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5 hours ago, Wizcrafts said:

If somebody is willing to pay $500, go for it! Sell it on Craigslist to a budding upholsterer.

I don't know about 500-$ ....LOL, I think your just being polite. is that 111 a needle feed or walk foot ?
I myself like the old 111 needle feeds, .. walk foot is little more desirable to people for project machine. But the needle feeds can lay down some Nice stitching.

 I don't think he can get 500-$ for that set-up . . Not the way it looks in that Pic.
( my honest 1st impression ) that just pop in my head from looking at the Pics. of the machine , is Head, table top and frame, motor, thread stand, wiring...etc all looks ' pretty Rough '. looks to been abandoned and not used for many years. .. maybe ( 150-$ ) would be a good starting price if you were selling it on craiglist. That machine as it sits, is a Fixer-up project.  maybe 150-$ if the Head sews and hook, bobbin assembly, dogs ..etc still solid shape.

(for example)  local here, I see a ( nice clean table set-up ) 111-W, the guy has been trying to sell, sitting here 2 years in Portland for 350-$ .. and it wont sell . and it is clean working set-up and 5x nicer shape than that machine Pic.
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5 hours ago, nylonRigging said:

I don't know about 500-$ ....LOL, I think your just being polite. is that 111 a needle feed or walk foot ?

I was being facetious ;-). Nobody who knows anything about industrial sewing machines is going to pay anywhere near that amount. Maybe if it was cleaned up it might fetch $250.

This model 111w153 is a triple feed walking foot, but with low foot lift. It can sew a maximum thickness of 5/16 inch unless it was highly modified. They use standard G size walking foot bobbins and can just handle up to #138 thread, but is better limited to #92. I had one for a while.

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A 111W153 falls into the vast gulf between "old enough to be surpassed by several generations of machine with better capabilities" and "not old/cool/interesting/rare enough to be a collector's machine", nor does it do anything unusual. Local market forces apply but over here you'd be luck to get more than a couple hundred for it. I'm sure it works great, but that machine is built for business and business is brutal. How many serious businesses would rely on a 60-year-old tool if there were just as good quality but far faster, easier to control tools with actual, ready-to-go support, upgrades and safety features available for only a couple thousand $/£/€?

By way of comparison I picked up a 212G140 (a newer machine with basically the same capabilities but with two needles) for £113 because I have a specialist operation I want to set it up for with permanent jigs. It wasn't any hidden bargain in a far-off corner of the realm either -- it was on a well known auction site, described correctly and in an area of London with a good mix of well-to-do people and light industry. The seller had offered it to several industrial sewing machine dealers and been turned away.

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Its a shame @remery124 thats not here in Western Australia, I'd snap it up ( the freight would be astronomical , more than the machine is worth  )  .  Although it has no reverse,  that can be overcome,  I'd buy it as  a 'stand-by machine'. Its not that much different to my Seiko .  Hope you're successful in selling it.  

18 hours ago, Matt S said:

How many serious businesses would rely on a 60-year-old tool

Me :)  My Seiko is not 60, but  54 years old . And yes, I do rely on it for horse rugs, canvas, medium leathers etc.  Its earned me a good income over the years . 

 

HS 

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