Singer 29-4 restoration?

[MikeRock]

Hell, you can work by lantern light, and if sewing gets boring you can use the cream separator (thing with the three support arms) :)) 

[JJN]

@MikeRock, it is an interesting photo. Did you notice the sea turtle shells on the wall?

[DonInReno]

1 hour ago, JJN said:

I am posting photos of two patchers I aquired in the last couple months. I paid the $200 asking price for the Adler 30-15. It is a short arm, small bobbin patcher that is in excellent shape. Cleaned up and oiled is sews just fine. It did not come with a stand. The other machine is a Singer 29-72, long arm, large bobbin. They were asking $100, but I paid them $200. I haven't done anything to it yet. It came on a Sutton motorized stand. It will need a little de-rusting but I think it will be the patcher I keep. I had to drive about 500 miles south to get the Adler and about 500 miles north to get the Singer. My point in posting this here is to show that there are better deals out there if you look for them. I would rather take a little mini vacation and see the sights when buying a good machine than spend more time trying to remove rust and locate hard to find parts.

 

Did you get the Adler from near Los Angeles about a month ago?   It looks great.   When I first saw the description and price I was convinced it’s worth picking up, but then the location was a deal breaker since we couldn’t get away for two days. Both are very nice indeed.

 

[DonInReno]

1 hour ago, JJN said:

Here is one for sale in St Louis. Singer 29K51. $500

Now that’s a decent price - heck I’d buy it if it were nearby.

[JJN]

10 minutes ago, DonInReno said:

Did you get the Adler from near Los Angeles about a month ago?   It looks great.   When I first saw the description and price I was convinced it’s worth picking up, but then the location was a deal breaker since we couldn’t get away for two days. Both are very nice indeed.

Hi Don, No I bought it in Fresno around the middle of August. I live in Grants Pass, Oregon but I used to live in Fresno. I had a friend pick it up for me and hold it until I went down to visit family a month later. The Adler is almost like new. The Singer was in Concrete, Washington in an open barn. If I know I will be visiting an area in the future, I look at the ads in that area and try to make the trip pay for itself. My wife has family in central California and likes to visit her mom regularly so it works out for both of us. We have a travel trailer (toy hauler) and can park it at my wife's family farm and stay about a week when we go.

[DonInReno]

1 hour ago, JJN said:

Hi Don, No I bought it in Fresno around the middle of August. I live in Grants Pass, Oregon but I used to live in Fresno. I had a friend pick it up for me and hold it until I went down to visit family a month later. The Adler is almost like new. The Singer was in Concrete, Washington in an open barn. If I know I will be visiting an area in the future, I look at the ads in that area and try to make the trip pay for itself. My wife has family in central California and likes to visit her mom regularly so it works out for both of us. We have a travel trailer (toy hauler) and can park it at my wife's family farm and stay about a week when we go.

Sounds like that works out quite well - you drive through a lot of good picking spots.            That’s a nice part of Oregon you’re in....the old growth forests nearby are quite amazing to hike through.
 

The places I seem to travel to to see family are like sewing machine deserts - industrials are few and far between.    It’s nice to get out of town for a day drive if a machine isn’t farther south than Stockton, farther north than Chico, and maybe west to north bay if it’s something really interesting.    The machines I regret not buying these past few years for my personal collection have all been a two day round trip to get and work just got in the way. Lol