Sewing Machines - a different sort of egghead.

[Babette]

Ooooh, get the old one serviced first. My buddy Mimi has her grandmother's old one. She serviced it and had the powercord replaced. She loves it. I have a newer cheapy one that gives me bobbin trouble all the time. I had to have my 1990s Singer serviced when I snapped the needle sewing through too much fabric. It works, but not very well. I have had two Singers in the past 15 years. They don't make them like they used to.

[lizziebith]

As a person who is constantly making costumes I say it depends entirely on the exact model of your Singer whether to pump any $ into it or not. Some Singers were great, others not so. I think $100 for a simple new machine is going to be perfectly adequate for your stated needs. So spending $80 to fix an oldie that may need constant care just makes no sense to me (unless it's one of those awesome REALLY old Singers). And don't spend $300 for the amount of sewing that you say you do. There have been good machines mentioned, but they seem like overkill for what you say you want to do.

Of course spend away if you see one that you just take a shine to...

[3894]

Originally Posted by Babette

They don't make them like they used to.

I should have known. How very sad. This is like the one I learned on and this is very close to the Singer Futura I had for years and years and years.

I'm so out of it.

[lizziebith]

That first one looks like the one my mom had, and I learned on, too! Thing was great! I really miss it...