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Sewing Machine Deals for the DIY Guys

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The 111w155 in Madison wisconsin is down to $100 now.
Someone needs to get this before I do and the wife kills me for bringing another one home.


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I hate tables, especially large ones.
 
Is a zig zag stitch ever preferable over a straight stitch in making saddles or accessory gear? I am trying to decide if a Singer 328K is worth keeping over a 15-91. I am just starting out.
 
Shot thru said:
Is a zig zag stitch ever preferable over a straight stitch in making saddles or accessory gear? I am trying to decide if a Singer 328K is worth keeping over a 15-91. I am just starting out.
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You will get lots of answers here, but for about 90% of the fabrication I have done (saddles and accessories) straight stitch is all I have used. Zig zag stitching is most useful if you have a more powerful, industrial machine (read: expensive) and on a home machine I don't personally think its necessary to make gear.
 
Shot thru said:
Is a zig zag stitch ever preferable over a straight stitch in making saddles or accessory gear? I am trying to decide if a Singer 328K is worth keeping over a 15-91. I am just starting out.
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I haven't used a single zigzag stitch making saddles. Zigzag stitches are used where you want some flex in your stitch line. For instance, I made a small neck gator for my 4 yr old out of fleece. All of the stitching in that are some form of a zigzag which allow the fleece to flex like it is not stitched. So short answer, all depends on what you think you will make.
 
I can’t see much reason to require a zigzag one for most of our intended uses. I do have one but much of it will be for non saddle related uses or will be used for straight stitch. The one thing I’d consider using it on would be if I were making fleece dump pouches. Then the seam could stretch with the fabric. There’s not a lot saddle related that requires any stretch in the seams.


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Shot thru said:
Is a zig zag stitch ever preferable over a straight stitch in making saddles or accessory gear? I am trying to decide if a Singer 328K is worth keeping over a 15-91. I am just starting out.
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Like the others said... not much. Being able to zigzag is nice when you want to bar tack a stress point but that's not very often.
 
Thanks for the input guys. I got this 328K for $5 at the local thrift store. It needed a good cleaning, lube and re-timing but I sewed 4 layers of webbing with no issues. It seem every bit as capable as the 15-91.
 
I have sewed saddles with no zig zag stitches and didn't feel the need to. I read where zig zag is used on stretchy material since the stitches can stretch.
 
sdoyle1 said:

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The 111w155 in Madison wisconsin is down to $100 now.
Someone needs to get this before I do and the wife kills me for bringing another one home.


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Looks like someone snatched it up now. I get a posting no longer exists error now.
 
ofor said:
Looks like someone snatched it up now. I get a posting no longer exists error now.
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Yeah. I do t see it anymore either. Surprised nobody picked it up earlier.


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I wish they would have pictures of more than one side. It looks like the original paint which is surprising for a machine that old.
 
wingnut said:
I wish they would have pictures of more than one side. It looks like the original paint which is surprising for a machine that old.
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Yeah, luckily you can see most of what you need to know on that side: compound feed, safety clutch, standard stitch length adjustment, fair condition. Even if the tension assembly is missing, it's cheap to replace.
 
4090Sharps said:
Nope. Got a picture?

Based on the ISMACS description for the Model 82 family, if it's a Singer, it's a chainstitch machine.
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Here are the pictures the guy sent me. The symbol on the base looks like S&W. If it's a chainstitch machine I am not interested and have no room for another large table anyway.



 
bj139 said:
Here are the pictures the guy sent me. The symbol on the base looks like S&W. If it's a chainstitch machine I am not interested and have no room for another large table anyway.



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Wheeler & Wilson
 
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