mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 15/9/04 at 04:50 PM |
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bagged a bargian
Got a sewing machine to do the upholstery in my car. Paid £3.99 for it courier 15 quid!
The local dealer says that these singers are able to sew the stuff we need as they have steel inards, the modern fancy machines all use plastics. So
I will see how I get on. The local upholster was stuffing around and not wanting to do the job. 
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Cita
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| posted on 15/9/04 at 05:18 PM |
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Nice piece of tool Mango!!
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marcyboy
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| posted on 15/9/04 at 05:25 PM |
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i bought one of those sewing machines about 10 years ago for £4 at a boot sale,found the serial number and gave singer the number and they told me
when are where it was built (1908 clydebank),nice to know details like that, shame every buggars got one
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 15/9/04 at 05:31 PM |
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word of advice, if it goes wrong don't EVER think you can fix it! we have a phrase in my family " A Sewing Machine Job" which finds
it's roots in just such an incident... You know how on a car you always have a bit left over? I had about 30! damn thing went in the bin in the
end
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/9/04 at 06:48 PM |
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We have 3 of the old treddle type ones, a Singer, a Jones and a Bradbury all very similar. We wanted the Singer one to make the set and found it in a
local junk shop for £25. It has all the original paperwork still in one of the drawers. The woman who first bought it had it on the never never at
1/11d a week and if my wife needs to do any heavy sewing now she uses that in preference to her electric one with all the gadgets.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 15/9/04 at 10:08 PM |
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I think i beat ya.
I bought an electric lada (!!!) sewing machine a few months back for about 1.80!
Its a bit tricky learning to sew but its easier than welding!
make sure you get the right needles for the job - if its for pvc you need leather or denim needles. Also getting the cotton tension right for the
needle feed is important.
atb
steve
orders for shirts, dresses and car trims taken 
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