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Old August 30th 04, 09:22 AM
Max Penn
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"Tom Farrell" wrote in message
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Pogonip wrote in message

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You now have an excellent reason to pick up a slant-needle
zigzag Singer....I recommend the 401, but there are
several others that will do nicely.


Well, I can't say I wasn't warned that someone would try to talk me
into buying one. I don't know if I'd want to use it for anything other
than the monogrammer, which seems like it'd be a real waste, but it
might not be so bad to have a second working machine I could loan to
friends and students.

At the moment I'm unemployed, and laying out just a few bucks for
these attachments is a stretch for me. (If anyone needs a really
*great* web developer in the Boston area, email me.) Sometime when I'm
employed and have paid off some debt, I'll be able to think about
taking in an antique sewing machine. Meanwhile, I'm afraid I can't
even consider it.

Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the
slant needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem
like a bad idea to me...

Tom Farrell
http://www.SewingWithTom.com/


I can't think of a single good reason from an engineering point of view for
the slant needle. But Singer did not build its success on really great
machines--not that they didn't make some fine ones--but on marketing and
financing plans, wereby a woman could buy a sewing machine by setting aside
a few dollars a month from her 'butter and egg' money.

Nobody else had the "advanced" slant needle machine, which made it ever so
much easier to see ones work and sit it in a more natural position, rather
than hunched over those old-fashioned machines. Or so the advertising was
able to claim.

The great thing about Singers (and I do not own one) is that so very many
were made, an owner doesn't have to be concerned about finding parts or
attachments for the rest of her life.

Max


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Old August 31st 04, 03:56 PM
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Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the slant
needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem like a
bad idea to me...
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At this point, I have a stable of slant needle Singers, and have
always found them to be reliable, easy-to-use machines. Snap-on feet,
in-casing bobbin winding, and I can change the stitch with the flip of a
dial of two. The slant foot does make it easier to see one's work, and
makes it easier to work in small areas of stitching. I do a lot of
alterations, and, like you, don't want to thread a needle unless I have
to.
Being able to stitch right up to within an inch of turning something
before reversing it to hand-sew is a bennie. (linings, for example, and
beneath-the zipper fly-front crotch repairs.)
Loads of clear nylon specialty feet are available to make seeing the
stitches easier, although when I get in a go-mode, (time=3Dmoney and all
that blab-blah, 90% of the time, I sew with either the relatively narrow
straight-stitch foot, or the zig-zag.
Didn't know there was a monogrammer available, though. Sounds
interesting. I have monogramming cams for 2 of my slant-stitch Singers.
Cea

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Old August 31st 04, 04:41 PM
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Singer materials seem to brag that the needle and area there is
easier to see than a regular low shank machine. Think they
just needed a new gimmick but hard to argue with how wonderful
it is to sew on a 401, 301 or a 500! Some great photos still
up on my old webpage:
http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/401a.html
hasn't been updated in a long time but the machine photos are still
good ones.
BTW, 301's are about my favorite machine but won't work with the
monogrammer.
Taria

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Singer Monogrammer for slant needle

(Tom Farrell)
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Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the slant
needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem like a
bad idea to me...
---
At this point, I have a stable of slant needle Singers, and have
always found them to be reliable, easy-to-use machines. Snap-on feet,
in-casing bobbin winding, and I can change the stitch with the flip of a
dial of two. The slant foot does make it easier to see one's work, and
makes it easier to work in small areas of stitching. I do a lot of
alterations, and, like you, don't want to thread a needle unless I have
to.
Being able to stitch right up to within an inch of turning something
before reversing it to hand-sew is a bennie. (linings, for example, and
beneath-the zipper fly-front crotch repairs.)
Loads of clear nylon specialty feet are available to make seeing the
stitches easier, although when I get in a go-mode, (time=money and all
that blab-blah, 90% of the time, I sew with either the relatively narrow
straight-stitch foot, or the zig-zag.
Didn't know there was a monogrammer available, though. Sounds
interesting. I have monogramming cams for 2 of my slant-stitch Singers.
Cea


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Old September 1st 04, 10:25 AM
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Tom Farrell wrote:


Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the
slant needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem
like a bad idea to me...

Tom Farrell
http://www.SewingWithTom.com/


Supposedly it was to make the work easier to see as you
sewed. It works just fine, I have several machines with
the slant needle. My 301s and 401s, and a 403 and 404
that I had and gave away/sold. IIRC, Touch & Swears are
slant needle, too.
--

Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us
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Old September 6th 04, 03:41 PM
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On 09/01/2004 05:25, in article , "Pogonip"
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Tom Farrell wrote:


Incidentally, can you shed any light on what's the *point* of the
slant needle machines? From an engineering perspective it would seem
like a bad idea to me...

Tom Farrell
http://www.SewingWithTom.com/


Supposedly it was to make the work easier to see as you
sewed. It works just fine, I have several machines with
the slant needle. My 301s and 401s, and a 403 and 404
that I had and gave away/sold. IIRC, Touch & Swears are
slant needle, too.


I still use my Mom's 50-year old 301 Slant Needle, and it is _SO_ much
better than my "new" Bernina I can't even tell you. The Slant Needle never
jams, never breaks needles, never gives me any trouble. I can sew over pins
easy as pie, can see what I'm doing, can thread so much easier right to left
(vs.front to back). It is a superior machine in every way and feels like
an extension of my body rather than a tool. I LOVE IT.

--MamaLana :::back to lurk:::::



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Old September 7th 04, 12:07 AM
Tom Farrell
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MamaLana wrote:
The Slant Needle never
jams, never breaks needles, never gives me any trouble. I can sew over pins
easy as pie, [SNIP]


Please see the part of The Sewing FAQ, on my web site, in which I
explain how I almost put out my eye by sewing over pins (as my sewing
teacher taught me to).

Tom Farrell
http://www.SewingWithTom.com/
 




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