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Vintage Machines / Re: Frister and Rossmann
« on: February 25, 2020, 13:06:36 PM »
So I’ve found the serial number - 868332 - and the badge says O Quitmann, Old Street.

I’m thinking this is post-WW2 but I can’t find a definitive year. All I can find about the model is that it’s a vibrating shuttle machine.

Does anyone have any further ideas/info/links?

Thanks for looking xx

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Vintage Machines / Re: Frister and Rossmann
« on: February 23, 2020, 19:50:04 PM »
@Sewbee YES!!!!! Yes that’s it! Mine hasn’t got the measurements along the front edge of the case base tho, and I’ve not got extra feet, but that’s the one

x

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Vintage Machines / Re: Frister and Rossmann
« on: February 23, 2020, 19:03:12 PM »
Hi @Roger

I’m not a subscriber so I can’t post pics (I think)...

On a google search of Frister and Rossmann handcrank it brings up a pic of one on Etsy (£345 hahaha  :S )

Thanks for replying


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Vintage Machines / Frister and Rossmann
« on: February 23, 2020, 16:05:28 PM »
Hey

I’ve been given a Frister and Rossmann - she’s white (well cream) and a handcrank. She sews ok.

I can’t find any serial number on her at all, and so can’t identify the model/age etc in order to get a manual!
Can anyone help please?

Thanks x

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Vintage Machines / Re: Singer 99k - she’s fighting back!
« on: February 23, 2020, 08:11:31 AM »
Hi
 
@rubywishes  - well in the end I had to take her to my friend who also repairs machines! I had booked onto a couple of sessions at a local-ish shop, looking at vintage machines, but they got cancelled at the last minute  :( I had fixed the balance wheel myself but couldn’t get the tension right. He’s now fixed that for me and she’s good to go...

@arrow  - yep I got the wheel working fine, so satisfying!! The bobbin winder - I’m not sure. The original one on the machine wouldn’t move, I oiled and oiled it and I will oil it some more. But I replaced it and that helped loads, but the rubber didn’t seem to make full contact with the bit it was to run against (don’t know what it’s called). I think it’s a matter of realigning the mechanism into the correct place. I did ask my friend (see above) to have a look so hopefully that’s sorted now too...

Now I just need a nice little project to sew....

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Phew, I made it
« on: December 26, 2019, 17:59:48 PM »
Welcome from me too  :drink: x

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: I've lurked for ages but here I am now!
« on: December 17, 2019, 09:50:17 AM »
Welcome  :drink:

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Vintage Machines / Re: Singer 99k - she’s fighting back!
« on: December 15, 2019, 12:37:53 PM »
Yay!

Thanks for all the advice and links again. You are wonderful!
I’ve just spent a couple of hours on this! I took off the handcrank and the balance wheel and had another look at the clutch washer - tried it on all possible ways and have now found the correct position!
I also took off all the bobbin winder mechanism. I’d got a new one from Helen Howes and fitted that (much swearing when a spring flew across the room!), oiled everything and put it all back together.
Bobbin winder now works (in theory as I’ve not put a bobbin on it yet, but it’s all moving as it should), and the needle doesn’t move when it shouldn’t! Happy!

Now I need to look at the tension - not today tho!!

Thanks again x :D :vintage:

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: We have winners....
« on: December 15, 2019, 07:25:59 AM »
Well done xx

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi from Minnesota, USA
« on: December 14, 2019, 19:04:04 PM »
Welcome  :drink:

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Vintage Machines / Re: 401G is home....
« on: December 13, 2019, 11:10:47 AM »
Hi

Not an expert by any means, but I wonder if you need carriage screws? I used them when I had to attach a wooden table top to a metal base...

Good luck with the search x

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Vintage Machines / Re: A new friend
« on: December 10, 2019, 12:32:35 PM »
 :loveit:

You are right to blame everyone on here! Since I’ve been here (which is less than 3 months) I’ve bought 3 vintage machines!  :vintage:

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi from NZ
« on: December 09, 2019, 11:30:51 AM »
Hi and welcome from me too @badgermat

Where are you from in NZ? We used to live just north of Welly. I’d move back in a heartbeat....

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Vintage Machines / Re: Singer 99k - she’s fighting back!
« on: December 09, 2019, 11:26:18 AM »
Thanks for your response @LeilaMay

Yep - both problems are still there I’m afraid. I will try and rotate the washer round by 180degrees - it only has 2 possible positions!

Bobbin winder - totally stuck, so I’m going to take it all apart, clean and oil and try again. And yes, I’ll make sure no oil goes on the rubber tyre.

Thanks so much for your advice x

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Vintage Machines / Re: Singer 99k - she’s fighting back!
« on: December 06, 2019, 14:08:15 PM »
Hmmmmm - well I followed the YouTube videos and cleaned, oiled and put back together. Movement is smoother now, but still have the same problems as before!
I’m going to dismantle again, to look at the bobbin winder mechanism this time, and I’ll repeat the cleaning and oiling while it’s all in pieces once more.
Hey-ho...

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