I wanted to share this awesome Singer 611g I bought over the weekend. The person I bought it from told me it was her great aunts. It came with everything and more! It’s in fantastic shape and still works great despite possibly not being used since the 80s. I put in some sewing machine oil following the manual (it had the manual, and warrenty card still). Manual shows a grease/paste(?) as well so need to figure out what to get for those areas that use that instead of oil.
I know sewing machines need maintenance every so often, especially in this case, so I plan to take it in soon for a checkup. I hope it it’ll be fine to still use until then, I’ve had no problems except when I decided I was probably threading it wrong and tried another interpretation of the instructions. I was right the first time 😅.
I’m still a beginner with machine sewing. My family didn’t have a machine and so I’m used to handsewing everything. I had a great sewing and embroidery machine I got from my grandma when I still lived in the USA but never used it as I was worried about breaking it (also was missing the power cord). I had to sell it when I moved to Finland, this is my first machine here. I did borrow a friend’s sewing machine for a bit, so I at least know a bit more of how to use one in general. All I did was replaced a zipper twice on a coat and make a double pointed needle cover so WIP socks don’t fall off the needles when I’m not knitting.
My first project with it is going to be making a dust cover for it. It came with a case that’s still in great shape, but I want something easier to just plop over it as I plan to keep it on the table.
Wow, I’m drooling! My mum had a Singer when I was a kid, she made almost all our clothes on it. Really solid, good quality machines. Hers didn’t have drawers though, that is a great feature.
It’s all metal parts too! I got a tip from a friend to look for vintage machines from the 50s and 60s as it’s before they started making everything plastic. I was thinking of buying a new machine but my limited research indicated I’d do better getting a used one with my budget. I paid only 100€ for this.
That sounds like a great tip. Awesome machine!
Oh that’s a beauty. Congratulations.
Great find!
A former mother in law gave me a 7xx model iirc. It’s quite similar looking. The tension adjust can stick occasionally, but when it works it works. It is missing parts, but most basic functions work great and I have one non-broken bottom bobbin, so it’s a great machine.
