I went to the thrift shop last week to look for fabric. There on the floor were three sewing machines. A 70s Kenmore, A 50s Bel Air, and a Singer Touch-Tronic 2000. I looked at all three and decided the Bel Air was missing parts, the Kenmore smelled awful, and the Touch-Tronic was intriguing. I decided to pass on all three.
But after doing research on the internet and thinking about it overnight, I went and forked over the $9.50 for the Touch-Tronic.
I arrived home with it and started to test it out. It actually is a very well running machine. I know from my research it is one of the first electronic sewing machines. Also it might be long-lived with no problems or problematic. Growing up in the seventies and eighties, I have always been intrigued by electronic devices, especially the earlier ones like this. I think this was made between 75 and 77 in The USA.
I sewed quite a few test stitches with it and it sews wonderfully. It has some interesting decorative stitches.
Now my problem is what to do with so many sewing machines. I guess I'll just use what ever machine strikes my fancy for a certain project.
Yes, I was hesitant to blog about this machine because of the purists out there. But after reading
Male Pattern Boldness last week, I decided to take Peter's advice and be truthful and blog about what ever I want. Since I started this blog as a diary for myself and maybe for my family to see, I think it is great I have people interested in what I am doing, also a little scary.
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| Case |
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| Touch-Tronic 2000 |
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| Power on |
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| Name Badge |
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| Fine-tune knobs under name badge |
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| Free-arm flips down |
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Flat bed
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| Pretty stitching |
Watch it sew
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| Sneak peek of my next project |
The Touch-Tronic will have to get in line. The next project is going to be done with my Bel Air Imperial. Like a blast from the past.
Thanks for stopping.
$9.50???? That's amazing. Looks like a great little machine!
ReplyDeleteIt appears to be in good cosmetic condition. But the gears in these machines are not metal. I was given a similar model with busted gears. My intention was to replace the gears. Haven't gotten around to it.
ReplyDeleteI watched the video clip-sounds really good. I am always amazed at how many sewing machines mostly stay stored up in a closet some place waiting for a seam that needs sewing back together. Maybe this is one of them. I would guess the fabric is for a vest perhaps.
ReplyDeleteMy sewing machine repair man told me these were very expensive sewing machines. I think this might be the first Singer with the one step button hole feature. I have a similar model - a Singer Creative Touch 1036. It came with a long button hole gauge foot. You insert a button into the back of it and pull down a lever near the presser foot. That leaver interacts with the button hole gauge foot & sews a button based on the size of the button. My Singer Creative Touch has busted gears. But I plan on replacing the gears because I think it's such a neat feature. It's a common feature on newer machines now.
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