Just a week ago I got a new machine at work. For some reason it comes with an instruction manual for a Singer 427 but it is actually a Stylist 437. It is actually rather a nice machine in a pleasing tan colour and comes with a cover, which is always nice!
I have to say though, once I started taking it apart I decided I didn't want one, which is nice! It is a belt drive connecting top and bottom and has
two sets of plastic gears. Amazingly both sets of gears look all right, for now at least, but they are just an accident waiting to happen. We replaced a plastic gear on one of our machines once, cost us $20, almost more than the machine was worth and the machine never felt the same afterwards. Below are pictures of the gears.
One thing I do like about this era of Singer machines is the hook area. They are rather easy to take apart and oil. This one had some minor fur-balls and needed a good oiling, it was slightly seized when I first started on it.
There is very little under the top cover, apart from the blindstitch cam anyway. It is also a free-arm machine and still has the flat-bed with it. No accessories though.
It does, however, have one of those dangerous pedals on it so I could yet not be selling it.
On Wednesday I got another machine in. This one is a Globe overlocker. I am not the world's greatest fan of overlockers, the only thing they seem to do remarkably well is not cooperate! Unfortunately this one has the wrong pedal and I don't have one that will plug into it, so it looks like it is in for a long stay!
And finally, a machine I sold recently was a very brightly coloured Brother. I would definitely not like to own one of these but I love the bright red!
I do have some pictures lined up to post here and an Elna as well.
