Re: Singer 337 Rescued from trash


"AMM" <a_m_m51@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A few days ago, I wrote:

Is it [the Singer 337] basically a good enough machine that
it would
be worth trying to get it cleaned up and fixed up as
a replacement for the Bernette?

I've gotten some good advice, but so far, no one has
said whether the Singer 337 is basically a good machine.

That is, if I get it into "good as new" condition, will I
have a good machine, or will everybody on alt.sewing
_then_ tell me it's a piece of junk, like they did with my
Bernette? Is it likely to be better at stitching evenly?
Etc.

I _have_ heard negative things about the newer Singer
machines, and good things about the older ones; which
category does this fall into?


i have been collecting Singer SMs for a few years and not once
has the 337 ever come up on the radar as a good and desireable
machine. I think the price reflects this on ebay.

An asside ...
I am not a machine snob as i own several undesireable machines
and for all the trash talk they get these machines will work ...
if they are setup and adjusted properly. But they take alot of
fiddling to adjust properly as they are very sensitive to small
changes. I do this all myself and not one would be worth a trip
to sew shop for repair.

I suspect the same of the 337 ... if this 337 were clean and in
tip top condition it would probably sew ok to good. However, it
is probably just not worth taking to a shop to get them to
clean and adjust it and repair it (i am guessing it will cost
$80-100 for shop to clean adjust and fix) and if the machine is
a sensitive kind the shop will not be willing to take the
**time** (expense) to set it up and adjust it to perfection.
And it is missing parts that will add costs.

anyways unless you do the work yourself, that is 80-100 dollars
you could put into a good machine

hth
robb






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