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That's a howl of a deal

Go to the Asian store and get the super long pink ones. Or get online.

A lot of new singers are just flat out not qc'd (no hole for the needle to go through the plate etc) but lots of those older ones are GREAT machines

Nope. Several reasons. First, while this is metal on the outside, it probably have plastic gears that are ready to evaporate at this point. (This is how power gets from the motor to the needle and the feet dog/bobbin assembly.) While “fixing it up” sounds great, you need a professional to re-gear the machine and then re-time it, or it won’t make a stitch. There are brand new machines that cost as much as an overhaul.

Assuming you got it working perfectly, you’re still working with something that was never designed to work with synthetic fabrics, can’t do chain stitching (which is what you want on anything stretchy and which will sort of approximate what a server does), and you’re missing out on all the things that are considered standard on a basic machine these days, like a self threading needle and electronic lock stitching.

The nostalgia for these machines is great and all, but this will cost you more money and more frustration than just buying a new, quality machine (like a mid-level brother). Unless this is literally “grandma’s old machine” that made your baby blanket, this is a hard pass.

I'd feel I'm not doing you a service by not mentioning the GoRuck GR1. Fits all your needs and is a great pack, but you'd do well with about anything on this list.

My GoRuck has been around for close to 10 years and on deployments, used for college, my main carry on. I've shot off it, thrown it off trucks. If anything ever goes wrong with it, they'll fix it no questions asked.

Go on the r/leatherclassified and go look at styles you like. They can make you what you want exactly in that price range most likely.

Jansport is a good, durable affordable bag. Osprey is a fantastic bag.

If you can stretch your budget to $220, the Breville 4-slice is legit. I think it's called a smart waffle, had mine about 4 years.

Just bought one, based on this reputation and the fact that it’s completely mechanical. So sick of batteries needing replaced every few years.

Got one of these free dumpster diving. Opened it up and there was some rust on the bottom.

Go to a thrift store and have the clothes tailored if needed. I got a 100% cashmere jacket for my nephew.

In order to make money clothing companies have to use super cheap fabrics.

I have a set that comes with a remote. I bet that the remote function eats battery charge because it probably uses some power for the receiving component. Does yours have a remote control? I'd also like to have puck lights that don't eat batteries.

Aspen Mtn was the same back then! I have some vintage bulky Sorrel SnowLions that have held up really well too....sad to hear that their quality has gone downhill as of late.

The new Tortuga bag

Maxpedition makes some good stuff.

Go to a brewing supply store and get brewing gloves. Blichmann gloves rock.

How do you repair them?

Thanks!

I inherited a Singer 1960s era and it still worked wonderfully. But, I ended up buying a newer machine when my sewing projects changed and I needed a variety of feet (walking foot, quarter inch foot). The old machine came with just a couple of feet and it was not possible to buy a walking foot that would fit it (it did not use the standard Singer press on foot). I ended up giving it to my friend who uses it for occasional costume making and it works fine for her!

Yes you can. They have a shop in London.

I went to farm and home supply and got heavy duty gloves in my size and it settled the issue.

Not much. I separated for a reason, and “military grade” equipment and clothing is generally very low quality.

We recently had tremendous storms and power was out for more than a day. We used a string of solar lights on the coffee table to make the room feel better.

They lasted for hours, and then we just went to bed.

We use them on the stairs and porch outside. They last for years.

Ahhh shit. I was hoping for a more durable shoe. Might look for another brand then