oops this was the rufflervideo😂

Could you make a video with the ruffled foot, i have one for my singer 66 but i havent used it yet.

I am restoring my singer 66 in a drawing cabinet. I never sewed, so i, m still learning. It looks like the buttonholes makes more beautiful buttonholes than modern machines. I hope you will make more videos how to use the different sewing feet and maybe a video about the use of the singer zick zacker if you have it. I really enjoy your videos 😊

Maybe you should try doing a little research on the machine before doing a video

Many buy a needle threader they cost 50 cents maybe

Put a piece of white paper behind the needle eye and you will be able to thread that needle with no problem. The white paper reflects the light back at the needle eye. It’s like having a little light back there. Try it

Why didn’t you disengage the clutch on the machine before winding that bobbin ? No matter how the machine is powered it’s the same stop the needle action always.

When winding your bobbin try stopping the thread at one end instead of in the middle then it’s ready to come off correctly when dropped in the shuttle

You still didn’t show how to load thread into bobbin shuttle

I've finally had the guts to try my vintage buttonholers. Pretty simple and beautiful buttonholes right away. I am sold!

I believe that machine threads left to right

Can you slowly thread a bobbin. Not sure how to do it correctly

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Thread cutter is dull and hard to cut thread anyway! Im happy to get it off and didn’t know it-did that.

Try creating a angled piece of fabric to thread through the hemmer then the foot should do all the work

I see your video is about a year old so if you've already figured the following long ago, or perhaps have an even better method now, then please ignore the following. Otherwise I hope these hints are helpful... You might find it a wee bit easier if the first fold is only 1/4-inch and the second fold is the "hemmer width". This allows the hemmer to actually "turn the hem" which is what a hemmer foot should do for you if it's earning its keep - it is, after all, the only job it has! 🙂 You might like to try, to start with, soft-creasing up just once at the hem-width + 1/4-inch. (For example, if the hem is 5/8-inch soft-crease it up at 7/8-inch.) Then practice feeding it in the front of the hemmer as you stitch so the soft-creased fold is going inside the hemmer so it runs along the inside of the hemmer's right-hand curl. At the same time, a little way in front of the foot, you can use your left hand to manually turn under 1/4-inch. If you hold this just a little taut it will "hold the fold" enough in advance of it feeding into the foot which "encourages" about the right amount of fabric to then fold under the left-hand curl inside the hemmer. The foot is meant to then "hold both folds" for you and feed them right up to the needle to be stitched as it is fed out the back of the foot. If you're going to iron up both folds in advance anyway it would be easier for you to get a nice line straight line of sewing as close to the top fold of the hem as you like by using the seam guide that attaches to the bed of the machine. Unlike most of today's machines these older ones had the seam guide attachment as a standard accessory and they work really well.

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Thank you so much for teaching this. I have this same machine ...but will be hunting a button hole making atachement

I find the easiest way to clean is by spraying inside and out with pressure pak degreaser. It does not harm the finish and gets into all the hard to places.

Nice looking machine I have one that was from nineteen sixteen

I have a question, do we have to oil the vibrating shuttle bobbin .?

I know the video is a year old, so you may have already discovered this, but the loose thread on the barbell style bobbin is not only prone to yank and change speeds as it is used, but the fullness also makes it fit tightly inside the shuttle adding tension when it tries to spin and release thread. Barbell and disk bobbins full of thread should never rub against the shuttle or bobbin case. They need to spin freely😊. I have a Singer 1889 VS2. They are amazing old machines. Mine was half buried in Carolina clay out in a field. I was offered it for free after buying another old machine. Anyway, i guess it had been very well oiled and the oil had varnished all over it because it was not very rusty. I scrubbed it clean in a sink full of soapy water and dried it in the oven and quickly oiled it up before it could rust. It sews perfectly. These old machines are so nearly indestructible-its amazing! Enjoy yours!

anybody have any idea why my needle is hitting the bobbin case, it seems to be sat right, I've checked the needle hasnt slipped down and it sits fine. only just started doing it, also keeps snapping the top thread.

Great to know Im not the only one struggling with tension issues. Ive sewn on mine 45 years! Still have issues sometimes. This time no matter what I did nothing worked. After seeing how your thread on your shuttle could be held up and not drop quickly really helped. My shuttle no longer would tighten enough. So disassembled the shuttle carefully, wire brush any rust and with pliers, taking a risk, made adjustment to the shortest prong, reassembled and it works!

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The bloopers at the end were an amazing touch!

sounds like you speak from experience

So satisfying. <3

Well done video. Thank you.

Thank you for this video, I was struggling trying to figure out my tension and reading manuals from the 1930s lol I just needed to see it done!

I have the same machine just in a different cabinet, and have been putting off the restoration - really it just needs cleaned and polished. Only one of my uh... 9... machines will do buttonholes and it's not too pretty 😅 I see these buttonholers EVERYWHERE and was afraid to buy one because I didn't know how to tell if it'd work for any particular machine. Also had no idea they had eyelet cams too!

The machine is in great condition, the cabinet no.

Thanks for demo great video!

I have a 27 and found when I pull the bobbin thread all the way up( after putting the spool into the case and sliding down then up) I have had problems with stitching and broken bobbin thread. So now I only slide the bobbin thread down in the case and NEVER back up. Then I put the case down in the machine and when I turn the wheel and the needle picks up the bobbin thread it puts the thread into the proper place and no more broken bobbin thread 🧵 😊

Couple of comments: I have, what appears to be, the exact same Machine as you! However, I just got mine, and I need to service/refurbish it first. However, I've learned that Model 27 does not loosen the upper tension when you lift the presser foot; whereas it does on the Model 28 -- this was one of the upgrade features -- as well as perhaps ALL modern machines do. To release upper tension on the Model 27, from videos I've watched, you press the silver button directly below the tension assembly. I never saw you use this button once throughout this video, including while threading! Perhaps your thread is not fully between the upper tension discs? Also, while winding the bobbin/shuttle, you did not loosen the drive wheel lock knob -- causing the needle to go up & down while threading the bobbin/shuttle. I see this video was a year ago. How is your machine faring presently?

I think it might be the spool of thread that's the problem, these old machines need thread that unwinds in a straight line whereas the spool on top of your machine unwinds up and down and is heavy and the machines is pulling it so the tension can become uneven before the thread passes through the tension disc's, been there myself lol

Looks like fun!

I'm hanging out at your place... lol...

Hi I also have a treadle class27 from 1910 I guess I need this kit also? Thank for the video 🥰

It's so pretty!

Those stitches are not "pretty good". They are as close to perfect as one could want. I love the sound of this machine.

I was given this victorian singer, but the bobbin and top thread won't connect. the top one stays on top, and bottom one stays undernearth. trying to regulate it. Would it be a bobbin problem, or a tension adjustment?

Taylor thanks so much for sharing this. I just received my Singer 27 (1892) last week and spent this evening doing EXACTLY what you’re doing on this video! I bought machine and then discovered (from KZbin videos) that the tension mechanism on my machine was assembled incorrectly (sometime in the last 130 years) and so I re-assembled it. Voila, tension worked MUCH better. It’s not perfect yet but we’ll get there … and finally the juxtaposition of your 21st century Apple watch and 19th century sewing machine just had me in stitches (no pun intended)!

Tighten those thumbscrews. High tension... make them beg

WOW!! Thank you so much!

I have one as well, maybe we can help each other with learning how to use these babies lol

A couple of tips you might find handy... Sometimes you need to increase the pressure on the presser foot quite a bit to improve the ruffling with these attachments. And you might find that the semi-circular blued metal below-and-to-the-right of the little adjusting "knob/barrel" can be moved to another position. It is a kind of spacer. The metal area it is attached to often has two places the spacer can be moved to. But they made a few versions of this ruffler and not all could be moved. So if yours won't move reasonably easily don't force it, you don't want to risk actually breaking it.

I want to thank you so much! I struggled for hours on my machine!! You showed me what was wrong what a relief I love my treadle again!

I'd love to see more of the feet and accessories for this machine. I'm almost done with the restoration of my grandmother's 27 and have started on my own accessory collection! I have a Greist buttonholer from the 1960s that I got from my MIL and now I'm really excited to try to see how it works on the 27. I also had no idea how to work that intimidating thing but now I think I can master it!

Beautiful!! I love the way the vintage machines work and how they were made to last.