'83 Singer slant: touch-tronic 2010

[cfz2882]

got this about a month ago,just getting around to checking it out-at first motor was slow and weak,but turned out a chip of bakelite got broken off pedal and wedged in it-preventing full pedal application,plenty of power and speed once chip removed Made in USA and showing~spring 1983 date codes,more like a '70s British or European singer internally instead of one of the older(mid-60s-earlier?) slants with the vertical worm drive motor and beautifull steel gears that look like they would last 50 years of commercial service Luckily,machine came with manual and spare bobbins-uses special bobbins,larger than the usual type.Will see if I can get the hang of operating this machine-probably on of the last US made singers?

 

[tolivac]

Good machine-great find!The sew&vac place here sometimes gets these as trade ins.Far as I know none had to be junked-they were checked out and sold.Just clean the lint and fluff out-give the moving parts a little sewing machine oil-its good to go!Also replace the needle.Old needles are often dull,or nicked.

 

[yogitunes]

I got a TouchTronic 2010 also......great machine.....I found the spare bobbins at Walmart....

had mine in for service several yeas back, it was mentioned if I ever wanted to sell it, he would offer a hefty price.....I think he mentioned these were the last Singers with the cast body, and not all plastic..

I have the matching cabinet also, with the drop down front for the free arm....

I also have an Athena 2000.......

simple stiches at the touch of a button.......

these machines will never die.....

 

[fan-of-fans]

I don't know much about sewing machines, but my 95 Grandmother still has her beige Singer from the 1950s, she won't use anything else! I think that machine could run forever.

My mother has a small beige hand-crank Singer, probably from the 50s as well and recently got one from the 90s from a thrift store, looked brand new! And she used to have a plastic Singer Genie from the 70s, I think? I believe that one was made in France, not sure?

I also recall she had an antique Singer on a table with a cast iron foot pedal when I was a kid.

 

[warmsecondrinse]

My grandmother had a Singer from the late 30's. She never liked sewing and for 50+ years gave any sewing chores to her sisters in return for taking on some of their other tasks. IIRC according to her sisters she was actually quite skilled; she just detested it. Mom has an all-metal (except for the lid) light green 'portable' from the early 60's. She sewed a lot when I was a kid, but only to repair things. However she inherited an ancient Singer that is supposedly in perfect working order. Pic below looks exactly like it.
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In the mid-80's I spent a semester working in UConn main theatre's costume shop as part of a course requirement. I was the only one who could coax our group's assigned machine to do some particular job (sorry, don't remember the job or the mchine) so that was my main task. I did get to meet Kitty Carlisle, though. She was very gracious, took an interest in what we were doing, and reminded us that although we might think of our work as campus slave-labour, it was actually important for allowing the actor's to get into their roles. I later found out she was good bit older than I thought she was at the time. Pic that shows her as I remember her.

 

[cfz2882]

1st machine

the first sewing machine I got with intent to use was a Polish-made,in 1984,JC Penny 7057(Euro singer clone):bought for $40 at a pawn shop in 1998,was going to give as gift to my sister,but took a liking to it after a test run and machine quite loud,powerful and a little primitive in some ways-a good "guy"sewing machineI found a 1987 Brazilian made singer for my sister and started using the Poland machine,getting good results after some practice-first learning not to force the fabric or needle will flex over strike metal and usually break... the 7057 still my "go-to" machine for most tasks,though I have about 20 more sewing machines...About 15 yrs ago,a local fabric shop offered sewing classes just for guys-haven't seen this for a while though