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Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by Herb Iffrig » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:24 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIKuvxh4aA

I think Model T guys can relate to this.


tdump
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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by tdump » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:14 am

Yep,when my boot bottoms come unglued,the ol 3m08001 "gorilla snot", trim adhesive comes out along with some clamps! I aint never sewed a shot but I will glue the heck out of 1 to get some more life out of it.!
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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by Rich Eagle » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:35 am

What a wonderful machine. I have hand stitched too many things like that. There are probably dozens of those machines just sitting idle around the country. If only I had room for one.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Rich
When did I do that?

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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by CudaMan » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:50 am

Love it! Why can't all sewing machines have steerable presser feet?
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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by Will_Vanderburg » Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:55 pm

You should watch the video he did on the 1907 Everybody's Car wheels he restored.
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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by DHort » Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:14 pm

That is one awesome video. Need to have ton's of patience for that job.


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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by SurfCityGene » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:52 pm

What model sewing machine is that? Looks like an old Singer. I have a friend that needs one like that.
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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by StanHowe » Wed Feb 19, 2020 12:08 am

Everybody in Montana knows him if they have any involvement with horses, especially Draft horses. He built the wagons for the Borax 100th anniversary that were in the Rose Parade in Pasadena.

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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by BuddyTheRoadster » Wed Feb 19, 2020 12:43 am

Oh it's a Singer class 29. They were designed for cobblers and I think harness makers. They're big and have a walking beam, and I want one, but then I'd have to learn bootmaking to justify it, and... :roll:

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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by Mark Gregush » Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:32 am

It's a 29-4 Singer. I have one sitting in my living room. The last thing I made on it was a custom fan belt for a friends 26. Most of the time I have to turn the hand wheel with my right hand and try and feed a straight line with my left because of my bad left ankle/foot. My left ankle no longer has enough rotation and just have not got the timing down just using my right. The clicking the one on the video sounds just like mine.
https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... 9-4+Singer.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by Duey_C » Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:14 pm

That was a neat repair on his shoe! That'll keep the spatter out.
His videos are always a pleasure to watch. Borax wagon rear wheels are 1000 lbs each. They make it look easy.
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Re: Mr Frugal meet your match-Video

Post by Erik Johnson » Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:59 am

Singer 29 series cobbler/leather machines are not rare, at least up here in Minnesota.

I occasionally see them at estate sales and they do show up on Craigslist.

Right now, there is a Singer 29K71 on Minneapolis Craigslist:

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/ ... 43953.html

If you are patient, you can probably obtain one for a substantially less money than the above.

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