Singer Sewing Machine 201
Need a manual or want to buy a 201? Please call my mom,
Deloris Pickens a call at (580) 765-6125. Please
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:31:27 -0700
From: Judy Grow
Subject: model 15 and 201
Hi all,
More on the continuing saga. As you will recall DH came home with a
mystery black Singer in a table. Found out it is a model 15 made in
1932. Called my Sewing Machine Guy to ask if he would overhaul. He had
originally sent me on the trail of the elusive 201 and that's what DH
thought he was buying. SMG has a 201 in perfect condition which he will
sell me for $150.00. Says he will take the 15 in trade but suggests I
keep it for parts. The 201 will fit into the same table, so I am set.
He says the 201 is the BEST straight sewing machine ever made. Runs
quieter and smoother than anything else, and the straight stitch is
unexcelled. He says that few come on the market because most people who
sew for a living won't give them up. Anybody else out there with a 201
they can tell me about? I'm going to buy it tomorrow anyway.
Thanks. Judy in NJ
judygrow@blast.net
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 09:18:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: "T.R. Kelley" trkelley@efn.org
Subject: TR? 101-201, first ZZ?
Frish Said:
> Hi everyone can someone explain to me what the difference is between the
> singer 101 and the singer 201
they both have geardrive motors on the back of the arm and top-loading bobbins,
but the 101 goes forward only, (big silver stitch length screw) the 201 has
reverse (stitch length lever) . there are a lot of other mechanical
differences,
but that's the main way to tell.
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From: sharon@reese.org
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 22:51:26 +0000
Subject: 201 and 66-14
This weekend I went looking for a cabinet for my 201 with AM serial # (it
cost $25), and I found a 66-14 with AJ serial # in a cabinet for $25. (My
best finds so far.)
The 66's cabinet has two small drawers on either side and looks like
a treadle cabinet with wood legs instead of metal. The 201's case
has beige fabric on the bottom and beige fabric and dark brown
leather on the top. I'm thinking of switching them and putting the
201 in the cabinet and the 66 in the case. I'm assuming that since both
machines were made in the 50's, a buyer could have have purchased
either machine either way, and it wouldn't look funny or hurt the
value of the machines for me to do this. I'd appreciate any feedback
or a description of cabinets people have that originally came with
their 201's.
Sharon
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Date: Sat, 05 Oct 1996 23:01:10 -0400
From: Clay & Shelly Leihy clay-l@k2nesoft.com
Subject: Special (?) 201?
We recently got a 201 in gorgeous condition, save for lack of case or
cabinet, and it seems to be an unusual specimen. The serial# is
AF886558, born, according to Singer, in 1942. When I described it to our
sm mechanic, he was a bit surprised by the particular details,
especially the oval plate on top. This is in the same place as the
removeable plate on the FWs, with the spool pin on it. But, this one is
about 2" x 3/4", scrolled chrome, with two oil holes and a spool pin in
the middle. The plate is firmly fixed to the head, and the pin is
friction-fit. The mechanic showed us one he had, with the head being
solid up there (no plate) and a threaded spool pin. Our 201 has the
scrolled chrome round rear plate, FW-style scroll on the chrome
faceplate, blocky art-deco gold scroll on the bed, and a chrome-edged
handwheel. Also, I've read on the digest that the 201 is a 3/4 head --
This one is definitely full-sized! (As big and heavy as our 66-1). Do we
have some kind of wartime-industrial 201, or is this just a common
variation that we and our mechanic have never seen? And, what kind of
case or cabinet may this have originally come in?
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Clay (& Shelly)
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 11:01:35 -0700
From: Elaine Solomon madrona@teleport.com
Subject: Wheeler and Wilson #8 and Singer 128 "godzilla"_
snip
Wanted to respond to Clay and Shelly in regard to the 201 they acquired:
my 201 does have such a chrome oval on top, with the two oil holes and
the spool pin in the center. However, my faceplate is striated, as is
the round rear plate. My model is a Centennial-emblem one, in a cabinet
(the cabinet is rather plain, two drawers either side, wood drawer
pulls, with knee lever). The scrollwork is also the plainer variety.
snip
I "fixed" the smoking motor problem on my 201. I consulted Bobbie, who
told me to take it in to the shop. I don't have a reliable repair
person, the nearest shop wanted $100 to put the whole machine into a
degreaser bath. They said there would be additional charges if the motor
needed replacing. So I figured I could experiment. If the result was
that I'd ruined the motor, it wouldn't really cost me any more. Such
logic, yes? I took a can of an "Industrial Heavy Duty Degreaser", which
is mostly Trichloroethane (nasty toxic stuff) and sprayed the brushes
and the motor, tipping it and catching the runoff with old towelling. I
let the remainder evaporate, and tried the motor again. Success! No more
wisps of smoke. So I assume the problem was oil in the motor/brush
areas.
Elaine Solomon in Forest Grove, OR
madrona@teleport.com
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