@@Roxy0405 I wish I could find more, but the bright folks are buying them up. They’re the big winner, and I keep on looking. When you see one, buy it. If you walk away to think it over, someone else will get it. He who doth snoozest, doth loosest. Someone famously said. 👍🏼😎
@@itzzbarb you are absolutely correct. I have a number of quilting customers who love this little machine. It’s lightweight, yet more powerful than many of the bigger plastic machines. It fits nicely in a travel case, and is state of the art. 😎👍
@@dmarie1157 yes, I’ve made that comparison myself. Living as close as I do, to the old Carswell Air Force base, my ears have become attuned to that beautiful sound. As the F-16’s would scream over us throughout our day, we (locals) would call it the sound of freedom. Now it’s a sound reminiscent of quality, high speed electric motors. The pitch is very close, at least to my ears. Thanks for watching and thanks for a great comment. 😎👍
My mom has a 1959, if I remember correctly the model year, which I took to the Singer repair near me to have it overhauled; mom never serviced it. I surprised her with it sounding like new as they had to fix the tension and a new electric cord as our bunny liked to chew. I don't know who I'll pass it along to when I go, but for now it stays home.
@@evasquez9654 good for you. Someone will come along in the family and express an interest eventually. Show them this video to pique their interest. It’s a great machine for a beginner or a pro. 😎👍🏼
Great machine- better than any new basic machine. I use my mom’s 401a, but would love a 404. The 404 is also about 30% more heavy duty (I think this is the one with the thicker post that drives the needle uptake).
I have one of these. It is absolutely beautiful with the original hard carry case. It is, unfortunately, skipping stitches. I’m thinking it needs a new needle. What else could possibly be causing it to skip stitches?
@@dank-365 thanks. Every time I sell one, I’m wondering where I will find another one. Folks are hanging on to them and keeping them in the family. They’re getting as scarce as a Bernina 830 on the open market. Once a machine gains its requisite notoriety, they get to a status that’s almost mythical among the serious sewists and collectors. I would love to keep them all, but I have customers that do that. They have a passion for their collection, as well as more room to display them than I do. 😎👍
I think this is the one we had in Home Economics early 70’s. I’m thinking of getting one of these as I’m getting into free motion quilting art quilts, I think It would be good for that, not sure if I would be better with an old say white, Janome that has a bigger motor. What do you think Andy? By the way I love your snarky comments, look here we do have needle up needle down.
@@shirley1413 I have a video where I free motion sew on a similar Slantomatic with ease. You won’t find a domestic machine with a bigger motor than this one. It’s all around a perfect little machine.
I rescued a one of these a few months back. It was missing part of the thread tensioning knob. The age old, 3rd generation Sew Vac shop had a tensioner....$20. Mine came with the vinyl clad cover with the round Singer® medallion (looks like a globe) on the top/left corner. The cover's wooden framing had some fracturing, so I had to do some creative glueing and clamping to shore it up.* I haven't sewn 1 stitch with it, but I'm confident it will sew. * The SewVac shop had an orphan'd cover , just like these 401-404 series machines used,, just sitting on the floor the other day. I nabbed it for $20, fits over my 'scrap yard' 500 Rocketeer just fine. I am having some problems getting pedal cords,, or the entire pedal & cord, for a couple of my Singers. (the 4 pin, shield-shaped type machine cord). The Rocketeer, and a 603 AutoReel share the same machine-side plug type. EDIT:::: Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
@@robotbuster1487 I get those cords from Brewer Sewing and PD60. I think the Singer Featherweight shop sells them too. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well. 👍🏼😎
Owning one of these singers is like owning a giant tortoise or a parrot; at some point you’ll have to find someone to give it to once you die! This is a 100 year machine.
@@johnbutler5650 that’s quite an apt analogy. The challenge, is finding someone who will cherish it and give it the care and respect it’s worthy of. I have a customer who is the third owner of an opera singing parrot. The parrot was owned by opera sopranos. It never occurred to me to ask about the obvious parallel of having the third generation Singer that I was servicing on location at their elegant home. I can’t wait to visit with them at their next service interval. The look on their face, when I ask them about it, will be priceless. They may have that contingency already accounted for, since that’s probably where their mind already is with the parrot. Thanks for that awesome observation. 😎👍
Our junior high Family Living classes used these machines well into the late 1980's. The sewing teacher declined to requisition new machines because she said these machines were indestructible and withstood heavy usage by beginners; she could handle any maintenance or adjustments herself while the new machines at the senior high were often sidelined waiting for service tech.
@@drewk1514 wow. I love true, on the scene, testimonials from the front line observers. Thanks for taking the time to “tell it like it is”. I wish I had every one of those machines. I’m certain that they’re somewhere right now sewing up a storm. 👍🏼😎
@@christina507 1)order a new one online. 2)The new one will arrive. 3)You’ll find the old one the next day. 4)Return the new one That’s the way it usually works out. 😎👍
@@ronalddevine9587 you’re no doubt correct on both counts. I told my wife, I bet these clowns have never even seen a Pfaff 362 and wouldn’t know where to begin to service one. From what my customers tell me repeatedly from their interactions with these yahoos, if you even ask them what time it is, their answer would be, “Time to buy a new sewing machine”. In a metro area with millions of people, I guess you can get away with that for quite a long time. When times get tough and budgets get lean, they might want to reconsider their frivolous business model.
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They had one at our local St Vincent de Paul with a small cabinet for about $30 Sold by the next day!
@@Roxy0405 I wish I could find more, but the bright folks are buying them up. They’re the big winner, and I keep on looking.
When you see one, buy it. If you walk away to think it over, someone else will get it.
He who doth snoozest, doth loosest. Someone famously said. 👍🏼😎
Perfect for quilting! That machine is absolutely clean!! You don't find that often.
@@itzzbarb you are absolutely correct. I have a number of quilting customers who love this little machine. It’s lightweight, yet more powerful than many of the bigger plastic machines. It fits nicely in a travel case, and is state of the art. 😎👍
I have one of these.The motor sound reminds me of a jet engine.
@@dmarie1157 yes, I’ve made that comparison myself. Living as close as I do, to the old Carswell Air Force base, my ears have become attuned to that beautiful sound. As the F-16’s would scream over us throughout our day, we (locals) would call it the sound of freedom.
Now it’s a sound reminiscent of quality, high speed electric motors. The pitch is very close, at least to my ears.
Thanks for watching and thanks for a great comment. 😎👍
A truly beautiful sewing machine besides being a top sewing champ.
@@randyc8171 indeed. 👍🏼😎
My mom has a 1959, if I remember correctly the model year, which I took to the Singer repair near me to have it overhauled; mom never serviced it. I surprised her with it sounding like new as they had to fix the tension and a new electric cord as our bunny liked to chew. I don't know who I'll pass it along to when I go, but for now it stays home.
@@evasquez9654 good for you. Someone will come along in the family and express an interest eventually. Show them this video to pique their interest.
It’s a great machine for a beginner or a pro. 😎👍🏼
You can adopt me! 🙋♀️
Just kidding, someone in the family will show interest
Great machine- better than any new basic machine. I use my mom’s 401a, but would love a 404. The 404 is also about 30% more heavy duty (I think this is the one with the thicker post that drives the needle uptake).
@@patemmack7205 it’s a gem. I wish I could find them more often. They sure do fit the bill for a simple but functional machine. 😎👍
I have one of these. It is absolutely beautiful with the original hard carry case. It is, unfortunately, skipping stitches. I’m thinking it needs a new needle. What else could possibly be causing it to skip stitches?
@@stormyrayn2104 you’ve diagnosed the problem perfectly.
It will be a needle issue.
@. Awesome!! Thank you so much.
That’s a real bargain, Great video.
@@dank-365 thanks. Every time I sell one, I’m wondering where I will find another one. Folks are hanging on to them and keeping them in the family. They’re getting as scarce as a Bernina 830 on the open market.
Once a machine gains its requisite notoriety, they get to a status that’s almost mythical among the serious sewists and collectors.
I would love to keep them all, but I have customers that do that. They have a passion for their collection, as well as more room to display them than I do. 😎👍
I think this is the one we had in Home Economics early 70’s. I’m thinking of getting one of these as I’m getting into free motion quilting art quilts, I think It would be good for that, not sure if I would be better with an old say white, Janome that has a bigger motor. What do you think Andy? By the way I love your snarky comments, look here we do have needle up needle down.
@@shirley1413 I have a video where I free motion sew on a similar Slantomatic with ease. You won’t find a domestic machine with a bigger motor than this one. It’s all around a perfect little machine.
@ , thank you for your very prompt reply, I will check out the video.😏
I rescued a one of these a few months back. It was missing part of the thread tensioning knob. The age old, 3rd generation Sew Vac shop had a tensioner....$20.
Mine came with the vinyl clad cover with the round Singer® medallion (looks like a globe) on the top/left corner.
The cover's wooden framing had some fracturing, so I had to do some creative glueing and clamping to shore it up.*
I haven't sewn 1 stitch with it, but I'm confident it will sew.
* The SewVac shop had an orphan'd cover , just like these 401-404 series machines used,, just sitting on the floor the other day. I nabbed it for $20, fits over my 'scrap yard' 500 Rocketeer just fine.
I am having some problems getting pedal cords,, or the entire pedal & cord, for a couple of my Singers. (the 4 pin, shield-shaped type machine cord). The Rocketeer, and a 603 AutoReel share the same machine-side plug type.
EDIT::::
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
@@robotbuster1487 I get those cords from Brewer Sewing and PD60. I think the Singer Featherweight shop sells them too.
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well. 👍🏼😎
Owning one of these singers is like owning a giant tortoise or a parrot; at some point you’ll have to find someone to give it to once you die! This is a 100 year machine.
@@johnbutler5650 that’s quite an apt analogy.
The challenge, is finding someone who will cherish it and give it the care and respect it’s worthy of.
I have a customer who is the third owner of an opera singing parrot. The parrot was owned by opera sopranos.
It never occurred to me to ask about the obvious parallel of having the third generation Singer that I was servicing on location at their elegant home.
I can’t wait to visit with them at their next service interval. The look on their face, when I ask them about it, will be priceless.
They may have that contingency already accounted for, since that’s probably where their mind already is with the parrot.
Thanks for that awesome observation. 😎👍
Our junior high Family Living classes used these machines well into the late 1980's. The sewing teacher declined to requisition new machines because she said these machines were indestructible and withstood heavy usage by beginners; she could handle any maintenance or adjustments herself while the new machines at the senior high were often sidelined waiting for service tech.
@@drewk1514 wow. I love true, on the scene, testimonials from the front line observers.
Thanks for taking the time to “tell it like it is”.
I wish I had every one of those machines. I’m certain that they’re somewhere right now sewing up a storm. 👍🏼😎
My favorite machine. It has the same mechanism as the Singer 201 without the price or pretension.
@@chazhoosier2478 it certainly is built to the same precision standard as the 201. Either one would work for me long term. 😎👍
I found a 401A. It looks to be in great shape. it just needs a pedal. Does it have metal parts also or a belt?
@@eleanorfetterman2493 all steel. Direct gear drive. Exact same platform as the 404,403,500-A-etc.
I have numerous videos on the 401.
I have my mom's but we can't find the pedal anywhere.
@@christina507 1)order a new one online.
2)The new one will arrive.
3)You’ll find the old one the next day.
4)Return the new one
That’s the way it usually works out. 😎👍
First off, they probably don't know how to thread and operate it. Secondly, they're too dang lazy or stupid to order parts. Ebay for openers.
@@ronalddevine9587 you’re no doubt correct on both counts.
I told my wife, I bet these clowns have never even seen a Pfaff 362 and wouldn’t know where to begin to service one.
From what my customers tell me repeatedly from their interactions with these yahoos, if you even ask them what time it is, their answer would be, “Time to buy a new sewing machine”.
In a metro area with millions of people, I guess you can get away with that for quite a long time.
When times get tough and budgets get lean, they might want to reconsider their frivolous business model.