{"id":5549,"date":"2012-06-16T16:40:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T22:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2012-06-16T16:40:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-16T22:40:43","slug":"1751-kenmore-zigzag-sewing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/archives\/2012\/06\/16\/1751-kenmore-zigzag-sewing-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"1751 Kenmore Zigzag Sewing Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I enjoy going to the occasional garage sale.\u00a0 I’ll usually spend less than five to ten dollars, and take home a small trove of what only I would call treasure.\u00a0 I feel I’ve had a good day when I get home and don’t go:\u00a0 “why did I buy that?” I keep going because every once in a while I’ll find something like the lateral file that I bought at an estate sale for $5.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Jack called after he got to the golf course to remind me that Gleneagle was having its community day for garage sales.\u00a0 I made sure I had lots of ones and fives in my wallet and headed out.\u00a0 I hit several places and my most exciting find was a working electric pencil sharpener for $2.\u00a0 (The seller plugged it in and demonstrated using a pencil.)<\/p>\n

As I pulled up to yet another house, I thought “that looks like a Kenmore.”\u00a0 I had a hand-me-down Kenmore portable (actually luggable) that I finally passed on to a friend years after I bought a lightweight electronic machine. I still missed the power of that all metal machine. I’d occasionally looked at Craiglist for an older all-mechanical machine in a cabinet, but they always wanted at least $50 for them.<\/p>\n

There was a sticker saying “make an offer.”\u00a0 I turned the hand wheel and it had that soft, smooth heavy feel I remembered, moving the needle up and down.\u00a0 The manual and accessories were featured right with the machine, which was spotless.\u00a0 I asked the seller if she would take $25 for it, and she accepted. (This was the second year she tried to sell it.)\u00a0 Fortunately I had unloaded the station wagon before leaving the house, and the cabinet and machine fit in easily.<\/p>\n

I had it threaded and was testing it within an hour of Jack carrying it into the house.\u00a0 (It is similar enough to my old machine that I could have done it from memory, but I used the manual, just in case.)\u00a0 I held my breath when I pressed on the pedal, and was happy when I head the quiet power of the motor.\u00a0 It sewed a straight balanced seam which looks great.<\/p>\n

According to a site I found, the model 1751 was made 1971 to 1972.\u00a0 I am very pleased with my new acquisition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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