Rebuilding isn't my first choice, but I will do it if the client requests it. It is better to use it, than throw it away. There were about 14 000 000 of these made in the world, so it is not exactly a rarity ;) The machine will be used as a spare.
14mln of Singer? Because there was many other producers of sewing machines like this. Very nice final effect! :-) Do you use modified veneer to, or only natural?
The table came out beautifully. I hope the machine itself found a good home with someone who will use it. Those old Singers are workhorses that never stop.
Well at least the table is still being used and as usual you did an excellent job. You know my Mum has one of these Singers and she still uses it. I tried once to get her a new electric machine a few years ago but she said she couldn’t see spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars on a new machine when this one still worked perfectly fine. I tried telling her the new ones did all sorts of other stitches that she had to do by hand at present and she just dismissed me saying people nowadays were to lazy and too untalented to do these stitches by hand. The sewing machine I might add belonged to her grandmother and my great grandmother and was bought new in 1898. I learned to sew on it myself. It’s nice to know some things never go out of style.
It's young compared to my new project: restoring an 1887 Steinway C grand piano. And one of these Singer treadle machines does something that not even the fanciest new sewing machine can do: it works during a power failure.
This video reminded me of my dear grandmother, who spent hours sewing with her Singer. With a hard and persistent work she was able to buy her house. Once again, the result of your work is magnificent. The sky is the limit for you! Bravo!👏👏
It’s sad that the client didn’t want to restore the item as a sewing table. Sort of takes away from the beauty. But as always, your work is truly remarkable.
Turned into a lovely table but personally I would have restored it back into a sewing table. I know that it can be returned to a sewing table but each person has their preferences. You do such beautiful work either way. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day
as a young apprentice sand molder, i took a hammer to 100s of those singer cast iron casings,when singer closed in Clydebank glasgow, our foundry sent all the apprentices to break up all the iron for smelting ,it was rather sad to see such beautiful workmanship being destroyed
I love the fact that you carefully padded the gold back on the logos. I have my grandmothers 1941 Singer, which is in her mother's beautiful Singer cabinet (1920s I think). I need to find the courage to help the bits of the top that have been through a lot over the years.
I have a glass table made out of the Singer sewing machine bottom. My mom had it..and now handed down to me. I think a friend of hers made it. He did woodworking stuff. I loved how you highlighted the letters and stuff. gorgeous ..
You did a great job... I enjoyed watching you work. I am an old lady, 80 yo. I currently have two projects going... adding veneer to the top of my desk, an antique rolltop. I believe it used to have leather on it, but I can't redo that. And the other project is turning a 1950's sewing table with drawers into a kitchen island. Actually the hardest part of that project is undoing the old screws and removing the hardware. I'm old and have a weakness in my hands. But... It's fun to make something new out of trashed furniture. 😊😊
La sobriété et la qualité des images rendent bien le professionnalisme et le talent de l'artisan. Bravo c'est toujours un plaisir de regarder cette chaine. Il y a un coté zen très plaisant.
As an American, it was kind of sad to see the classic Singer machine removed. But I'm sure there's a table somewhere that needs a machine. 😀 Coloring the relief gold on the ironwork was a nice touch.🤩
This brought back so many memories! My mother used to have one exactly like this one, but it would have been too costly to bring over from Brazil to Canada just 2 years ago when she passed on. Thank you! This makes a beautiful side table for the dining room!
He trabajado mucho bordando es la cuarta generación que la tenemos y nunca me dejado tirada por eso le tengo un gran cariño y como si fuera de la familia,te mando un saludo
What a beautiful transformation. That will enhance any home. I wish I had my mom's old Singer. Her's wasn't a treadle but fully electric. I love seeing your work, Ahti. I could watch you all day.
i am one of the ones that squirmed when the machine was removed and the hole for it filled... I hate to see those old machines go unloved - even if there are millions of them. =P I was glad tho, that you kept the entire treadle base intact. The finished table is lovely and well done.
While I have and use one of these treadle Singers (Leather work and heavy sewing - it's perfect), you made a superb table out of it. Glad to see the actual base was resused as legs, and glad to learn the machine will be used as a "spare" for someone, although I have never heard of one of these treadle sewing machines breaking unless the user forgot to lube it occasionally. Mine's close to 70 years old and still works like new. Good work! It looks like new now, with the cleaning and shallac-ing of the iron leg base.
Love the little detail touches you add such as “clocking” the screws to matching positions. That is an old craftsman’s technique that makers of fine and bespoke shotguns perform. Respect!
Mi abuela tenía una maquina igual a esa, la donamos para que siguiera ayudando a quien lo necesite, como siempre excelete trabajo, QUE MAESTRO...!!! GRACIAS🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🤜🏻🤛🏻🙋🏻♂️🇦🇷🇦🇷
I made a larger table top for an old Singer machine like that, as my wife needed a larger surface area for making curtains and gowns, I restored the treadle action, still in use 40 years later, the machine still in perfect working order 110 years old.
Such a classic. I like the reuse idea, and even without the mechanical parts. These machines are still found all over the USA, and obviously elsewhere too.
Another fine job Ahti. Indeed a lot of people squirmed a bit to see that old Singer sewing machine removed, but at least retained. They truly are works of art in their own right. Thank you again, as always, for your amazing work and videos. God bless. Rev. D.
I have a few of these old singer sewing machines. They are absolute work horses! I appreciate that you kept most of the details of the original cabinet. The client always gets what they want. It's beautiful work! I wish that more people would restore the entire thing, but if sewing isn't your thing, I suppose that isn't reasonable.
At 7:35, originally there was a long spring wire (piano wire) in that notch on the top right of the drawer. It disappeared into the slots at the ends, and curved gently upward for most of the distance. This wedged against the bottom of the table and kept the drawer from rattling around and possibly working it's way out while the sewing machine was in use.
I have in my house my husband's great grandma's and I want to redo it. This though sad to watch gives me some ideas. You do awesome work. I'd like to see you refinish a Singer machine..
Wonderful. Back in the days of landline telephones ☎️, my dad converted one of those as a telephone table. He fitted a bit of mdf in the hole, and being a watchmaker he covered the table in green felt. It still exists as a plant and flower table. ❤
I still have a landline telephone line, and an old MaBell telephone which can use it. The dial tone is a major third (two notes) and the upper note is A=440 Hz.If you are out in the country, and don't have a tuning fork and want to tune a violin, there it is.
Great work as always Ahti. It brought back some memories as my mother had an old Singer treadle sewing machine just like that one when I was a small child.
Your work is as stunning as always I’m just sad that this client didn’t want to keep it a sewing table. Those machines are antique and can still be used today!
At first I was sad to see that you chose to convert this sewing machine table into a regular table, but then I saw that the client requested it, so that is that. Such a piece of history! I'm glad you got to save the beautiful legs and pedal. Your work, as usual, was superb! Thank you for posting!
Wow. An old Singer model 127 vibrating shuttle, in wonderful shape. And with the coffin head cover, instead of the fold up kind of treadle. That means that it's probably late 1800's. Would have to see the serial number to be sure. It's neat when you turn the top of those upside down and can see someone's fingerprints in the stain from more than 100 years ago. I always wonder who they might have been. Nice table too. Not even the Amish like those vibrating shuttle machines. They sew a perfect stitch, but shake like crazy, and don't have reverse.
❤ this! Very cool when a furniture restorer (& a darn fine one at that) has a list of 'my favourite tools' in the description... and a gazillion clamps of all shapes & sizes. 100% 👍
WOW My mum had one of these machines and i used to love playing with the treddle, and it was ok until you got your foot stuck under it, and i like to look inside the little drawer, brings back so many memories xxxx thank you
my mom died just over a month ago. she had a sewing machine similar to that one. the table is four drawers: two on each side. we still have the machine though we don't use it anymore. but how much I would like to restore her!
I learned to sew on one of these, because my grandmother was born in 1908 and used her same sewing machine all her life. It's strange that I can use one, but it worked very well!
Thank you for the video. I have a 1928 Singer, just bought a base to put it on that im fixing to restore the iron make a new table top for it. Then I’m going to use it for its intended purpose 🪡🧵
It was an excellent rebuild. Well done, Ahti. The grain pattern for the top? Chef's kiss. Plus, it's a perfect desk for people with a nervous temper. One can read, exercise the legs and keep anxiety at bay, all at the same time. There's an underfolder with the hinged cover and two drawers at home. Don't know the model, but granma surely did a lot of sewing on it. Have a fantastic weekend, mate.
Столик получился замечательный, но саму машинку жалко :( В своё время - это было просто чудо инженерной мысли, налажено массовое производство, куча дочерних предприятий по всему миру делали Зингер по патенту. Она была всеядна, можо было шить шёлк и сукно. Неприхотлива в обслуживании. Надо бы пристроить её в добрые и умелые руки.
This Singer Sewing Machine looks awesome. I did the same thing to mine. Of course I didn’t take it apart as I wouldn’t of figured out how to put it back together again LOL. I do love how you accented the emblem n the Singer. You adding back the drawer makes it totally perfect. ♥️😊👍🌟🌟
WOW! You've sure brought back some memories. I refinished an old Singer sewing machine cabinet back in the mid 1980s for a friend. The one I did had three drawers on each side and the fronts of the drawers were concave inward. I gave the metal stand a spray coat of Tremclad gloss black and sprayed the name and side medallions gold. I should ask my friend whatever happened to it.
A lovely job. I have a similar table done by my dad. It's not as pretty as yours, as Dad is more of a utilitarian carpenter than a finish carpenter. It has two drawers on either side. My old Singer is similar to this one, but was converted to electricity sometime in the late 1940s by bolting on an electric motor to run the belt instead of using the treadle. It uses that same long bobbin instead of the round, botton-like one. It is a workhorse; it will sew anything you can get a needle through. Dad used it once to sew the name tags in his leather combat boots during his Army career.
Glad to see the machine will be used as a spare. This one did make me a bit sad though... More than 100 years ago that machine was a usable work of art that someone's great-great grandmother was probably ridiculously proud of, showing off to the neighbours and such. Still, the fact is, almost EVERYONE's great gran had one, so they are somewhat common. The veneer is beautiful and the work is top-notch as usual.