When to bite the bullet.

[automick]

So i picked up a used singer sowing machine for my shell deflector project.
Budy keeper.
To sow material around the edge.....got it for $45 on craigs list. it worked
great at the sellers house..and sowed fine at my house for a while.
Then it quit...Damn i thought...those old MO FOs riped me off.!
My first thought was to call and complain...didnt wana take it apart and see.
Curiosity got the best of me...Took the bottom of to see.!
A plastic gear had become old and striped and fell apart....old age.
Did the selers know...hell no...did i know...hell no again
Do i bitch moan and whine about my $45 bucks...NO again....SOMETIMES
YA JUST HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET.
I was SO getin intouch with my femine side doing the sowing thing.:icon_neutral:
Im gona buy a NEW machine. lol lol

[Planning]

just go over to sears and buy a new part for it. they will order and ship it to your house in a couple days.

remember to buy both gears.
ron

[cfish]

Or Get Matt to CNC ya one. Ol Turbo can work magic!!!

[DAA1]

Brings to mind the time when me and the first wife decided to go buy a sewing machine so she could sew on my name tapes and rank on my uniforms so I would not have to pay $$$ to have it done.

Her words were to the effect we would buy me a sewing machine and I could sew my own patches on.

I don't have that wife any more, but...... I still have the sewing machine I bought.

I did later figure out it was worth having someone else sew those darn patches on my uniforms, worth every dollar or three per patch that it cost to have the work done by someone who knows what they are doing.

And yeah I did later get another wife, she does not sew either, and laughed when I told her the story above.

[Planning]

when i went to rigger school at ft lee va, part of the training was to sew up rigging and repair parachutes..

being a low paid airman i figured i could make a few bucks sewing on patches
$1.00 per patch. then i started cutting off the sleeves making them short sleeve $3 per shirt, then i started tapering the fatique pants $5 per pair of pants. i made as much as $25 per week doing this while on call duty at the section at night. ( some one had to be there when the A/C came in at night. if they didn't air drop the loads had to be off loaded. the person on call had to find a crew to off load.

there i go again rambling on about the old days.:off_topic:

ron

[yellowhand]

when i went to rigger school at ft lee va, part of the training was to sew up rigging and repair parachutes..

being a low paid airman i figured i could make a few bucks sewing on patches
$1.00 per patch. then i started cutting off the sleeves making them short sleeve $3 per shirt, then i started tapering the fatique pants $5 per pair of pants. i made as much as $25 per week doing this while on call duty at the section at night. ( some one had to be there when the A/C came in at night. if they didn't air drop the loads had to be off loaded. the person on call had to find a crew to off load.

there i go again rambling on about the old days.:off_topic:

ron
ok, so for the record, I placed my life 276 times into the hands of a person or persons who did odd uniform sewing jobs while at the same time repairing the chutes and rigging my life depended upon!!!
All I have to say is THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for the outstanding work you and your fellow riggers did, well done...:thanks:

[Buddymack]

when i went to rigger school at ft lee va, part of the training was to sew up rigging and repair parachutes..

being a low paid airman i figured i could make a few bucks sewing on patches
$1.00 per patch. then i started cutting off the sleeves making them short sleeve $3 per shirt, then i started tapering the fatique pants $5 per pair of pants. i made as much as $25 per week doing this while on call duty at the section at night. ( some one had to be there when the A/C came in at night. if they didn't air drop the loads had to be off loaded. the person on call had to find a crew to off load.

there i go again rambling on about the old days.:off_topic:

ron

I just remembered why I always stopped in to say hey to Parachute shop..
thanks man!:America:

[automick]

Found the parts online for $20 im amazed they are available for
a 32 year old machine....im a happy camper again.

[M1 Tanker]

Good Mick, now get with Planning for advice and plans...I need a double riggers belt please. I've lost so much weight mine is too big.

[7.62guy]

Good Mick, now get with Planning for advice and plans...I need a double riggers belt please. I've lost so much weight mine is too big.

so that's a good thing, right?