Greg Menke
Diamond
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2004
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, USA
I recently started sewing, curtains, pillows & kicknacks for the daughter, clothing repairs where suitable, etc which got me interested in sewing machines more deeply, I've always been fascinated by them. We have a generic 80's machine which is starting to suck now that I'm using it more seriously, I'm going to switch over to a Singer 400 series or Slant-o-matic at some point.
I was wondering if anyone knew about what Singer was like as a manufacturing operation- IIRC earlier this year a series of pics from NCR shops showed up, maybe someone has a file on Singer from back in the day. Considering how many little sewing machine co's they bought up, they must've been a nightmare to compete with.
Presumably they've sent everything to China these days, but maybe I'm being cynical and they still make some things...
Thanks,
Greg
I was wondering if anyone knew about what Singer was like as a manufacturing operation- IIRC earlier this year a series of pics from NCR shops showed up, maybe someone has a file on Singer from back in the day. Considering how many little sewing machine co's they bought up, they must've been a nightmare to compete with.
Presumably they've sent everything to China these days, but maybe I'm being cynical and they still make some things...
Thanks,
Greg