Gingerbas Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Thinking of getting rid of my 29k72 for a more modern model. Nothing wrong with it but with replacement parts not always the same as before looking to upgrade. Looked at the highlead gc2268, anyone with any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 New head from Standard, cheap as a key machine & you can't go wrong. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerbas Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Cheers Lee, can you get spare parts ok? Is this not one of the Chinese copy's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 It is a far eastern copy, but one that Standard are happy to sell, so the quality is fine, and at the price, it's a steal. Perhaps Keith could confirm about parts - though so far, I can't see what you'd need to replace except the odd needle... Every repairer should be replacing their tired, erratic old 29K with one of these. I bought mine last summer & it's been a delight to be able to stitch reliably again after years of dodgy tension, missed stitches & general stitching-based frustration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerbas Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Spoke to Keith this morning, so now wonderening if anyone in Scotland has one of these machines? So I can have a look and try before I buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 You should have asked Keith when you spoke to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I was talking to someone else today who said Timpson in Perth has one???????? If you've used a 29k you've used one of these, difference is its tighter, more precise & more positive to the touch. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 And a lovely colour too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerbas Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 You should have asked Keith when you spoke to him! He couldn't remember of hand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithm Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Defo Perth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 i think they are going into all new timpson units, so luckily most of you will get to see one sometime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 CLAES. No comparison, if you want a machine that is tried tested and performs perfect look no further. SINGER. Original with Original parts.. great. Singer parts copied Japan.. great Singer parts copied in China.. not so good to put it mildly. Singer parts sourced from China but sub contected to Tiawan...bit worse than China. Singer copied in India.. not copied the current model. Singer full machine copied in China.. OK as long as you keep to the Chinese parts and dont use the parts from the original singer from years ago. This machine in my opinion is OK for odd jobs but if you want a machine for continual use in Surgical etc then CLAES or ADLER is the better option with CLAES coming out tops. Please bear in mind that this is my personal opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithm Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Exactly, so if you don't have the budget for a Claes, which I would highly recomend, then we have a perfect replacement for your original Singer, tried and tested, otherwise we wouldn't put our name to it Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Things can only get better as the song goes. If I was starting out again I would be geared to the remedial side of the business in a big way and the best Patcher would be at the heart of that work. A few odd jobs would not warrant the expenditure and I would therefore be quite happy with a New Copy Singer with a good guarantee and back up service that I'm sure "Standard" would supply. If I'm still around in 10 years time I would be very interested in the development of these machines and what has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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