There's a Singer 99 and then there's a SINGER 99

I love the hand cranks and have had fun in the conversion process (so easy!) so I was not looking for another one. But here's what found me on Saturday afternoon:

I'm a sucker for these little gems and I do mean gems: she was pristine, almost the cleanest and best condition I've ever seen. Cabinet was not wanted so I walked away. Yes, I WALKED AWAY. My husband doesn't believe I can actually do this so I went home and told him how brave I was. Of course, then I got to thinking about how I could use the cabinet on a Singer 185K that was in a nice box base and use the box base for the better looking 99 for a better hand crank. We found some items to donate so I could get a 20% discount (don't say that's shameless unless you have never done this before) and I went back to the thrift store between thunderstorms. Here's the end result:

Singer 99 in front with big sis 66 behind

Nice first attempt but her decals are nearly gone.

I think it's a much prettier hand crank and it works just fine (sorry old 99 but you might be a painting experiment one day)




I had to go back to look at the cabinet stored out in the garage (glad it's summer and my car can sit out more) and I found out there was a secret to this cabinet.

The support bar would not stay closed so I'll have to see what's wrong with it. In the process of checking it out I noticed hinges so I traced it back and forward to find I had a door with storage!

How cool is that! Just to make it even more fun I remembered one of my favorite cabinets also had that inside storage but I couldn't figure out how you would use it. I never saw the hinges. Now I ran back inside and looked at the cabinet, with a nice Singer 403 in it, and could easily see how it would open. Not a bit deal but you really want some kind of storage, even if a small box. So clever of those folks back then and now I'm even happier to have "one more cabinet" that will hold the Singer 185K.