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  Came across this machine on Ebay recently, listed as 'Blue Singer for Spares'. It caught my eye because it was a Fiddle Base & therefore has to be pre 1900? So I did a little online searching & came up with Singer IF. It wasn't the more common 'bullet shuttle' so I thought it might be worth a closer look.  The listing showed it without the bobbin plate & I wondered what else could be missing? Had a refinish at some point also, a Hammered blue paint & a post WW2 case...  Has a Hillman motor which I'd been looking for for a while, plus I'd never had a Fiddle base before. (I do have a nice 12K now though : )   So I took a chance & won it. It was here in two days & very interesting to look over, especially to see what was missing. The bobbin plate was inside the box & also a couple of bobbins: ) Looked complete to me so next thing to do is see if it works. Checking the SN for dating it turns out to be an 1888 model & the first o...

The Pfaff 30 has an excellent reputation for quality, reliability & long life. It's a straight stitch only machine, with reverse, but there are many attachments for it if you want more than that. This is my first one & it is an impressive machine! It oozes the best quality German engineering & stitch quality is superb, many thinking it better than the venerable Singer 201s. I do agree now I've tried it. I have the original Bill of Sale & Guarantee with this machine. Came with a 25year Guarantee!! Who else did that? (Not Singer!) They were very confident in its quality to offer that. It cost £43 17s 6p in 1958, & adjusted for inflation that equals circa £1030 in 2020! It has a Hillman 1/15HP replacement motor which is just as powerful as the original Pfaff I'm reliably told. It has a very light handwheel which, because of its low mass, accelerates & slows rapidly. Makes the Singer 201s seem a little sluggish in comparison. The bobbin case area is very...