Recently picked up this lovely piece of kit for £26

"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228) 07/04/2016 at 09:21 • Filed to: None

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It's made in 1936 and still works perfectly! I'll be using it eventually to sew the seat covers and other bits of interior trim for the Spitfire. Til then it can just sit there looking fantastic :)

Nibby > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2016 at 09:30

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Great for skin repair on corpses.

JGrabowMSt > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2016 at 09:30

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My sister has one of these. Different coloring and detail on it, but same machine for sure.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Nibby 07/04/2016 at 09:38

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Good to know if ever I fancy becoming Dr Frankenstein, or suddenly find myself a Pratchett-style zombie...

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2016 at 09:54

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I thought you were the Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2016 at 09:55

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There was a video of a guy trying to spin one of those as fast as possible. The washing machine motor died first.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/04/2016 at 10:07

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Hah :) great stuff. I don’t usually buy into the 'they don't make them like they used to' thing, but sometimes they really don't...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 07/04/2016 at 10:14

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I am! I sense a name-change coming on...

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2016 at 10:21

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And again, I inspired someone to change their name, I already inspired ‘Car Guy, Twingo Tamer’ twice in the past.

facw > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2016 at 11:02

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Let us mourn the Singer Building, once the tallest in the world, and the tallest building ever to be peacefully demolished:

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2016 at 11:22

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Some things are better new. Household things aren't.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2016 at 11:55

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My grandmother had a pedal powered one.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/04/2016 at 12:00

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Lovely thing :) we've got the metal framework for one of these, although it's not a Singer one. Does duty as a little outside table with a slate slab on top, and used to be my computer bench :)