SINGER Ball Bearing Hand-Operated Pinker or Pinking Machine

THREE DIFFERENT BLADE STYLES ~ SCARCE!!!
~ All Included ~

Straight-Edge Blade
Scallop Blade - 4 waves per inch
Mini-Scallop Blade - 6 1/2 waves per inch

All SIMANCO ~ All Original ~ $479.95

Beautiful condition box, too!

Available to you is a SINGER Hand Operated Pinking Machine, and yes, this will actually cut through paper, fabric & leather!

Scrapbookers, Seamstresses, and Upholsterers ~
this unit is appropriate for any sewing or crafting hobby.

I've been using my personal pinker for quite some time now using all three different mediums and have not once compromised the blade. Know why? Because it's actually the pressure of the blade meeting against a steel disk that cuts through the paper, fabric or leather, not just the blade itself. Believe me, after examining every piece of this gadget (had mine completely apart), the Singer Pinker is an engineering marvel!

 

Pinker is in excellent condition with minimal use.

Everything is complete and original including the cutting guide, thumbscrew and marking arrow.



Original SIMANCO C-Clamp is also included. A C-Clamp is of necessity for the Pinker to work properly because it needs to be securely fastened to a table for the crank to turn freely without the pinker shifting. If you have a thicker table or surface than the original c-clamp allows, most any new hardware c-clamps will work - just get a larger size.


Note:  The Pinker C-Clamp is the exact same kind that were also supplied originally with the Child’s Singer Sewhandy.




The above photograph shows you the comparison of the cutting styles of the three different blades.  The larger ‘swell’ being the original blade and most common, followed by the cut of the smaller scallop-edged blade (the most scarce to find) and the last being a cut from the straight-edged blade. The extra two blades were special orders made to the Singer Manufacturing Company and were not originally supplied with each Pinker. A customer had to specifically make a request.


Traditional Scallop Blade


Straight-Edged Blade . . . Punch Needle Rug Makers would find this specialty blade quite useful in cutting small, narrow strips of wool for their punch needles.


and the RARELY seen Mini-Scallop Blade

On fabric and paper it creates a rounded or scalloped, pinked edge.  Quite the ‘old’ technology to cut a running length of fabric rather quickly! Traditional scissor-style pinking shears are heavy, slow, can be tiring to the hands (arthritis, anyone?) and creates sharp, angled edges. This unit will give you more of a soft scallop or rick rack edge, so-to-speak.

I love it! My mind is always thinking of new ideas - felt books, Christmas ornaments, stationery or gift cards, or I’ve even read about using the pinker to make little tiny strips of fabric to replicate grass for Easter baskets!  Regardless, cutting strips of fabric or paper is easy and fun - for those of you with small children - you needn’t worry, my 4-year-old daughter loves to ‘play’ with the old Singer Pinker and has done so for a couple years now, actually.  It certainly gives her something fun to do while Mama is sewing!


If you don’t own a serger, but you need to trim an inside seam, the pinker can be a very practical and useful tool.  I needed to cut extra close to the seam line before turning the fabric section right-side out. The Singer Pinker came in very handy!



Below is a picture of the finished product.


My SweetPea in her new top!





With leather, this will cut a traditional pinked edge.




This is an illustration in one of my Machine Sewing Books.

ORIGINAL Instruction Manual Included



These illustrations are taken directly from the little manual which is
included with your Hand-Operated Pinker.








Finish Seams, Trim Dressing Tables & Lamps, Edge Chintz & Waterproof Fabrics ~ suitable for Draperies, Shower Curtains, Picnic Table Covers, etc...




Finish Edges on Cabinet Shelving, Leather, Vinyl or Ultra Suede.




Create Seasonal Wall-Hangings, Nursery Decor, or Felt Cloth Books

 



Singer Hand-Operated Pinking Machine with THREE (3) Blades
Scallop, Mini-Scallop and Straight-Edge
$479.95

Original C-Clamp
(Pinker will not work properly without a clamp.)

Original Instruction Manual

Original Superior Condition Box


All three blades are included - one is actually on the Pinker itself.