Did I do good buying? Lots of questions

**college** · 02-18-2013, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by brandon

What kind of sewing machine is that?
Butter dish is plated brass or copper, should be able to get 10-15 out of the monitor,

Hey its a new home sewing machine. Cost me 5 bucks. So the butter dish says silver plate but after some research silver plate can be brass or copper with no silver at all? Im still kind of confused about it. Do you think its worth spending a couple bucks on things that say silver plate or should I not even waste my time? Thanks.

http://i.imgur.com/GzpPJX7.jpg

**brandon** · 02-18-2013, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by college

Hey its a new home sewing machine. Cost me 5 bucks. So the butter dish says silver plate but after some research silver plate can be brass or copper with no silver at all? Im still kind of confused about it. Do you think its worth spending a couple bucks on things that say silver plate or should I not even waste my time? Thanks.

http://i.imgur.com/GzpPJX7.jpg

If its heavy brass or copper under the silverplate and you can get it cheap, its worth it. If it weighs several pounds and you can get it for a buck or two, go for it.
Sewing machines, stay away unless they are free, or are a collected model.
Look up these terms, EPOC, Silver Soldered, nickel silver, alpaca, german silver,