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1. First year of the singer red eye treadle sewing machine serial numbers#
2. First year of the singer red eye treadle sewing machine serial number#
3. First year of the singer red eye treadle sewing machine manual#
4. First year of the singer red eye treadle sewing machine full#

There are links in there for more vintage sewing machine sites, so if the folks at the quilting board forum can't help you, you could try the folks at the victoriansweatshop forum, or one of the others listed. It's just a collection of vintage sewing machine links I've put together over the last couple of years, and it's a work in progress.

I actually like the 'Shaker plain' style of the newer ones.

It's probably newer than the ones depicted at that ISMACS link, because it lacks the fancy embossing. I don't know whether your machine is installed in the same cabinet, but if it is, that's a variation on Cabinet Tables No.

I'm not actually a vintage sewing machine expert, but rather just an old Internet surfer. Thank you so much for such an incredibly detailed response!! This is absolutely everything I could ask for and more. They also have an interface for asking questions: Here is a thread in which, among other things, a drop test on a Singer 115 bobbin case is described: If that isn't the problem with yours, you might ask the folks at the quiltingboard forum, as they are generally very knowledgeable. I'll also give you a more direct link to the instruction manual:Īs to your machine skipping stitches where previously it hadn't: vintage sewing machine enthusiast Elizabeth had that problem, and it turned out to be a defective needle: Hmmm.īernadette was probably right (she was very knowledgeable), but I'll give you links for both the St.

First year of the singer red eye treadle sewing machine serial numbers#

Also, if you do the math at the singersewinginfo UK site, there are about 40,000 serial numbers unaccounted for in terms of factory providence. I don't know if the information at ISMACS has changed, but I don't see it there. The Singer model 115 actually occupies an interesting little corner of Singer history, because its ancestry has both Singer model 15 and Wheeler & Wilson model 9:īernadette thought that batch was made at the St John's factory.

First year of the singer red eye treadle sewing machine serial number#

Yes, if the serial number on yours is indeed G6669938, that would put it in the same allotment batch of 10,000 as the one in this post, so it makes sense that it's not merely the same model, but the same decal set, etc.: I’m wondering if you know of any resources like YouTube videos (or someone I can learn from!!) so I can teach myself to properly adjust and load the machine. But right now I’m having an issue with the thread skipping stitches, and I’m sure it’s something I’m doing wrong with the tension or loading the bobbin. I’ve had it serviced and it was running perfectly fine for me.

First year of the singer red eye treadle sewing machine manual#

127 and 128" - it's nice to know which is the proper manual now, although it was not to hard to tell by the illustrations.įinally! I’ve found someone with a machine like mine! Same paint and everything! My serial number is G6669938. 115" like in the link you provided, and another for "Nos.

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This machine came with the cabinet drawers full of goodies - looks to me like all the attachments available for this model as well as needles and extra bobbins and two original manuals. The bobbin case is different for these but you can still get them if you need one, they're called a 20U industrial bobbin case. Sadly the Singer website is not being run by people who know something about antique and vintage machines. The Singer 115 manual that is on the Singer website, is not the one for this machine. This time the list has the sub-model, 115-1 but this doesn't mean a lot as I think it only came in the one design. Jean, Québec.Īgain, an Elizabethport machine destined for Quebec. Lol you are right, and this one is the prize :) and I don't see them because I am in Australia where American made Singer machines are much less common than the Kilbowie (near Glasgow in Scotland) and the 115 was not made at Kilbowie. Now that I know more about them I'll treat the grand ladies with the respect they deserve. I see it all the time as well with stuff I really prize and covet in the hands of people who don't know what they've got.Īt least I've got good taste (!) since I selected these ones based primarily on appearance - mostly the embossed metal plate on the front. Yeah, those of us with the least knowledge or who least appreciate it seem to have the most luck in acquiring this sort of stuff. Another beautiful 115 with Wings decal - 3 115's - some people like me will be very envious :D again, if you can post the full serial number, I hope I can give you a more accurate date