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Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
02-08-2014, 08:07 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 54,213
Posted By ThayerRags

I think it was 1956 when the “Red Dot Indicator”...

I think it was 1956 when the “Red Dot Indicator” began. The stitch length indicator (pointer) was added to the Singer 401A the same year, as far as I can tell. I think it’s interesting that the...
Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
02-08-2014, 07:20 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 54,213
Posted By ThayerRags

From what I understand, the “Red Dot Indicator”...

From what I understand, the “Red Dot Indicator” (double plate) was a new innovation by Singer to help the operator more easily see the precise stitch length that the lever was positioned at.

CD in...
Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
02-03-2014, 06:36 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 54,213
Posted By ThayerRags

I’m not sure about that. I’d have to do some...

I’m not sure about that. I’d have to do some research. Happy made some good machines I think, but I’m not sure when they quit or sold out.

My wife ordered hers out of the Wards Catalog a short...
Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
02-03-2014, 05:44 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 54,213
Posted By ThayerRags

That looks like the little UHT-J266B that I...

That looks like the little UHT-J266B that I bought to replace my wife’s first sewing machine that we sold in 1991 or 92. From photos, we think it was a URR-266 that she had, but we don’t know. We...
Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
11-27-2013, 03:05 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 54,213
Posted By ThayerRags

Here’s a Singer 185K that I converted to HC. His...

Here’s a Singer 185K that I converted to HC. His nickname was “Pistachio” (color of paint on the handcrank) and he lives in Texas last I heard.

CD in Oklahoma
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