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    Forum: For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
    02-08-2014, 08:07 AM
    Replies: 164
    Views: 56,332
    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: 56,332
    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: 56,332
    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: 56,332
    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: 56,332
    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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