Originally Posted by tomilu
Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
I went back to look at the Japanese cloned 15 (the badged Sears Kenmore)today, money in hand, ready to buy. I had made my decision to get it, but sadly found it did NOT have it's cord or it's bobbin case. I am hoping and praying she can find that cord and the bobbin case at her house, as both are very specific to this machine and it's dead in the water without them. ...
Does it need the cord with the big 3- hole plug? And they usually take a standard bobbin case, at least that has been my experience. I have a couple of models here now that take the case with the "1 o'clock" finger.
The plug-in for the cord is where it differs from the Singer 15 it is a copy of... The plug has three slots, rather than round holes (not unlike our electrical outlets, but three) and the connection is on the top of the motor, on the back of the machine, rather than on the right side like a Singer. I'm at a loss as to where I would find something like that, so I hope they can locate it at home. I think this owner got the machine when family members died, yet she knows nothing about sewing machines herself, or what is supposed to go with them. Waiting to hear from her...
I think every vintage machine I've bought must have come from a non-sewing family member who inherited it... Is sewing becoming a lost art :?: