Just some rambling thoughts from a rambling (with no place to go) mind.
The usage of "full size & 3/4 size" are twentieth century designations. They have been traditionally been used for Singer machines and “clones”. Prior to the first class 15 machine sizes were all over the place. There were miniatures with 3” x 2”(ish) footprint. The New Englands with a 7” X 3 ½”(ish) footprint . The Saxonias with a 10” x 5”(ish) footprint. I’m not home to accurately measure any of my machines, so I’m sort of using my memory to guess at these footprint sizes.
I have a National machine at home that has a 15” long bed, but the head is clearly trimmer than the Singer 99 (¾ size). So is it a full size as defined by length or is it a ¾ size as defined by the head size and looks?
I think that we should not get too caught up in trying to put our machines into a rigid category.
Personally I love any small machine, as I equate small with cute.
Just my thoughts,
Cathy