Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
04-02-2013, 06:11 AM
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Huntsville, AL
Posts: 2,609
Skip
04-02-2013, 07:00 AM
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1,049
Congratulations Grant! DH and I wish you many happy years together.
04-02-2013, 07:24 AM
Banned
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: San Lorenzo, CA
Posts: 5,361
Steve, I'm not at your level of salvaging sad looking machines. I will post my repaint onto the thread that you started once I get brave enough to do the paint job on my Eldredge that needs that work done. I'm enjoying read that thread and do hope that others will post to it too. You are a man of great talent by restoring these sad looking machines to their former beauty. You are their Fountain of Youth.
I have learned FAR more from my students, than I ever learned from my teachers....
04-02-2013, 07:43 AM
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Brookfield, IL
Posts: 862
04-02-2013, 08:22 AM
Banned
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: San Lorenzo, CA
Posts: 5,361
Not trying to move the thread in the wrong direction, but it really is true that my advanced students only start to become truly skilled once they begin to teach others. I think the process of translating the techniques into concepts for people who have a different learning style than their own is what leads to real understanding.
It is the same here in a sense, we all get better because we see other peoples point of view and ways of approaching an issue.
It is the same here in a sense, we all get better because we see other peoples point of view and ways of approaching an issue.
04-02-2013, 08:40 AM
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: SW Washington USA
Posts: 4,433
Has anyone ever found a 15 clone that came with a manual? I've been searching for several weeks, to no avail.
Lots of Singer 15 but with 1941 or 1946 dates.
Mine is a 15-90 just like this with a different badge, am assuming with the colored tension they date to the 50's.
Were the Singer 15's truly identical to the clones?
Lots of Singer 15 but with 1941 or 1946 dates.
Mine is a 15-90 just like this with a different badge, am assuming with the colored tension they date to the 50's.
Were the Singer 15's truly identical to the clones?
04-02-2013, 09:27 AM
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Brookfield, IL
Posts: 862
Has anyone ever found a 15 clone that came with a manual? I've been searching for several weeks, to no avail.
Lots of Singer 15 but with 1941 or 1946 dates.
Mine is a 15-90 just like this with a different badge, am assuming with the colored tension they date to the 50's.
Were the Singer 15's truly identical to the clones?
Lots of Singer 15 but with 1941 or 1946 dates.
Mine is a 15-90 just like this with a different badge, am assuming with the colored tension they date to the 50's.
Were the Singer 15's truly identical to the clones?
http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ion-manual.pdf
And to answer your question, No, they are not exact copies. Parts are not interchangable except for needles bobbins and belts. Here is a good place to get some info on the clones.
http://blog.sew-classic.com/2008/12/...-15-clone.aspx
There is a picture page just for Clones here on QB too.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t164361.html
I hope this helps.
~G~
04-02-2013, 10:03 AM
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Huntsville, AL
Posts: 2,609
Not trying to move the thread in the wrong direction, but it really is true that my advanced students only start to become truly skilled once they begin to teach others. I think the process of translating the techniques into concepts for people who have a different learning style than their own is what leads to real understanding.
It is the same here in a sense, we all get better because we see other peoples point of view and ways of approaching an issue.
It is the same here in a sense, we all get better because we see other peoples point of view and ways of approaching an issue.
Skip
BTW how is the cabinet coming along?
04-02-2013, 10:32 AM
Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 4
Dear everybody,
I am from South America (Uruguay) and I am writing to you because I have a sewing treadle machine, a very old one but I do know nothing about it. What I can tell you is that this machine was in my grandparents house for more than 60 years. It belonged to my grandmum, who had it for her own for 60 years, she passed away 5 years ago and my mum think this machine was of her grandmum before mine.
Some features of this machines are:
1) The brand name, printed on it: VERTEX sewing machine Co. Like Singer's machines the brand name is tipically painted and embossed along the top. I know is possively a copy of a Singer treadle machine but does anyone know anything about the Vertex Treadle sewing machine?
3) Like all vintage machines it was manufactured in metal. It is black with gold writing, lettering or designs all over it and looks just like the old singer machines. It comes in a cabinet of wood. The badge on the machine has 2 lions on a shield sides, the shield has 4 quadrants and inside each one a crown. Another red big crown is over the shield. There are several attached pictures of the machine in this e-mail.
2) I found the serial number under the machine on a grey sheet of metal.
4) It move up and down and it is in perfect appearance and perfect conditions. It doesnt make a noise when is working and it works very well! My grandmum always keeped her treadle sewing machine ready for use.
I dont care about the commercial or monetary value of this machine, if it has. I know there are several badged machines all over the world and this one seems to be one of them. Anyway, it has another kind of value since it belonged to my family. I want to know something about the years of the machine, although approximately, something about the brand, anything you know. I will appreciate some help.
Best regards
Marķa
I am from South America (Uruguay) and I am writing to you because I have a sewing treadle machine, a very old one but I do know nothing about it. What I can tell you is that this machine was in my grandparents house for more than 60 years. It belonged to my grandmum, who had it for her own for 60 years, she passed away 5 years ago and my mum think this machine was of her grandmum before mine.
Some features of this machines are:
1) The brand name, printed on it: VERTEX sewing machine Co. Like Singer's machines the brand name is tipically painted and embossed along the top. I know is possively a copy of a Singer treadle machine but does anyone know anything about the Vertex Treadle sewing machine?
3) Like all vintage machines it was manufactured in metal. It is black with gold writing, lettering or designs all over it and looks just like the old singer machines. It comes in a cabinet of wood. The badge on the machine has 2 lions on a shield sides, the shield has 4 quadrants and inside each one a crown. Another red big crown is over the shield. There are several attached pictures of the machine in this e-mail.
2) I found the serial number under the machine on a grey sheet of metal.
4) It move up and down and it is in perfect appearance and perfect conditions. It doesnt make a noise when is working and it works very well! My grandmum always keeped her treadle sewing machine ready for use.
I dont care about the commercial or monetary value of this machine, if it has. I know there are several badged machines all over the world and this one seems to be one of them. Anyway, it has another kind of value since it belonged to my family. I want to know something about the years of the machine, although approximately, something about the brand, anything you know. I will appreciate some help.
Best regards
Marķa
04-02-2013, 10:45 AM
Banned
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: San Lorenzo, CA
Posts: 5,361
SLOWLY... I have surrendered on the top wood and am hunting for an appropriate veneer to replace it. (HOW do you remove the old layer, Heat? I am progressing slowly but steadily on the rest of the cabinet. I am arranging with Michael at Wolfgangs for a Howe Coffin top to go with it!!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Stitchnripper
Main
5
10-17-2018 09:01 AM
AngieS
Main
38
10-06-2011 10:06 PM
craftybear
Offline Events, Announcements, Discussions
34
09-09-2011 12:36 PM
