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03-17-2015, 12:36 PM

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miriam

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My Singer 15 has the thick neck like your 201.
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03-17-2015, 12:48 PM

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manicmike

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My Singer 15 has the thick neck like your 201.

Even though the stitches they make are identical, the later one is so much lighter than the earlier one that I won't even consider the other.

03-17-2015, 01:11 PM

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miriam

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I guess I don't really mind heavy weight machines that don't march around on the table - pitb to move around though.

03-17-2015, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by manicmike

Here's my 1955 201k. It's the lighter aluminium version which looks different because of the necessary strengthening in the neck...

I had read a lot about the 201s but never read the reason the aluminum body changed the shape so much. Good to know!

And no I do not know why the U.S.A. has so many K Singers after the end of the forties. We took in a lot of war brides after WWII and they brought machines with them, but that should have almost stopped by 1950.