Finding vintage machine resources
#111
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I've got a Husqvarna 6020 and no manual. Can anyone here help? In addition, I've got some bobbins but I'm not at all sure that they are the "right" bobbins for my machine. (Thanks, Huskvarna, for making life so difficult.)
Thanks in advance! :-)
Thanks in advance! :-)
#112
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Thanks so much for your help Janey. How do I determine the age for 15-91? Sorry about the upside down picture! I am working on that.
We bought it at a local quilt shop and the owner said that it had just been cleaned and repaired.
I love it except for the weight! I can't lift it at all, my husband has to lift it for mel
We bought it at a local quilt shop and the owner said that it had just been cleaned and repaired.
I love it except for the weight! I can't lift it at all, my husband has to lift it for mel
#113
Thanks so much for your help Janey. How do I determine the age for 15-91? Sorry about the upside down picture! I am working on that.
We bought it at a local quilt shop and the owner said that it had just been cleaned and repaired.
I love it except for the weight! I can't lift it at all, my husband has to lift it for mel
We bought it at a local quilt shop and the owner said that it had just been cleaned and repaired.
I love it except for the weight! I can't lift it at all, my husband has to lift it for mel
As far as the age of the machine, it is hard to determine a really close age for JC serial numbers. As I mentioned before that the JC serial numbers were assigned between 1948 and 1954. There aren't really good records kept during that time. Based on the serial number of your machine, I would think that it was manufactured between 1952 and 1954.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
#114
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Sunrise450,
Another thing that helps with approximate dating is the face plate. Older machines before 1950-52(roughly) had a fancy scroll work face plate. Yours looks to have the striated, or striped, face plate indicative of the 1950s on up machines.
Cari
Another thing that helps with approximate dating is the face plate. Older machines before 1950-52(roughly) had a fancy scroll work face plate. Yours looks to have the striated, or striped, face plate indicative of the 1950s on up machines.
Cari
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#117
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#118
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I am new to community and hope I am not breaching any rules . I am just learning to sew and hope to advance to being able to make quilts in a reasonable period of time. Just dusted off a vintage machine from the 70's, a Dial and Sew Model 916SS. I made a simple costume for my granddaughter without problem. However, when I wanted to wind my bobbin with another color of thread, the winder would not turn.Tt was working when last used many years ago. I do not have a manual and have not been able to locate one. Does anyone have suggestions as to how I can fix the problem or, even more importantly, locate a manual?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
thanks
Any help is greatly appreciated.
thanks
#120
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It would help to have a picture of your machine. Did you turn the clutch on the hand wheel? Did you push the lever into the bobbin?
https://www.google.com/search?q=sewu...iw=806&bih=474 has some threading diagrams for a variety of machines. Or look on this page http://www.sewusa.com/Sewing_Machine...g_Machines.htm
I'm thinking that you may have a Japanese badged machine. Maybe you can find a similar one at Vintage Japanese 'Badged' sewing machine with fancy stitches or Vintage Japanese 'Badged' Zig Zag and Straight Sew Sewing Machines
This is a different model, but same badge Any own have a Dial N Sew?
Good luck.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
It would help to have a picture of your machine. Did you turn the clutch on the hand wheel? Did you push the lever into the bobbin?
https://www.google.com/search?q=sewu...iw=806&bih=474 has some threading diagrams for a variety of machines. Or look on this page http://www.sewusa.com/Sewing_Machine...g_Machines.htm
I'm thinking that you may have a Japanese badged machine. Maybe you can find a similar one at Vintage Japanese 'Badged' sewing machine with fancy stitches or Vintage Japanese 'Badged' Zig Zag and Straight Sew Sewing Machines
This is a different model, but same badge Any own have a Dial N Sew?
Good luck.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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