J Miller

To plug a sewing machine into a light socket you need one of these little do-dads:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]525571[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]525572[/ATTACH]
Handy little things to have around.
This one even has polarized slots.

Joe

CookyIN

Wow, what a neat find and I love that the cover is "Singer" green. That table you passed up sounds like it might have been used in a classroom setting, do you think?

J Miller

I think yes. It reminded me of the lab tables we had when I was in high school.

Joe

ThayerRags

I’ve found one in 9 years of searching. I’ve squirreled that cord away somewhere and don’t have a clue where I put it. I’ll have to go on a search for it someday. I don’t even have a photo of it, and can’t even remember what machine that I found it on.

I would guess that, yes, once 2-prong receptacles were developed, the old screw-in light socket terminals were swapped out for convenience and safety. Plus, having a cord running from your sewing machine up to the light socket was probably considered “unsightly” once the 2-prong plug-ins came along, and were therefore probably eliminated if possible.

CD in Oklahoma

Watson58

My book doesn't give edition, it says Copyright, U.S.A., 1915, 1923, 1924, 1926-30, 1932-38, 1940, 1941, 1947 and 1948 by the Singer Manufacturing Co.
I am assuming mine is 1948 as that is the last year named. It has 9 chapters.

amcatanzaro

Darn it, I missed out on one of these.
http://www.aoauctions.net/lot/5060/

miriam

I love my book, too.