Farmhousesewer

Cathy,
Thanks for the great informative post. I need to get my act together on the history . So much info makes my old brain spin. You have an intriguing method to your collection. Not that broad a selection here in East Tennessee. Oh, and thanks for clarifying which Boye case you are using.

If I may make a note, the Singer 15 is not rotary, rather it is oscillating. Maybe you meant to type Singer 115?

Maria
Smoky Mountains of Tennessee

Macybaby

Well I have a 15 and 115 - actually more than one of each. I guess I should have refereed to them as "round bobbin" instead of rotary - and to tell you the truth, I've not looked to make sure my other non-Singer round bobbin machines are full rotary or oscillating as unless I'm fixing them, I don't really care.

I actually have one Free VS machine that is called a "Long bobbin Rotary"

So to clarify, I like early round bobbin machines, whether they are oscillating or full rotary.

oldsewnsew

Might be wrong, but it seems like the early generations of round bobbins were all full rotary. Someone can correct me on that.

miriam

I would love to know that, too. There are some real old Singer 15s... Are they rotary? mumble mumble might have to look on ISMACS....