"New Companion" treadle sewing machine
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Skip,
My apologies if I came off as a know it all. I'm not. It's just that as I've been learning about Whites and Davis and New Homes and others I've come to see that no mater what the name on the machine it will have certain design traits that follow from one machine to the next.
The squarish removable face plate housing that contains the needle bar and presser foot shaft in the early White and White made machines is an example.
On the machine above the visual thing said New Home, the round needle plate vs the square one on the Davis, the big curved long plate on the back of the pillar, the shape of the top tension, are traits of New Homes.
So, I'm using what I've learned, not trying to be a smart aleck, just wanted to say that.
Joe
My apologies if I came off as a know it all. I'm not. It's just that as I've been learning about Whites and Davis and New Homes and others I've come to see that no mater what the name on the machine it will have certain design traits that follow from one machine to the next.
The squarish removable face plate housing that contains the needle bar and presser foot shaft in the early White and White made machines is an example.
On the machine above the visual thing said New Home, the round needle plate vs the square one on the Davis, the big curved long plate on the back of the pillar, the shape of the top tension, are traits of New Homes.
So, I'm using what I've learned, not trying to be a smart aleck, just wanted to say that.
Joe
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Joe,
No apologies necessary. I did not think you came across as being a smart aleck and I took the info as learning something new I did not know. So Joe keep on trucking and providing me with good info.
Skip
No apologies necessary. I did not think you came across as being a smart aleck and I took the info as learning something new I did not know. So Joe keep on trucking and providing me with good info.
Skip
#14
I just purchased a New Companion treadle. Do anyone know where to go to find more info on these machines? Where is the serial# located and is there a site that give you a mfg date? Thanks for the info I've already gleamed from y'all and for any more info you can give. I'll see if I can upload a pic.
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I just purchased a New Companion treadle. Do anyone know where to go to find more info on these machines? Where is the serial# located and is there a site that give you a mfg date? Thanks for the info I've already gleamed from y'all and for any more info you can give. I'll see if I can upload a pic.
Skip
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I think Joe's right. The presser foot pressure adjustment knob looks just like my White 77 and older machine. Maybe White copied their design later on. I don't know much about, or fully appreciate long bobbin machines. The comfort factor is just not there. Muv likes them a lot and gives good advice on long bobbins.
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Glenn,
Yep, great machines.
I always thought Perry Mason was a lawyer but they must have owned the New Companion name. Ad for the New Home New companion but am sort of curious if they sold Davis and New Home at same time or if Davis lost the business by 1921. Davis went under in 1924.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Uk...page&q&f=false
Jon
Yep, great machines.
I always thought Perry Mason was a lawyer but they must have owned the New Companion name. Ad for the New Home New companion but am sort of curious if they sold Davis and New Home at same time or if Davis lost the business by 1921. Davis went under in 1924.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Uk...page&q&f=false
Jon
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