oh no! I am a machine with no attachments!
#1
oh no! I am a machine with no attachments!
Nothing I have fits my Household! It's got the same offset and oval needle plate as my Domestic. I've got lots of extra Domestic feet, and though things line up correctly, the presser bar on the Household does not go up far enough. The Domestic feet are tall feet!
The Domestic has feet that slip up on the presser bar, the Household is intended to have top clamp feet.
I also discovered that my Eldredge "B" is not as old as I hoped. It takes the newer "national" size shuttle instead of the older "eldredge" style shuttle. However the bed screw is located in a slightly different spot than the newer National machines, so I have one set of attachments that fits it correctly.
And I still have one set that I don't know what it fits. The throat plate is the same width as the national, but the needle circle would be just a fraction of an inch farther to the left. The feet also have just a slight offset to the needle hole too. This set may fit the Davis for the offset, but the shirr and underbaider won't.
The Domestic has feet that slip up on the presser bar, the Household is intended to have top clamp feet.
I also discovered that my Eldredge "B" is not as old as I hoped. It takes the newer "national" size shuttle instead of the older "eldredge" style shuttle. However the bed screw is located in a slightly different spot than the newer National machines, so I have one set of attachments that fits it correctly.
And I still have one set that I don't know what it fits. The throat plate is the same width as the national, but the needle circle would be just a fraction of an inch farther to the left. The feet also have just a slight offset to the needle hole too. This set may fit the Davis for the offset, but the shirr and underbaider won't.
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Cool! Now you have all the reasons you need to keep searching for attachments and more machines to fit the attachments you have. I think you're going to discover there's always one more set or machine that you don't have.
I really wish I could see your collection in person.
Rodney
I really wish I could see your collection in person.
Rodney
#5
Rodney - that is the danger! I see other neat machines and . . . just as soon as I get my list pared down and my husband thinks there is a light at the end of the tunnel - I "discover" something else.
I think I've got to be careful that I'm not getting machines that are a bit too "old" for what I was after.
I'm trying to get my stuff sorted and arranged, and I got "stuck" on the Household - time to set that one aside and move on. Got the New Home group to go through and then I've got through all of them.
From what I can tell, the New Home and National VS machines can use the same needles. The new home has a shorter shank area than the National, but the overall length and other dimensions seem to be the same. So far I've found New Home needles in the National machines, and National Needles in the New Home machines, so I figure that bears that out.
BTW - I have way more sets of New Home attachments than I have machines for.
I think I've got to be careful that I'm not getting machines that are a bit too "old" for what I was after.
I'm trying to get my stuff sorted and arranged, and I got "stuck" on the Household - time to set that one aside and move on. Got the New Home group to go through and then I've got through all of them.
From what I can tell, the New Home and National VS machines can use the same needles. The new home has a shorter shank area than the National, but the overall length and other dimensions seem to be the same. So far I've found New Home needles in the National machines, and National Needles in the New Home machines, so I figure that bears that out.
BTW - I have way more sets of New Home attachments than I have machines for.
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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Finding the correct needle for the older machines seems to be an art in itself. So far I've been lucky in acquiring machines that use the standard 15x1 needle system. We do have a Brunswick labeled VS machine in storage that I haven't started on yet. I'm hoping regular needles fit it too.
Rodney
Rodney
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Location: Huntsville, AL
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Finding the correct needle for the older machines seems to be an art in itself. So far I've been lucky in acquiring machines that use the standard 15x1 needle system. We do have a Brunswick labeled VS machine in storage that I haven't started on yet. I'm hoping regular needles fit it too.
Rodney
Rodney
PS: there is a modern needle that will work but it is round shank and I can't remember the no. but it works fine so they say. I will dig thru my records and find it for you.
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Last edited by Glenn; 02-09-2014 at 11:31 AM.
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