singerguy

Thanks for the link, miriam. I will try that.

manicmike

Well, I have to say I'd make room in my collection for a full rotary version of the 15!

ArchaicArcane

The 115 bobbin case shares with a 20U industrial machine. The bobbin cases are trivial to find.

Try these links:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...e-t216990.html

http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...n-t240338.html

http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...l-t235346.html

My 115 is a "Wings", and I've used it for a couple of small projects but haven't bonded with it. I can't say why though.

amcatanzaro

Thanks Tammi. I knew there were a bunch of links but when I'm on my phone asking is easier.

I've been looking at these machines for months, while I love the decals, they just don't call to me.

Rodney

That's the best reason not to get them.
Rodney

ThayerRags

I need to get my 1918 Singer 115 fired up one of these days. It’s not serviced and still electric, but I’ll probably convert it to treadle or hand crank. I would imagine that it was a treadle-powered machine when it was new, so I’ll restore it to its original configuration.

I’ve hung onto it because it’s an oddball in that it’s got a combination of two different decal sets on it, probably as a result of its electrification sometime in the 1940s. It has Paper Clip decals on the arm and bed center, and Knots & Rectangles around the bed border.

CD in Oklahoma

miriam

LOL maybe they had some of each left over so they used them or maybe they were trying to see if they could do decals...

ThayerRags

Could be!

It has a 1942 penny in the needle bar area. It was there when I got the machine and I have left it. I’ve heard that there was a practice of putting a new penny in the Singer machines by repair shops that electrified old machines, to indicate what year the machine was electrified, but I don’t know if there is any truth to that. I don’t see why knowing the year of electrification would be all that important to anyone, and having a penny in there behind the face plate could foul up the works, so I imagine that was just a rumor. Although, there is enough room for the penny to rest in there without touching any of the working parts, so who knows?

I think it’s more likely that since the slot for the take-up lever looks so much like a coin slot, some poor child probably lost their penny when Mom wasn’t looking.

CD in Oklahoma