QuiltMania

The long wooden things look like bobbins you would use for spinning wool into yarn. The long wooden thing with the opening in the middle is for weaving.

Lostn51

I like the machine!!! It is a Model 28K and is a 3/4 machine. The production year is 1908 and it was produced between January and June of that year. 250,000 of them were made on that run alone.

A HUGE production run to say the least for that one, most of the time it is like 50,000 a pop. There were over 5,016,235 of the machines built during the course of the 28K.

But like everyone says it is a very nice machine, and the decals are in very good condition!!!! But I think it might be missing the handcrank assembly itself. If you have just a knob on the handwheel then the ratio is 1:1 with the handcrank attachment it was more like 6:1.

Billy

roseOfsharon

Very, very nice machine! Happy Mother's Day to you. I too was lucky to get a sewing machine for a Mother's Day gift! I bid for it and won! 221 Featherweight! I am so looking fwd to getting it and running my fingers over , under, and around it! And then trying it out! :)

LindaR

Lost sweetie, you are talking to ladies here, ratio 1.1 and 6.1, you lost me....
:lol:

Lostn51

Opps :oops: :oops: :oops:

Okay the ratios are like this, when the handwheel turns on revolution the machine makes one stitch= 1:1 Ratio.

With a handcrank the crank turns one revolution and the machine makes 6 stitches= 1:6 ratio.

Billy

Jingle

Looks to be in good shape. Will you be able to get it sewing?

LindaR

thanks Lost, now I get it....cranks must be very hard to get I don't think I have ever saw one