Thread: Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell

Originally Posted by HanNatNana

Originally Posted by Celeste

Well, I picked up that machine and am trying to identify it.

I went to the website suggested here, http://www.singerco.com/support/machine-serial-numbers, and am not sure I can find it. On an oval plate in front of the base is G0062681.

I assume it is a single letter prefix, but when I go to that page, I do not see anything for 000. Perhaps I'm looking for the wrong number?

Thank you for your help!

By the way, she came with a lot of bobbins.

When you click on the singer link that you posted, then single letter prefix, now click on the red-highlighted 'G-Series' which is about half way down the page on the right hand side. The pdf file will save to your computer, open it and on the 3rd line down is the numerical range....

G- 40001 90000 15 50000 January 8 1910

So it's a Class 15, with 50,000 serial numbers allocated on 8th January 1910 at the Elizabeth New Jersey factory.

'Tis a little confusing at first but after a few tries you'll get the hang of it!! LOL

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn :lol:

I came up with
A 66 born may 28 1923

All the way down on the list is the double 0's

Originally Posted by AbbyQuilts

Originally Posted by HanNatNana

Originally Posted by Celeste

Well, I picked up that machine and am trying to identify it.

I went to the website suggested here, http://www.singerco.com/support/machine-serial-numbers, and am not sure I can find it. On an oval plate in front of the base is G0062681.

I assume it is a single letter prefix, but when I go to that page, I do not see anything for 000. Perhaps I'm looking for the wrong number?

Thank you for your help!

By the way, she came with a lot of bobbins.

When you click on the singer link that you posted, then single letter prefix, now click on the red-highlighted 'G-Series' which is about half way down the page on the right hand side. The pdf file will save to your computer, open it and on the 3rd line down is the numerical range....

G- 40001 90000 15 50000 January 8 1910

So it's a Class 15, with 50,000 serial numbers allocated on 8th January 1910 at the Elizabeth New Jersey factory.

'Tis a little confusing at first but after a few tries you'll get the hang of it!! LOL

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn :lol:

I came up with
A 66 born may 28 1923

All the way down on the list is the double 0's

Oops....you might be right. I'm doing three things at once here!! Sorry if I goofed!!

Bronwyn ;-)

Originally Posted by nickylsf

Originally Posted by sew wishful

Ya' know, if this site were booze, I'd be an alcoholic!!! I need a recovery system/intervention!!
I have to get some work done!! Please, drag me away from here! I have even quit reading the "quilting" part of this board...just hanging with the "wrong" crowd...that's all of you enablers!!! LOL!! I really do have to get things done! Son is coming home to visit from Tennessee and am afraid he will call an intervention if I don't move some things around! LOL!!!

You and me both. Imagine being a telecommuter and avid member of this site... Luckily I am retiring in 6 days and counting.

Oh yeah, my full-time job is at home, and it is sooo tempting to flip over here and check stuff out. :)

Originally Posted by HanNatNana

Originally Posted by AbbyQuilts

Originally Posted by HanNatNana

Originally Posted by Celeste

Well, I picked up that machine and am trying to identify it.

I went to the website suggested here, http://www.singerco.com/support/machine-serial-numbers, and am not sure I can find it. On an oval plate in front of the base is G0062681.

I assume it is a single letter prefix, but when I go to that page, I do not see anything for 000. Perhaps I'm looking for the wrong number?

Thank you for your help!

By the way, she came with a lot of bobbins.

When you click on the singer link that you posted, then single letter prefix, now click on the red-highlighted 'G-Series' which is about half way down the page on the right hand side. The pdf file will save to your computer, open it and on the 3rd line down is the numerical range....

G- 40001 90000 15 50000 January 8 1910

So it's a Class 15, with 50,000 serial numbers allocated on 8th January 1910 at the Elizabeth New Jersey factory.

'Tis a little confusing at first but after a few tries you'll get the hang of it!! LOL

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn :lol:

I came up with
A 66 born may 28 1923

All the way down on the list is the double 0's

Oops....you might be right. I'm doing three things at once here!! Sorry if I goofed!!

Bronwyn ;-)

:oops: I didn't even think to keep scrolling down! You'd think they'd start with that first! OK. So she is a little bit younger. Cool.

Now all I need to do is find a manual!

Originally Posted by Charlee

Spotted in the Wild today:

A green Necchi...pretty good shape, $15
A little black "SewMaster" $50
A Singer 401A in a cabinet $35
A Domestic with chocolate textured finish and attachments $30

None of them came home with me...but another "Little Girl" pincushion doll, like the one with the blue dress on my shelf, only this one has a pink dress and a scissor holder...and a covered wagon pincushion..

oH

Oh, Charlee, I may have said this before but It bears saying again!! How in the world do you find all these machines? :((

Originally Posted by grannysewer

Originally Posted by Elsie Blight

I also have just bought a Wheeler & Wilson Treadle D9 Made in Bridgeport Connecticut USA with a coffin top, no. 2997464 and it is a back shank the decals are a bit worn and it is black also needs a clean l have no instruction book l wonder if any one can help me as l also have come up blank on the internet as l need a threading diagramme and l would love to know how old it is
Thank you in antiscipation
Elsie Blight Australia

Have you posted a pic of your machine? I would like to see what mine is supposed to look like. I have no decals, and it looks like someone painted it with a brush. I think it was a treadle that someone electrifed.

Iwould love to know her age and how to thread her she has no instruction book her no is2997464 D9 made in Bridgeport Connecticut USA she is a back shank please can any one help
Elsie Blight Australia

I just got a reply to a Craigslist ad for a singer treadle base with a board top --made into a table--asking the price, and the guy wrote $200-firm. Wow, these folks are crazy. I can buy several treadle sewing machines that are complete for that money. Guess he bought it somewhere expensive cause it was "cute" And this is a moving sale..... he will be moving it or donating it, cause I don't think anyone will pay that price around here.

Originally Posted by emmah

I just got a reply to a Craigslist ad for a singer treadle base with a board top --made into a table--asking the price, and the guy wrote $200-firm. Wow, these folks are crazy. I can buy several treadle sewing machines that are complete for that money. Guess he bought it somewhere expensive cause it was "cute" And this is a moving sale..... he will be moving it or donating it, cause I don't think anyone will pay that price around here.

I don't understand either. I think they get their prices off what they think sold on Ebay a couple years ago. Reality seems to be they are only worth what someone will actually pay. That doesn't seem to be very much around here these days. Some days I find them so cheap makes me hurt to think about it. If they don't sell are they ending up in the land fill? I've rescued several from the trash lately.

Thanks to this thread, the machine my brother gave me 12 years ago is up and running. I've quickly been spoiled by this 15-30, 1941 stitching marvel.

When my brother asked if his friend could buy one of my treadles, I said no, here's where I draw the line (its hard times for us).

I've got everyone looking for these machines for me, since I'm a fair mechanic, it'll be fun fixing them. And who knows, a FW might show up. Sarah weights 29 pounds and I hurt from lugging her to quilt group.

Thanks to all of you who take the time to post and answer questions.