Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
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Oh Charlee, I am so glad that you "popped in" and that you are well. Canning really is wearing on you. While I am an infrequent "writer", I am a daily "reader", almost a "lurker" but I have missed you tremendously. Don't wait so long to stop in again.
Donna
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Janis,
Let me know, I'm curious too. I do like the cam machines, they are fun to make stuff with. There is over 30 different flat cams to find and play with.
Grant,
In the 600 series possibly, but I had two 413s, a 457, a 518, and a 538 with plastic gears. They work but those gears are not near as durable as steel. Obviously.
Joe
Let me know, I'm curious too. I do like the cam machines, they are fun to make stuff with. There is over 30 different flat cams to find and play with.
Grant,
In the 600 series possibly, but I had two 413s, a 457, a 518, and a 538 with plastic gears. They work but those gears are not near as durable as steel. Obviously.
Joe
Thanks Donna! I'll try to be here more often!!
Thank you, we haven't done anything to it. My DH said we did get it in Scotland and He thought we paid no more than 45 pounds for it. So that would be about $90 or less. I would like to get it cleaned but don't want to damage anything.
Grant...here are the photos of the bobbin winder that I promised...
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Joe, I just googled the Singer 348 and found bunch of u-tubes on it. The first one, although I didn't watch it as I have dial-up, said that it takes flat cams and is all metal. I just might have to go and look at it. It comes in a cabinet, and all of my machines to date are all portables. I at least want to see it. Will let you know what I find out.....
Janis
Janis
Ok Charlee, I dug out my pix of my Anker or Free Westinghouse. I noticed that the stitch width is opposite of yours. Mine is widest to the right, while yours is widest stitch is to the left. I find that very odd. But I digress. Here is a better picture of the bobbin winder on mine. My friend with the Free Westinghouse had the same Bobbin Winder as was on my machine. That being said, It is quite different from yours. Very German engineering happening with the one I had. Is yours original to the machine? Could it be a Singer bobbin winder on it? It looks kind of singer like to me. The fender looks different too. The needle position lever on mine is marked and has a different knob as well.
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Different badges too. Mine says "Anker Works, Bielefeld, Germany" and is a teardrop shape. Do you know what the serial number is on yours? I found a certificate of sale HERE that gives a 1953 date for it's serial number, and mine is after that one.... K1524375, so I would guess that my machine is a mid to late 1953 model.
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And here is a Singer 778 with plastic gears and a belt.
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It would make sense that if it is in the T&S line, that the change from metal to plastic was in between these model numbers. UNLESS the higher end models had metal and lower end models had plastic gears. But that would go against what I read recently. I wish there was a list of machines that said if it had metal or plastic gears in them.
I am going to have to look into this more. I thought I had it down pat. If I can get a list together I will post it for all in it's own separate thread so it is easily accessed by anyone. I think that would be a great piece of reference material for a lot of us. Especially me that can't remember where I leave lists like this.
~G~
Different badges too. Mine says "Anker Works, Bielefeld, Germany" and is a teardrop shape. Do you know what the serial number is on yours? I found a certificate of sale HERE that gives a 1953 date for it's serial number, and mine is after that one.... K1524375, so I would guess that my machine is a mid to late 1953 model.
~G~
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