kso

What model # is this machine? It is a slant needle.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sconklin/2558475391/

jlhmnj

Touch and Sew Model 7??, 700 Series. Model number is on the base of the pillar, can't quite make it out.

Jon

Jingle

I doubt she has had it longer than most of us has been around. I have no idea as to the age.

kso

Didn't all the Touch and Sew models wind their bobbins inside the bobbin case? This one does not.

kso

Was able to take a magnifier to the photo and see that it says Model 717. Thanks for the help.

jlhmnj

Looks like the model is 717, whether this is considered a Touch n Sew I'm uncertain. As you've noted there are some differences.

Jon

jljack

This model was sold to schools for Home Ec classes....I remember it because it's what I sewed on in school.

mom-6

Much newer than the machines in my home ec class!!!

Charlee

I would imagine that the comment is directed toward a child/teen/young adult....

cabbagepatchkid

That one is quite similar to the one that I bought in 1975 which was a model 774. I don't think mine was a touch and sew.

I still have mine because I can't bear to get rid of it since it has so many memories of all the clothing that I made for my kids when they were growing up and my first quilts were also made on it. I learned to make button holes on it and it did a great job of it.

The only problems that I had with it were tension issues and also that it used to "eat" small pieces of fabric when feeding them through. Since I have started collecting vintage machines and learning how sewing machines work I am sure that I can adjust the tension myself, now, and most likely the problem with the fabric being pulled into the little needle hole is that I never changed my needle for many years

Here is a pic of the machine on this manual.