What is it?
#2
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Location: Illinois...near St. Louis
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It's an adjustable seam guide. A screw goes thru y-shaped slot & into one of the holes to the right of your needle. You can loosen the screw & turn it to the area that you need ( curved or straight)...& slide back/ forth for the size seam allowance you want.
#4
If it’s got Simanco part number 25873 on it, it’s listed as a “Combination Guide” in the attachments for the Singer 31-15. It was probably an accessory sent out with other machines as well. It’s mounted on the bed of the machine with a thumbscrew and is for use with maintaining a constant seam allowance, even on curved stitch lines.
Here’s a photo of one mounted on “JR”, my Singer 31-15 Treadle. I was making pint-sized billfolds before Christmas. I have it pushed back away from the needle and snugged down out of use in the photo.
CD in Oklahoma
Here’s a photo of one mounted on “JR”, my Singer 31-15 Treadle. I was making pint-sized billfolds before Christmas. I have it pushed back away from the needle and snugged down out of use in the photo.
CD in Oklahoma
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I wish the my machines had a place to put a guage. I have a Husqvarna 1+ and a Singer DSXll, neither of which has a screw hole on it. Used to use it all athe time on my old machine.