Originally Posted by cricket_iscute
CarrieAnn, you have a Model 15 clone.
For some reason this term always rubs me the wrong way. They are not clones at all, they are copies. Or what I just refer to as a Japanese 15.
In all actuality the Japanese version is more refined than the original. The quality and fit of the parts are way more superior than the machine that they are modeling it after. This type of machine is still in production and being use all around the world especially the under developed countries as treadles.
I have worked on several Singer 15's and the Japanese 15 that I have is way better than the Singers that I have tested and used.
But that does not make me not want a Singer 15 because I do, I just prefer the Japanese 15 over the Singer.
Billy