Originally Posted by sarge1
ok ladies, when I got home from work, I dug out the old machine. I feel simultaneously guilty for keeping it boxed up all these years, and excited to try to use it. Can't start it up now (baby's sleeping), but tomorrow! Now, some help figuring out what I've got?! I can't find a model number on it; it seems there are pieces hiding inside the base (I hear them rattling around), but I don't know how to get them out; the bent piece of metal (see pic) seems to fit into a small hole on the base, and turn, but then nothing.This thing weighs about 150 lbs!
That looks like the Singer 99 that I got from the girl that works at my dentists office. When we were chatting about old machines she told me about her grandmothers machine. I mentioned that if she ever wanted to sell it to think of me :D . She ended up
giving it to me!! I'm thinking of converting it to hand crank because the electrical wiring on it is no good. And you are right---it is HEAVY!!