Originally Posted by jan on 446
I have been lurking on this site for a few days. I finally signed up today.
I knew I had one old machine in cabinet and one cabinet without machine. I went in basement to check on the machine that I had thinking it was an old Singer. It is a Free#5 and in good condition meaning no rust just dirty. Needs new belt and the thread spool holder is missing. The the plate on it has patent numbers, I don't think there were any patent pending dates on it. I will take pics soon and post them. Decals are in great shape. The cabinet is the parlor kind with doors on the front.
Then I decided to open the cabinet with no machine and found a Singer machine in it! The only number I could find was H1655682. Decals are nice. I'll do more checking later and also send pics.
Welcome aboard Jan On 466!
Please post pictures, and what is the serial number on the Free # 5? I am trying to keep track of all the Free's to compose a dating list. Are there any dates with the Free, like a sales receipt or something? What are the patent numbers on the Free?
Nancy
Your Singer is a Model 15 with 50,000 allotted Oct 1, 1907. You should be using both of those machines! They are my two favorites!