Originally Posted by Miz Johnny
Originally Posted by jljack
I got an amazing machine on eBay today...anyway, amazing to me!! It looks absolutely GREAT!! 1917 Western Electric. It has been cleaned up and it works!! I got it really, really, ridiculously cheap....I couldn't hardly believe it. Tell me what you think. BTW....my DH is gonna KILL me!!! LOL...oh well.
Nice looking machine--it looks like a National Rotary. I have one in a treadle that has *nearly* made it to the top of the pile--it sews an amazing stitch, so I hope it has!!
Hi Miz Johnny - Yes, my little bit of research is that National did make these machines for Western Electric for only 2 years...1917 and 1918. Then they stopped when Singer started dominating the market. Western Electric had come up with the motor, and National already had the sewing machine manufacturing.