Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by miriam
It looks to me like an old industrial with a knee lift for the foot. I wonder if it is a knock off of the 241 - does it sit in an oil bath - if so it should have a pan it fits into - cork all the way around... Does it have oil wicks?
Actually it looks a lot like an old Consew. There is a Singer 241 in the pictures of someone repairing the timing
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43881-1426.htm Here's a pic of a Consew - not as old as your machine
http://cgi.ebay.com/Consew-Sewing-Ma...item1e650f1065 one similar in looks...
Miriam, no it does not sit in an oil bath - but I am not sure what you mean by that? It does look similar to the Consew on e-bay, but the top line is completely different. I can't wait to try the machine out, but I had to order the belt by the foot, as the standard belts are all 72"s and this machine needs a belt almost 75"s.
Nancy
If it had an oil bath you would know it. It is a metal piece the machine sits in - it has cork all the way around. You fill it with oil and the machine has a way of sucking it up into the machine and self oiling as you sew. My 241-12 has that. If I didn't feel like death warmed over I'd go shoot a picture - I still have poison ivy pretty good... I'm not getting much done at all. Yesterday my dad brought over some Zanfel and it has helped. This is so massive. It is going to take a lot more Zanfel to get rid of this monster. Then the skin where it was is pretty ragged. But if I remember I'll do a photo shoot one of these days. I still don't have her stitching. She is out on the patio under a tarp. She weighs too much for me to manhandle her about so I have to wait for DH to help. I tried putting her up on CL as is to no avail. I believe she would be a good one for quilting. Take her teeth out so she could FM.