Originally Posted by BuzzinBumble
Originally Posted by jljack
Hi Lara - I have one of these gorgeous machines, too, and I also am leery of the electricals. We haven't tried replacing the wiring yet, but will be doing that this Fall.
You are right about the National Sewing Machine Company manufacturing this machine for Western Electric. Actually they only did it for 2 years, and then Western Elect decided not to sell them. You can find information on needles, bobbins and maybe a manual at the ISMACS website.
Janice, that is so neat that you have one too! Thank you for the added information. My SIL found a couple on eBay and there was one on Etsy too. But other than that they seem hard to come by. We were not sure how long they were in production and since it was only 2 years, it is no wonder. I must be a poor internet searcher, because I had no luck on the ISMACS website.
OK, here's a link to the manual on the Smithsonian website, which is where I got mine. Sorry about the misdirection to the ISMACS site...I got most of my others on there.
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollect.../NMAHTEX/0603/
You'll have to print out each page separately, but it comes out real clear. Good luck!!