Originally Posted by auniqueview
I may be going to look at one tomorrow. It is supposed to sew well, has a manual, maple cabinet. The manual has the number 49 in large type on the front. Can anyone tell me anything about it?
They are nice machines and are really well made. Most of the ones like what your looking at were friction drive meaning the motor had a rubber wheel that rode against the handwheel to power it. Sometimes they had provisions for the external motor but most didnt. So if you decide to make it human powered it will take a little doing. But all in all the parts are still out there and if you can get in it cheap enough and you like it by all means get it!!
Nothing sews better than a well built American made sewing machine!
Billy