Originally Posted by
dreamer2009
Billy don't know where my message went so will redo.
serial #1x21924...don't know how to date her.
she runs just needs oiling.
Gee...she looks sooo familiar.
(I just cleaned up a much less pristine embossed White Family Rotary). Love that you've got a table for her, and a knee bar! Her finish is really nice too.
I dated mine by going to:
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachnesobsession
Lots of great information there on White machines. Go to the "serial numbers/dating list," and the ones for the 1x are on the 2nd page. There are also manuals there if you don't have one. Mechanically, I thought it was pretty easy to work on. The only tricky part was the tension fits on a certain way...take off the dial, and you take off the whole mechanism.
Looks like yours dates to 1930.
Enjoy it!